I'm a Type 1 diabetic, so i visit a pharmacy several times a month. I've been using CVS since before it was CVS; anyone remember Arbor Drugs?! When i lived in Southfield, MI i was right next to the CVS at 13 Mile and Southfield Rd. I had been going there for a little shy of 15 years and it was so convenient that i couldn't see myself EVER going anywhere else or why anyone would. Then i moved to Rochester Hills, MI and was forced to change pharmacies. What a BUMMER!
At first, i thought "no big deal, all CVS pharmacies are created equal right?" WRONG. I've lived in Rochester Hills now for almost two years and i wish i could move back, just for the CVS in Southfield! Literally every single time I go to this CVS, and even the CVS around the corner on John R. & Auburn, there is a problem with my prescriptions! Twice I even had to go the weekend WITHOUT ANY INSULIN!!!! For you diabetics and doctors/med students, you know how serious that is.
The pharmacy staff at this CVS, 2011 S. Rochester Rd. Rochester Hills, MI, are incompetent and rude! And that's being generous. Even while I'm waiting in their hour-long line, i can hear other people having as difficult a time getting their prescriptions as i have! I've emailed CVS corporate several times to ask them what the heck is going on over there, and I've gotten no reply! So i gave up. If i didn't have to a rely on a pharmacy to keep me alive, my position would be different. But these people literally have my life in their less than capable hands! I've even had prescriptions filled and received wrong medication or incorrect amounts! One time, and i don't know how they managed this, they fumbled a narcotic pain killer prescription in a manner that had me investigated by the DEA!
I've since been traveling the 45 minutes back to Southfield to the GOOD CVS to get my prescriptions. Even so, it burns me up that CVS is still getting my money even though they employ rude, incompetent pharmacy staff at most of their pharmacies (in my experience). One out of three ain't so good... read more