I saw my doctor on February 1st and she changed my insulin dosage, but she hadn't notified the pharmacy. I called in a refill, but was told that it was too soon. Understandable - that's my doctor's fault. However, I notified my doctor, who sent another Rx to the pharmacy a week ago - March 15th. I stopped in at 5:20 am this morning to pick it up and was told by the pharmacist that it was too soon to refill. I told him that my doctor had sent a new Rx. He checked the computer and then told me that my doctor had sent a new Rx, but they hadn't been able to reach my insurance company for an override. I asked why they hadn't been able to do so for an entire week and was told, "we don't have the staff to wait on the phone for an insurance company". Really? Isn't that someone's responsibility at the pharmacy? I had a previous experience where my insulin pens malfunctioned. The plungers on the last three pens that I had would not go down. I was to see my doctor that week to get a new Rx, so I took the pens to CVS and explained that I was now out of insulin and I didn't have a new refill yet. The pharmacist told me that I'd have to contact the manufacturer and work it out with them. Really? I bought the pens at CVS and now it's my problem for a defective product? I called my doctor and had a new Rx sent to Wegmans that was able to fill. I also sent a message to CVS customer service, who did finally resolve the issue. This pharmacy is ridiculous. As previous posters noted, I've also been told that an Rx would be ready after giving several days notice and I've had to wait "another 30 minutes because we're busy". Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere.
Follow up. I wrote the above review as soon as I arrived at my office at 5:45 am. I was supposed to receive a call as soon as they spoke with my insurance company about the Rx override. Naturally, no one called me. Surprise! Surprise! I called CVS at 2:30 to find out what was going on and was told that my Rx wouldn't be ready until "three thirty". Now, I had been told previously by CVS that it was too soon to fill my Rx - that was the issue, so I thought she was talking about March 30th. I told her that I couldn't go eight days without insulin and finally she realized I was talking about a date, not a time. When we were both on the same page about the time, I asked her how the arbitrary 3:30 time came about. Of course she didn't know, but I do! I called at 2:30, they hadn't called me back so she gave her inept staff an hour to fill the Rx. Apparently they had called the insurance company after me bringing it to their attention after a week. Of course, the Rx wasn't ready at 3:30 as promised as were the Rx's of the five people behind me in line. All the guy behind the counter could say was, "we're expediting that order now!". Way to go CVS. You suck. read more