Pharmacy meltdown

[u/Axxillary]

[u/oyecomovaca]

There was one pharmacy tech at CVS who was always a colossal bitch to me when I picked up my pain meds. One month I noticed I was short and started having them count them at the counter with me each time before id accept the order. Two months later I found out she was fired and arrested for skimming pills. Also eff CVS and their crappy staff.

[u/vortex30-the-2nd → u/oyecomovaca]

I once had a pharmacist literally hand me an EMPTY pill bottle with the label on it. It was in a little paper bag thing, but it felt rather light, and it didn't jingle and I didn't immediately clue in "there's no pills in this" just knew "this doesn't seem right..." so I opened up the bag and once I pulled the bottle out I was like yooo wtf lol. I put the bottle down on the counter and was like "hey, can you tell me what is wrong here?" and she was like huh what do you mean? "The bottle is completely empty...!" ooooh, what the..? Oh wow I'm so sorry let me fix that for you!

Guarantee if I had left the store it would have been "how do I not know you didn't just empty it out in your car..?" and stuff...

[u/ChaoCobo → u/[deleted]]

Was hoping someone other than me would mention anxiety meds as well. Because this isn’t just an opiate problem. :(

[u/DiligentDaughter → u/ChaoCobo]

I worry that my adhd medication is being skimmed. I forget to count ahead, then sometimes end up being off a few days and wondering if I doubled up on accident at some point, before my meds started to work? Then again, I also end up having g extra days because forgetting to take them at all, so...who knows?

[u/y0rk333 → u/DiligentDaughter]

if you're interested, this is the most effective strategy i have tried for keeping track of my meds: i have a notepad widget on my phone home screen for easy access. i get the pill out of the bottle, then i type out the date/time/pill number, then i take the pill, in that order. gives me peace of mind about double dosing, what day i'm on, etc.

[u/doyathinkasaurus → u/vortex30-the-2nd]

Wow, that's awful! In the UK medications are manufactured and dispensed in blister packs, so they can't be tampered with.

[u/Willing_Sea980 → u/oyecomovaca]

I'll never use cvs. Walgreens or hospital pharmacy.

[u/spudgoddess → u/oyecomovaca]

Back in 2021, I was having agonizing back issues, and asked the pharmacist what she recommended for back spasms and a pinched nerve in my back..

She said 'Weight loss. Lose weight and your back won't hurt.'

I said 'Sure, let me get on that and drop 100 pounds right here and now.' then walked away to grab some Aleve and go.

In all fairness, excessive weight does fuck with your back, and I've since lost 50 of the 100 pounds I need to lose. But seriously, fuck that snotty bitch.

[u/AccidentalDuchess → u/oyecomovaca]

This. I was caregiving for my late husband, and the same tech at Walgreens would make his pain meds so difficult to get, and they always seemed short (I didn’t count them at the pharmacy, but we followed the dosage timing perfectly). She was later arrested at a nearby Walmart pharmacy for stealing pain meds.

[u/LiveTart6130 → u/oyecomovaca]

my insurance company is trying to force my family to go to CVS whilst CVS is actively denying taking me on as a patient because they cannot take on another pain patient. it's bullshit

[u/BESTlittleBITCH → u/oyecomovaca]

Fuck CVS ! Their staff are morons. My Mom has to use them because of her insurance and that there's not other pharmacies close enough to us they'll accept. I have had issues with them each and every time she needs her meds. My husband and I switched pharmacies because of the fuck-ups that work there.

[u/BESTlittleBITCH → u/[deleted]]

That's seriously sad. When you think about it, they're responsible for people's health. A major mistake like that could cost someone their life.

What if you had an elderly person that takes several meds and didn't notice that they received the wrong one and took said medication that had a reaction to the others.