I've been taking my pets here for a couple of years now. I really liked them at first, but had a sort of falling out with them a few weeks ago. Dr. Pennington prescribed gabapentin, a controlled drug, for my cat for an upcoming holiday car trip because he gets super anxious. She gave me a physical script, but I wanted it filled through 1800PetMeds. I went back and forth for two days on the phone between AVC and 1800PetMeds to get this done. AVC blamed 1800PetMeds, stating they have more problems with 1800PetMeds than any other pharmacy. 1800PetMeds blamed AVC. Well, I trusted AVC, gave 1800PetMeds a piece of my mind and canceled the order. I told AVC I would take the physical prescription to Walmart.
When I took the physical prescription to Walmart pharmacy, they had to call AVC on it because Dr. Pennington prescribed a 100 mg tablet, which doesn't exist, and Walmart needed to change it to a capsule to fill the order. Well, AVC told Walmart that 1800PetMeds had filled the prescription and that Walmart needed to throw the prescription away, like I was trying to double-fill a controlled drug. Um...no... I called AVC, very angry that they told Walmart to throw my prescription away. I am in healthcare AND I get some of my meds filled there. I KNOW what Walmart pharmacy thought about my trying to double-fill a controlled substance, which wasn't the case at all. I spoke with Betsy at AVC, who called 1800PetMeds and confirmed that I had canceled the gabapentin order with them. Betsy denied up and down that she told Walmart to throw away my prescription, stating that they had more problems with Walmart than with any other pharmacy. Ironic, huh?
Well, even more ironic was what I read in the notes when I had AVC forward my cat's medical records. WOW! They must think I am an enraged, drug addicted criminal. It was noted in the medical record that they did indeed tell Walmart to throw away my prescription, which makes me look like an enraged, drug addicted criminal as well. The notes also indicated that I said that my cat "can't take po meds." (po = oral meds) This was so not what I said. What I said was I can't give my cat liquids because he spits them all over the place very violently which was why I didn't want their oral solution. I can pill him just fine.
Apparently the script wasn't authorized to 1800PetMeds for the reason below:
11-14-19 4:15p: DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH CHART FOR GABAPENTIN UNTIL TALKING TO
DR.PENNINGTON
MJR: 11-14-19 at 4:15p:
Why didn't they just tell me?? I talked to them multiple times and they kept blaming 1800PetMeds! I would've gladly brought in the written prescription if they were concerned about this!!
It was a month before I tried to fill the script at Walmart. The reason was because I took my cat to the vet in November and asked for meds for a road trip that I'd be taking over the holidays, so I didn't need the med until late Dec. Anyway, this was their note.
NVH: 12-15-19 at 2:44p:
Walmart pharmacy called asking about a script for gabapentin that was writen 11/9. We told the
pharmacist that o had already gotten her gabapentin from 1800petmeds and would not need to get if
filled anymore and was notified to discard the script.
This was handled very poorly and of course I never received an apology. In fact, I was chastised severely by Betsy for calling angry. Yes, Betsy, I was irate. You would be too if your integrity was unnecessarily questioned. Before this encounter, I'd been nothing but nice to them. I'd even given them a five star review. If they are going to act this way, they should not be allowed to prescribe controlled substances. I've considered contacting the TN state board. Maybe if they spent more time documenting patient charts correctly than they spent gathered around the TV watching the "Bama" games, they'd be more effective at caring for patients and their owners.
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