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huh, I had the same problem at walgreens myself. My doctors office laughed, they said they get that from them ALL the time, they think they are the policemen of the drug world. This was my situation, I had an automatic refil on ultracet (hardly even a decent drug as anyone with real pain knows), this script was not from my regular doc, as I couldn't get in to see him. So when I was able to get into him, he wanted me to take ultram (ultracet is a lower milligram with tylenol in it), so I dropped off the new written script to walgreens, and told them, "please cancel the automatic refil on the ultracet, and just fill this one" I go back to pick it up and they said I have to call my doctor. I went off on them, first of all, if I was drug seeking, you think I would have kept the original auto refil, and took the new written one to a different pharmacy and filled it without insurance, it's a cheap drug. What morons! I think it's ridiculous that we have to justify what medications we take, and they try to make us feel like a drug addict in the process. I always use the same pharmacy so as to avoid any red flags because I do take many different medications, and this way it's all on one computer system and the interactions are there, etc. I'm sorry you had this experience as well. It's very upsetting. My small town pharmacy just closed, and joined with rite aid, which I refuse to go there, they are so busy that they look at you like "great, now I have to stop what I'm doing to help you" With the money I spend on my meds and supplements, I want decent service. They just built a new Target here, and so I transferred everything to them, and they have been fantastic! I've even taken the opportunity to educate them about lyme disease, they were curious about some of the meds I was on, so I was telling them about it. I would report it to the corperate office, let them know how disapoited you are, that you have been loyal to them, and you will be finding a new place to fill your meds, and seeing as that you are sick, that's a lot of money to take elsewhere. Yes, some doctors are quick to write pain scripts, although I have yet to come across it I have heard stories. When I frist got put on some of the meds I take I was a nervous wreck, I used to be miss all natural, and to have to take medications every day of my life just created turmoil in me. I researched the heck out of it, and have learned that if you are truely in pain, your body can NOT heal, and that if you are truely in need of these medications, be it pain, or anxiety or whatevery, the likely hood of addiction is really low when taken properly. Please do not take anything I say as medical advice. I am not a doctor.
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harmacist Thanks for all the replys. I did report to CVS customer service and the next day thisdiot's supervisor called and apologized up and down.He said there was nothing in my file to make him do that. I was told they didn't want to lose meas a customer,and I would never have aproblem there again.When my husband went to pick up my order the girls there said they felt awful.Theylso said they didn't want us to leave cvs. I guess that bad pharmacist got a talking to!