CVS has lost a customer for life. Review just for the pharmacy.
This location had been my primary pharmacy for years without any issue. In preparation for a major surgery I was about to have (that entailed breaking both the upper and lower jaws, 3 metal plates in my face, eating through a tube for a month, and having to crush my medications to take them intravenously - not an easy surgery to have or recover from), I dropped off 7 prescriptions to be filled. I took the prescriptions to the drop off counter and was told by the guy working that "we can fill these 2, we need to call out for these one, these 4 are OTC medications, you can just go find them in the aisle." A little taken aback, but trying to give the benefit of the doubt (which thinking about now, it makes me mad that I even did this) I went in search of some of the OTC medications and came back to him with some questions. I had very specific dosages and amounts listed on my prescriptions, and I wanted exactly what was written, without having to go digging in the aisles trying to figure out what was correct and how many packages I needed to get to make sure I had all the right amounts. I was met with such attitude from the pharmacist that I gave up and completely left the store, despite needing to pick up one of my regular prescriptions. He insisted on trying to tell me how I could and could not use my medications (one of them was a nasal spray, which I'm fully aware of the dangers of rebound congestion and all that - but as my surgery entails BREAKING MY FACE and my doctor told me I could use the nasal spray for up to a couple weeks as the swelling in my face could complicate breathing, how dare this guy try to tell me what I can and cannot do with my medications, even after I told him about the surgery I was having). I had also asked him about prices for some of the medications to which he replied "it doesn't matter it's not covered by insurance." That's not what I was asking you. One of my prescriptions was for 800mg ibuprofen which he tried to have me get OTC. I have never ever in my entire life heard of a pharmacist saying to get OTC ibuprofen and "just take more pills for your appropriate dosage." No - you fill the prescription. I want to take ONE pill for my dosage, not 4. And I want as many of my medications as possible to go through insurance as they count toward my yearly deductibles. It really seemed like this guy was lazy, possibly just "too busy" and didn't want to help me. When I complained to Gail, the manager, she was very apologetic and said she would address the matter.
I'm not sure why, but I went back a 2nd time to try and get them filled again. It was a different guy this time, and he was nicer than the first. He said they would fill everything and grab whatever OTC I needed (like a saline nasal spray vs. the afrin I was arguing with the first guy about) and if anything wasn't covered by insurance they would just have me pay the price in full. Great.
When I went to go pick everything up, my order was incomplete. I had 7 items to be picking up and I only had 5. I was furious. CVS had "no record" of the other 2 medications I was supposed to be getting. The guy from the first attempt was there and was going to "help me". I didn't want to deal with him, given our first interaction, I wanted to speak to someone else. With such an impending major surgery, the absolute last thing that I needed to deal with was pharmacy incompetence and not getting the medications I needed. I realized later that this would have been a perfect opportunity for CVS to try and rectify the situation with me in store, but of course they didn't, and I wouldn't be surprised if this was on purpose due to the inherently unhelpful nature of this one guy. Apparently they needed to get one of my prescriptions from the warehouse, which they didn't have and therefore could not fill, and they called and left a message to let me know. They didn't. This also meant that I needed to get the original prescription back so that I could take it somewhere else to get filled. This was never mentioned while I was there, resulting in having to make a second trip back to get my original prescription - because of course they couldn't just give it to me when I was standing right there to make it easier for me. Also, I thought they had "no record" of all of my prescriptions, which is why there were only 5, instead of 7. How then did they have my original prescriptions but no record of them? Absolutely unacceptable.
The store manager said he'd address my issues with the pharmacy, but I told him it didn't matter as I'd be removing my prescriptions and switching to Rite-Aid. CVS will never receive any of my money ever again. read more