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Re: More Phrustrations--and a BIG ERROR!!

Posted by Noa on January 13, 2001, at 13:14:29

In reply to Re: Phrustrating Pharmacies, posted by Joy on January 13, 2001, at 12:02:13

OK, I dropped the scrip off at the 2nd CVS at 12 noon. They said, come back in 30 minutes. I came back over an hour later. Still not ready. They tell me to wait another 5 minutes. I sit down to wait. Big line, and as each customer approaches the counter, each encounters a major glich in picking up thier scrip--called it in 5 days ago, not ready. Called it in yesterday, sorry we don't have any in stock, etc. etc.

After 20 minutes, I go up to ask if mine is ready. They say, oh, she is counting it out right now. I wait another 20, finally go up and ask again. After about 5 minutes, I am able to get someone to look for it. They find it, I buy it, I go to leave, opening the vial to take my dose.

Lo and Behold! The vial says adderall, 10 mg., 60 tablets, but inside--no blue pills. Instead--a whole lot of little white ones---definitely more than 60.

With smoke coming out of my ears, I go back and show the tech, saying "this is the wrong medicine". She says, well maybe it is just a different company." I say, "there is no generic for this, so there should only be one company." She says, "well maam, I am not going to argue with you, but just because the pills are a different color, doesn't mean it is the wrong medicine." I wait for her to get off a very long telephone call (in which she is arguing with a cab company about the address of the store!), to show this to the pharmacist.

Pharmacist refills it, comes and apologizes. "I'm sorry," she says. I ask what the medicine was that was in there, she tells me, says, "I'm sorry", and I respond "You should be."


Get this: what was the incorrect meds I had gotten? OXYCONTIN!!!!!! otherwise known as oxycodone!!!

Could you imagine if this was the first time I had filled an adderall scrip and hadn't known what it looked like?! Oxycodone is an addictive pain killer!!


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