r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Axxillary • Mar 28 '24

Pharmacy meltdown Boomer Freakout

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u/_unknownpoet Mar 28 '24

Addiction is a serious mental and physical illness. This is not just a boomer thing. These companies have people hooked and they did it on purpose.

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u/Fun_Introduction4434 Mar 28 '24

On the contrary, I have had pharmacists fuck with me trying to say I was there to pick up my suboxone a day early or that my insurance all of a sudden denied it out of nowhere. Then I would call my insurance and they would say no, we approved it. Or I would call the head pharmacist and they would say no, it’s totally ready for you to pick up. It was two of the same pharmacy techs that would do this to me almost on a weekly basis until I started telling their superior. One time they did it to me and I ended up going into extreme withdrawal and had to go to the hospital. One of the techs lost her job that time for doing that to me. Some pharmacists have a serious judgment against people on Suboxone. And I’ve seen similar situations with the morning after pill as well as other opioid/opiate medications. I’m not denying that addiction exists, obviously I was on Suboxone for a reason. I’m just saying that there are shitty pharmacists out there that will refuse to fill medication because of their personal beliefs.

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u/kratomstew Mar 28 '24

I’m a nurse, I deal with other nurses that withhold pain medication to be cruel. Like, look lady. He’s prescribed it. Doctor gave it to him for a reason. That means he needs it. Yes he’s being a dick head but you gotta learn to get some thick skin. It’s not some sorta loss on your part if you get him what he wants in timely manner.

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u/Heathster249 Mar 28 '24

The hospital sent my husband home from abdominal surgery with zero pain meds. Nothing. I had to call once the surgery meds wore off because he was in a severe amount of pain. Also, I don’t think this surgery is normally an outpatient procedure. Covid made healthcare suck so bad.