An independent pharmacy serving since 1872. You can tell by some of the pharmacological artifacts (is this a museum?) and ambience that this place has been around a long time. I have learned that this pharmacy can compound custom medications for people and pets, including flavored options for animals (!!!). Surprisingly there are lots of toys and candies (at child level), greeting cards, sodas as well as gift items and medical supplies. So bring in your kids, your elderly parent, your dog (maybe?), your spouse. I must find out more about these flavored meds for pets. read more

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Great service and knowledgeable staff. I was very impressed with the pharmacist and the techs.

Libertyville legend ! Went here for Green River, candy and other goodies when I was in grammar school about 17 years ago & will continue to support this pharmacy any time I get the chance ! Service is the best of the best !!! read more

This is the place I go that I trust for my cats who is my baby compound medicine. He has seizures and I can't get him to take a tablet so they compound his prescription with a flavor and take out the bitterness so he enjoys the taste and takes it with a measure amount. The place is cute with novelty items educational and fun mostly for kids Staff is accomodating and helpful and nice. Mask required health place. Easy street parking in a nice suburban area. Fun places nearby too read more

They were so helpful and super caring. I needed a prescription for my cat with cancer that had to go in ear instead of orally. They found the medicine, shipped it overnight, compounded it for me and got it by the next day. AMAZING service, so incredibly kind. I will ABSOLUTELY be using Petranek's again. They seriously saved me. Thank you. read more

Petranek's Pharmacy is the type of drug store that I remember as a boy. Service is key and the attention to my needs is apparent. I wish we had more of them read more

Make sure you check with other pharmacies prices for medication you need! Last month I paid our dog medication for one month supply $87 and different pharmacy charged me for exact same medication $43 for two months supply. Call around before you are ripped off by this pharmacy! Outrageous! read more

Seriously could cry right now. My 8month old daughter was sleeping in the car because she isn't feeling well. I needed to pick up my dogs medication. I was not looking forward to waking her up to get the meds since she had just gone down to sleep. Long story short the amazing woman who answered the phone met me outback and handed me the medicine so that I did not have to wake up my daughter. I am so forever thankful for this amazing pharmacy and the kind lady who helped me out today. Thank you again!! I will definitely be coming back! read more

They compound! Needed pet rx and they handled seamlessly. Haven't used them yet for anything else but customer service was impressive.

Petranek's is a real gem. We've used them heavily for family prescriptions, have always found the service professional and accurate. They are always go the extra mile, including opening up on Mother's Day so I could get a much needed prescription refill. My last experience says it all. My eye doctor prescribed some eye drops, sent the prescription to Petranek's. Before I got in my car, I had received a message on my phone that my prescription was ready...unbelievably quick. Highly recommend! read more

Petranek's Pharmacy combines historic charm with modern medicine. Their staff is unbelievably helpful and always willing to go above and beyond when it comes to customer service. Their veterinary compounding specialty is one-of-a-kind and perfectly catered to each patient. My dog has severe epilepsy, and to top it off she's extremely picky when it comes to medicine. She wouldn't take pills without me having to force her, and that wasn't fun for either of us. Petranek's made up her medication for me into a flavored liquid and a beef chew-treat to make my life and my dog's life SO much easier! I don't know what I would do without them! read more

I have been coming to Petranek's since I moved to Libertyville in 1985. They have been doing business here for over 100 years, are always reasonably priced, have FANTASTIC customer service and display a professionalism that has kept customers coming back for decades. The Pharmacists are always willing to discuss the prescribed medication and never loose patience explaining the finer points of interactions, side effects or dosages, even to old people like me. Additionally they are always mindful of budgets and will go far out of their way to ensure you are receiving the best medication for you can afford and will not hesitate to pick up the phone and talk to your Doctor. In addition to the great service, fair prices and encyclopedic knowledge regarding their customers, they are one of the last Compounding Pharmacies in the state. I have had custom medicine prescribed by my Vet made here with great success (the pets actually ate the medicine that the Pharmacist 'disguised' as treats), resulting in a successful treatment when I had all but given up hope of saving my pet. All in all, this is what a Community Pharmacy is supposed to be, I cannot recommend them highly enough. NOTE for whatever reason, my original rating of 5 STARS was reduced to 1 star, thanks to a fellow Yelper calling it to my attention I have corrected it and again inserted the proper rating. This is a GREAT pharmacy!! read more

This pharmacy is awesome! Only pharmacy that is advanced in compounding and do it with excellence. We discovered them through our vet for cat IBD meds, we drive from Richmond IL around a 1hr one way but would NOT go anywhere else. They also deliver for a small charge. Always very nice and love that they old school look with top notch pharmacist! Will definitely continue to go here in future for our and our fur family needs. read more

Your review helps others learn about great local businesses. Please don't review this business if you received a freebie for writing this review, or if you're connected in any way to the owner or employees. If you are looking for customer satisfaction and appreciation, DO NOT patronize this pharmacy. I paid over $1,500 in prescription costs out of pocket over an 18 month period, and when I approach the owner, Beau, regarding a refund issue, he ushered me in a back room, starting yelling at me, attacked my character, devalued my business as a customer, as well as my memory of Millie, and continued to verbally abuse me. He finally THREW the money at me and told me to leave and never to return. It would have been more Christian to give the money sincerely from your heart, rather than to undermine and insult me. Beau, out of respect for your business and for the Easter season, I kept quiet at the time, but I can't keep silent when I have been so disrespected, especially as a customer. I was nothing but polite and pleasant to you and your staff. It should not matter what issue I had to speak with you, as no one deserves to be treated the way you treated me. You verbally abused and humiliated me and made me feel my past business with you was insignificant and not appreciated. I have been treated more professionally and felt more appreciated by McDonald's management than I did by you. You apparently have a problem with managing your anger. You seem to forget, the majority of your customers come to you with medical issues and are not, either feeling well, or are acting on behalf of someone who has medical issues. You need to be more understanding and sensitive to the concerns of your customers and less focused on your profits. Their loved ones are very important to them. Your behavior was not only very unprofessional, but rude and insensitive. You should be ashamed of yourself. If this is how you conduct yourself with customers, I can only imagine how you conduct your business. It is certainly a red flag for me. Remember, first impressions is your best advertising and customer respect and courtesy leave lasting impressions. Your customers establish your reputation. I assume your reputation is important to you. I hope you will never treat another customer the way you treated me. I wish you well. read more

This is the best pharmacy and pharmacists every. This is how pharmacy should be.....where there is time and interest in the patience and that the patient understands the medication and to have the best information possible. This is where they know you and you know them. It brings back great memories of how a business should be run. Take a trip to memory lane with the preservation of the store since the beginning. Also, offers a community room they share with others. Our church had a bake sale there and it was fantastic. read more

These people are amazing! When my husband got a very rare auto-immune disorder that the medication was extremely hard to get, they stepped up and said they would take care of it for us. Even after his long term medication company wouldn't take the time & effort to supply it for us, they said they still would. I don't know what I would have done without Petraneks Pharmacy. And the comfort they give me to know I don't have to worry about refills in the future is invaluable........ read more

This place is horrible. My vet called in a prescription that called for a 1 ML dose, and this place prints .1 ML on the bottle. When we initially called them they said it would take 24 hours to make up the meds, time that my pet didn't have. We had to have the Vet call and suddenly they were able to get it ready in a couple of hours. Today we called for a refill and we were told it would take 48 hours - totally contradicting their own words of a 24 hour lead time. One star is too much read more