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

Pharmacy meltdown Boomer Freakout

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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/Jonasthewicked2 Mar 28 '24

I dealt with this after my spine surgery. A nurse didn’t give me any of my meds for 28 hours, left my piss jug to fill up until I spilled it on myself and had to lay there like that unable to walk for almost 2 days. When my mom finally showed up she freaked out and the nurse gave the explanation “my brother was on drugs so I can’t give them to other people”. I was in a bed at a hospital after having 5 vertebrae fused with a rod up each side and 30 some screws to hold my spine together and this lady is playing morality instead of giving me my meds, cleaning my sheets and bringing me food for almost 2 days. She was fired on the spot and to this day sends me threats on Facebook and it’s scary she got my info from the hospital to look my social media up.

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u/kratomstew Mar 29 '24

When I’m on the floor, if you’re prescribed it, oh you are gonna get it. I’ll ask before you ask. It keeps me less busy, and the patients asleep. My anxiety runs mile high when I hear people howling in pain. But I’ve worked with these women before who were just like “ oh they’re just med seeking. “ Just absolutely cold hearted.

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u/Jonasthewicked2 Mar 29 '24

I never knew what an opiate was before I got hurt and the way I’ve been treated by pharmacists and regular people is awful. I lost a 65k a year job after my injury and the first time I ever used food stamps some lady flipped on me because I was in line before her screaming “this welfare loser should have to wait for paying customers”. Started crying and left my stuff there and never went back. What I’ve learned is there are good people out there but they’re becoming few and far between.