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I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF THE WALGREEN'S PHARMACIES ARE AS HORRIBLE AS THE ONE ON BROOKS IN DUNNELLON, FLORIDA, BUT IF THEY ARE, IT'S A WONDER THAT THEY ARE STILL IN BUSINESS. EVERYONE IN PHARMACY HAS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STORIES, AND I DREAD IT EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE TO PICK UP MY MEDICATION.
THE LAST TIME THAT I WENT TO PICK UP ONE OF MY MEDS, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO DRIVE TO CRYSTAL RIVER, AND GET A HAND WRITTEN PRESCRIPTION FROM MY DOCTOR BEFORE THEY'D RELEASE IT. IN THE PAST, HE HAD ALWAYS CALLED IT IN, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND THAT THE LAW CHANGED IN OCTOBER, REQUIRING A HAND WRITTEN PRESCRIPTION EVERY TIME THAT I PICKED IT UP. TWO DAYS AGO, I RECEIVED A CALL THAT THIS MEDICATION WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP, AND WHEN I QUESTIONED THE PHARMACIST ABOUT NEEDING A HAND WRITTEN SCRIPT FROM MY DOCTOR, I WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE MUST HAVE CONFUSED THE MEDICATION WITH SOMETHING ELSE, AND THAT I DIDN'T NEED ONE. THIS MORNING I WENT TO PICK IT UP, AND AS THE PHARMACIST STOOD THERE WITH MY MEDS IN HIS HAND, HE TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED DOCTOR AUTHORIZATION, AND THAT I HAD NO REFILLS, CONTRARY TO WHAT I WAS TOLD ON THE PHONE THE OTHER DAY, WHEN I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD TWO REFILLS LEFT. THERE IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE OVER SOMETHING WHEN I GO THERE, AND I'M SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING CHANGING TO CVS. ALSO, THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME, AND THE WAIT TIME IS UNBELIEVABLE. THERE IS USUALLY ONE PERSON JOCKEYING BETWEEN THE DRIVE THRU WINDOW, AND THE COUNTER.
MY FATHER WENT TO PICK UP HIS BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION AT ONE OF THE WALGREEN'S IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND THE GIRL WAS ON THE PHONE AS SHE WAITED ON HIM. HE WAS GIVEN MEDICATION FOR OSTEOPOROSIS, AND ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL HEMORAGING TWO DAYS LATER. WALGREEN'S NEEDS TO GETBTHEIR ACT TOGETHER OR CLOSE.

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