To Janet

[Guest guest]

Hi Janet,

thanks for posting the info on Walgreen's, the DEA site and how

to complain about consistent errors in dispensing the narcotics.

I understand that they have responsibility for reporting so-called

suspicious scripts but, they seem to be extremely over-zealous

and very insensitive to the issues involved. Thankfully I am able

to get my pain killers filled at a pharmacy that I trust completely.

My problem came about when the doctors were trying to find the

right medication for me so I had numerous scripts with different

doctor's names so I guess that flagged things on me. But, the

way they handled it was to refuse to fill them because they " lost "

the script or it was " expired " or that they didn't have the meds on

hand and they were not going to call another store to get them

because it was " too expensive " for them. Ironically they are

doing the same thing for my zofran - which is not a narcotic but

maybe because of the cost? The most frustrating thing with that

happened at Christmas time.....they only were willing to give me

14 pills because they didn't want to deplete their stocks in case

another person came in with a script for zofran who needed it

more than I did. I asked if there was a zone-wide shortage of the

medication and they said no.....just that they wanted to have it on

hand " just in case " . And when I asked when they would have the

rest to completely fill the script, they said that by the time they

would get it, the script would expire and I would have to wait until

the next month. So 14 pills would last me 3 1/2 days and I was

leaving for a 14 day trip...........To say the least, I was in tears as I

left the store. To be Christmas and not having anti-nausea pills

to use was not something that I needed to experience.

Whatever came about from the DEA reporting on you? Did they

contact you? Were you able to resolve that problem ok? How

humiliating.........

I just don't get this whole attitude. I think part of the problem is

that a few years ago (maybe last year?) those day-time talk

shows had a spurt of panels that claimed that the new " drug

addict " was the middle-aged woman who had elective surgery

(usually hysterectomy was cited) and were given pain pills for the

recovery period and then became " addicted " to them. And then

the whole Rush Limbaugh thing.........

Laurie