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Re: Brief vent about Pharmacist... » Quintal

Posted by Racer on August 27, 2007, at 22:13:14

In reply to Re: Brief vent about Pharmacist... » Racer, posted by Quintal on August 27, 2007, at 20:52:01

> Yeah it's frustrating. I once had a similar experience when I was trying to get Parnate. The pharmacist told me it was unavailable through their supplier "which is one of the biggest in the country", so I checked and yeah, it was available after all - he just couldn't be bothered to order it. I waited till he had his day off on Wednesdays and took it to the very helpful lady that stood in for him, and I got it the same day no problem.

LoL That reminds me of another incident at a different pharmacy. I'd just had pretty extensive dental work done, my mouth was literally bleeding, and my husband took me to the pharmacy to get my pain meds filled. The pharmacist said they couldn't do it, because the scrip was written wrong. Scheduled drug, mind you. It's past nine on a Friday night -- and they're saying, "Maybe you can call the office to get a new scrip written." I'm saying, "hey, check the address -- the office is an hour and a half away, it's Friday night, and I'm in a great deal of pain TONIGHT."

Well, it's scheduled, so I can't just call for a correction, of course, so I go home and check. They're right, of course, he wrote it wrong. He wrote it out for Percodan, 5/325. No such animal. It's actually Percodan, 4.8355/325! I called, told the pharmacist she was a [bad word], told her that the label of the last bottle I'd gotten said Percodan, 4.5/325, which *also* did not exist, and that she really was that [bad word]. She, of course, said that there was nothing she could do, the dentist wrote the scrip wrong.

The next morning, my husband went out bright and early -- and called to tell me the pharmacist's question to him when he presented the scrip: "Do you want to wait for that, or come back later?"

You're right -- it's amazing what a difference an attitude makes...


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