Posted by jerrympls on January 17, 2004, at 23:12:30
In reply to Pharmacy rant, posted by Eddie Sylvano on January 15, 2004, at 8:22:57
OH- one other thing. A couple months ago I picked up my presciption of Ambien. When I got home I took it out of the bag and noticed there were A LOT missing. There were supposed to be 60 tablets and there were only 32. I kinda freaked out because I thought "Oh great, now if I take it back they'll just think I'm trying to scam them because Ambien is a controlled substance." I had to wait a day because the pharmacy had closed. So the next day I took back the bottle, with the receipt and the info they staple to the bag, etc and showed it to them and FORTUNATELY they apologized and gave me the rest of the prescription. They said that this med had been refilled at their automated refill center and that they would mark on my record that ALL medications refilled are to be checked twice for accuracy.
I was lucky to have a good pharmacy I guess - but I have heard of horror stories where the pharmacy screws up by messing up the count,etc and when the person went back to complain the pharmacy accused the person of trying to scam them!! I know of people who actually count their meds right when they get them in the pharmacy. It's most unfortunate that this happens and that people have to resort to performing their own quality control.
In my advice, go to a pharmacy affliated with your insurance - usually inside the clinic building of your clinic. They seem to be the most professional versus Walgreens, etc. that are staffed by Pharmacy techs straight out of college.
Just my opinion....
Jerry
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