Updating my review, since I haven't been here in a couple years and more importantly, since I had to use the 24-hr pharmacy for the first time the other night.
One word. Horrible.
Disorganized, unprofessional, and worse yet full of mistakes. It took them about an hour to process 4 customers the whole time I was there. One of the customers was returning vitamins of some sort. So the store manager/supervisor patiently waited with the pharm-tech to return said vitamins. But much like ACME movers in a Looney Toons cartoon, they stumbled around for 15 minutes or so to get the prices right on the register. Never mind the three sickie customers waiting for medicine. After a while, this situation becomes almost a comedy of errors. I started to feel bad for the vitamin dude and was almost willing to pay the poor guy $20 myself seeing these two stumble around at the register.
A second customer staggers up to the register saying he needed 'one more pill' because his wife couldn't take one, she needed two. The pharm-tech of course stopped what she was doing to help this man. She finally realized that the prescription hadn't been filled at this particular CVS and that the man would have to come back with the original prescription (makes sense, right?). But the old dude was persistent and finally the pharmacist steps in. She says 'okay' and to just add one pill 'as a favor'. I have no idea what this pill was, but the pharm-tech proceeds to add one more pill to the bottle and gives it back to the surly old man. Really, is this like... legal?
Finally its my turn at this mad house. The pharm tech retrieves what she thinks is my cough/cold medicine. I asked her what the active ingredient was. She says she didn't know and would have to ask the pharmacist. Mind you, the pharmacist is like 3 feet away but is on some important phone call at 12 midnight. Since my curiosity is somewhat peaked, I then asked to see the faxed prescription from my doctor. The pharm tech tells me 'it just says cough syrup'. Really? Yeah, just says 'cough syrup'. Wow, is this like... legal?
The pharmacist finally takes notice of our conversation and looks over the prescription again. Oh, that's the wrong one she says. Please get the blah-blah-blah syrup from the corner. The pharm tech apologizes profusely and says the pharmacist will fill the prescription in a couple minutes. 10 minutes pass. No other customers. Said pharm-tech is loading the garbage and boasting about how she's off work in 5 minutes. Seeing as how I didn't want to let her off so easily, I asked her for a copy of the faxed prescription, which she begrudgingly obliged. Of course it didn't say 'cough syrup' like she claimed, but a very particular anti-histamine and decongestant (at least my doctor was the sober one in this equation!!) The pharmacist fills the prescription, its a $5 copay. Guess that's the price of a night of onerous 'entertainment' at the late night CVS pharmacy.
Thankfully, this train wreck came to an end in about an hour. And if you've read this review in entirety, please be advised its 100% true. The late night pharmacy here is to be avoided at all costs. With so many missteps, its only a matter of time before one of their mistakes will harm one of their customers permanently. Scary stuff if you ask me. read more