Re: a- it's not just doctors!

[Guest guest]

a,

I did confront my old pharmacist, and he was fairly shook up that my Dr.

suggested I report him. He said they're watching pharmacists as closely as they

are doctors. Sounds like rationalization to me.

The new pharmacy we're using has been very good, and is actually closer to

us, with a drive-through. They just built it about a year ago.

My only concern is that one of these days, my Dr. is going to retire, and I

don't know what I'll do then.

Dix

Re: [ ] - it's not just doctors!

Dix,

What a terrible experience. It¹s a good think your doctor knows you so well

since a label like this could affect your ability to ever get pain meds.

It¹s shocking that this pharmacist would do this to someone that they¹ve had

a relationship with for so many years and who¹s record is readily available.

I hope your new pharmacy treats you better and the old pharmacist double

checks before making such accusations.

a

> With all the messages about personal experiences, I thought I'd throw in

> this one - which I found absolutely appalling.

> I'd called my Dr. for a refill on Vicodin. He called me back to let me

> know that the pharmacist refused to refill it saying that I was a drug

seeker!

> My Dr., who's known me for 20 years, asked me what other pharmacy I'd like

him

> to call the Rx into, and also told me to report the pharmacist and how to do

>

it.

> I called the pharmacist, absolutely furious, and asked him just what

right

> he had to say that, to refuse to fill the prescription, and on what basis he

> made that statement. He said that it was a few days early for the refill

(it

> was a bad month, and sometimes my meds last 6 weeks and sometimes they don't

> quite make it a full month); and that there were times when I called in a

> refill and didn't have the bottle with the Rx number on it! There were more

> ridiculous reasons, and I reminded him that I'd been using that pharmacy for

> 15 years, and he knew my entire med history for those 15 years, and there

was

> nothing there to indicate I was a drug seeker.

> He ended up apologizing and said it had been a very busy day and he

wasn't

> thinking clearly, and had me confused with someone else, and that if I had

my

> Dr. call again, he'd fill the prescription.

> Needless to say, I changed pharmacies.

> And I couldn't agree more with your philosophy expressed below!

> Dix

[Guest guest]

I¹d think they would monitor everyone with access to narcotics to make sure

there is no funny business going on. There¹s been many stories in the

papers about pharmacists selling narcotics. I can¹t believe someone would

go through all those years of school and throw it all away.

I¹m glad your new pharmacy is better suited for you. Hopefully when your

doctor retires, he will refer you to someone and include a letter in your

records that indicates the care he gives you. Maybe by then there will be

some resolution to this mess.

a

> a,

> I did confront my old pharmacist, and he was fairly shook up that my Dr.

> suggested I report him. He said they're watching pharmacists as closely as

> they are doctors. Sounds like rationalization to me.

> The new pharmacy we're using has been very good, and is actually closer to

> us, with a drive-through. They just built it about a year ago.

> My only concern is that one of these days, my Dr. is going to retire, and

> I don't know what I'll do then.

> Dix

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 20/07/2004 19:02:39 Central Standard Time,

paula54@... writes:

> There¹s been many stories in the

> papers about pharmacists selling narcotics. I can¹t believe someone would

> go through all those years of school and throw it all away.

>

Just remember, don't believe everything you read about this stuff. A lot of

it is simply untrue!! Cary

[Guest guest]

> How right you are Cary! We all know how the papers report things and when the

> person is innocent, we rarely hear about that.

> a

>

>

>

> Just remember, don't believe everything you read about this stuff. A lot of

> it is simply untrue!! Cary

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