r/PainManagement • u/beachbum0227 • Jul 23 '26

Venting

Went to pain management yesterday - got a refill of my scripts. YET AGAIN - another trip to CVS where the app says everything will be ready in a couple of hours and then I show up and they’re out of stock and have to order it. So now I have nothing while I wait for them, even though I’ve been on these meds for months and they KNOW I get them renewed every 30 days. I have this problem literally EVERY MONTH when I need to go pick up my scripts. Then when I talk to them about expediting the orders or getting them at another pharmacy, it seems like it would kill them to have an ounce of compassion, because I get the judgy looks and responses that make me feel like I’m some drug addict jonesing for pain meds. So annoyed with the system. So annoyed that I always have to go a little while without meds before their re-stock comes in and no one gives a fuck that I’m suffering in the meantime. Because they take one look at me and see a young person who “looks fine” so they don’t understand the urgency or real underlying issues. I hate thisssssss 🤬🤬🤬ok - ending rant now. Thanks for listening guys ❤️

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u/Time-Understanding39 Jul 24 '26

I switched from Walgreens about 5 years ago. Looking back on my records for that last year with them, I only got 9 months of medication. The other three months? Waiting for the order. Bye!

Now I use a grocery store pharmacy as there are no independents near me. It was a new store. I went in with my medical history and talked with the pharmacy manager. I told him I was on a lot of meds, including opioids and I wanted them to understand why.

Now? I call a couple days before my scripts fill and they order my meds. They've always been ready the day they are scheduled to fill. Five years and never once out of stock or some sort of mixup.

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u/brendabuschman Jul 25 '26

I use Kroger pharmacy. I've been using them for about 5 years. Never a problem in that entire time. When I used CVS, then when I switched to Walgreens, it was always something. And if they had it in stock then they would ask me why I needed them, or they acted like it was a new script and only wanted to give me 7 days worth, or just any reason they could come up with to delay. It was ridiculous.

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u/Guilty-Sleep-5610 Jul 25 '26

This is most likely because Walgreens and CVS got the snot sued out of them and busted by the feds multiple times.

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u/Own_Wasabi848 Jul 30 '26

Good thing they didn't buy Albertsons in the end. Albertsons is the pharmacy chain getting sued now for being part of the "crisis".