I cannot believe the poor treatment I received at Wal-Mart’s pharmacy recently. I was there right when they opened (the shutters pulled up as I approached), I was the only customer, three employees were working in the pharamacy, and I was told it would take 20 minutes!
I thought that was a pretty long time, but what can you do? I shopped for less than five minutes in the same toiletries area, and wandered the short aisles directly in front of the pharmacy the remaining time. I stayed in that area so they would see me and I could get my prescription as soon as it was ready.
I noticed 30 minutes had passed, so I asked if my prescription had been filled yet. The girl walked over and grabbed it where it had been sitting for some time. I paid and left without making a fuss, but I was pretty upset.
There were 3 employees in there and nobody else had visited the pharmacy the whole time! I have to wonder if this is Wal-Mart’s policy to try encouraging people to shop and spend more, or if these three were just poor employees with callous attitudes?
Since I doubt I’ll go back to that one again, what are some good and bad pharmacies around Idaho Falls?
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. Plus that leaves me a day to spend money elsewhere, so yes, there is money to be made on Sunday.
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(North) Hyway Drug is great. Slightly lower prices than some and my family is always in and out quickly – they also have a drive through off 1st Street.
Top ↑I am yet to find a decent pharmacy in IF. I agree that the Wal-Mart one is awful. I’ll try the Hyway Drug one.
Top ↑Joe, something to consider…can’t you fill perscription online? Maybe there were several to fill in front of you. We don’t always see what goes on behind the scenes.
Top ↑dreavill, you make a point I hadn’t thought of, however what business sense is it to make a customer who is there wait vs. someone who will pick it up later?
Perhaps this was the case, and it reminds me of one of my other business pet peeves when a worker makes you wait while they talk on the phone. I’m standing there with cash in hand ready to purchase, and they’re starting a sale on the phone and making me wait.
Top ↑My FAVORITE pharmacy is eastgate drug – they still truly personalize the pharmacist/patient relationship – they will even deliver if you need them to. Plus they are all so nice and happy to help – there are TWO drive up windows and if you call on your way to the pharmacy it’ll be ready when you get there – and if you don’t, it’ll still be quick even if they have a pharmacy full of people. But if you are in a pinch or it’s late at night i prefer walgreens simply for the convenience – you can refill online, via automated phone system, or in person – there will soon be two locations and you can travel anywhere in this country and have your prescription transferred to where you are. I’ve never had any problems with either pharmacy and would feel comfortable saying they’ll treat you well.
Top ↑Joe — I would recommend talking to the store manager after an incident like that. I can guarantee you that they did not delay your order in the hopes that you shop more. (I use to work as a DM for Wal-Mart — 12 stores) You just had a very poor employee helping you. It is good to bring a situation like that to the attention of the store manager so that it can be dealt with — and others won’t have to go through the same thing (hopefully) There are several nice Pharmacies in the area — but Wal Mart is one of the good ones — and with the company’s new plan to slash prices by 40% on 300 diff. drugs — I hate to walk away from them. One of the most pathetic situations in this country today is the health care and drug costs — and the fact that so many people cannot afford their needed perscriptions. The Government sure isn’t doing anything about it. At least WalMart is doing something. With a 40% price reduction — maybe that will foster some competition and get the price of RX down to where people can almost afford it.
Top ↑I’ve resisted posting here as long as I could. Finally, in my race to stay ahead of Insider Observer (
) as a top commenter, I’ve decided to share some of my thoughts.
I don’t mean any disrespect to anyone who has posted before me. I simply see this question in an entirely different way and can no longer remain silent about it.
How is a pharmacy “good or bad,” based on customer service? Wouldn’t the more appropriate question for that example be, “Which local pharmacies have prompt and personalized customer service?” That is a fair question, as a person wants to know who will provide personalized or prompt customer service. Yet, some consumers (who mostly do not have a background in bio, organic and inorganic chemistry, plus all the pharmacology courses or other hard sciences needed to understand pharmacology) seem comfortable making decisions about “good or bad pharamcies” without knowing more details about pharmacy practice and the credentials a R.Ph or Pharm.D must have to dispense medication, merely how long it took to get their prescription and how pleasant the pharmacist was or wasn’t.
To answer the question of what pharmacy is a good pharmacy, IMHO, it is a pharmacy that is able to work with me to obtain the medications I have had prescribed, punctual given THEIR limitations about refills (have you ever seen signs posted about pharmacies requiring 24-48 hrs. for refills? I have. Have you ever asked for the limit of what their pharmacy does and do you know how long it takes them to order in medications from their distributors?). I also need an educated enough and up-to-date professional who understands the pharmacology of what drug-drug interaction might hurt me or a family member or others getting prescriptions and of course a pharmacist who has my drug allergies on record so I don’t die, or become severely ill, by some medication being given to me to which I’m allergic. I need a pharmacy that can prepared an I.V. solution, if that is what my physician is the best way to administer medication to me. I doubt that is a factor for most people, so I suggest one take a “family investory” of what medical conditions exist that may have to be treated with medications that cannot be administered orally. I don’t need I.V. meds now, but should I need them, I know which pharmacies in town have the capacity to make sure the I.V. contains all it should and doesn’t contain what it shouldn’t.
Sometimes that means pharmacists may have to clarify with practitioners who have written prescriptions about different medication changes. Sometimes, those changes can be made and sometimes they cannot, based on the drug and its halflife, among other factors. If the pharmacist cannot give you a cheaper drug, given what your practitioner thinks is best for you, whose fault is that? Or, is it anyone’s fault, or just competent care? Does that rank the pharmacy as “good or bad?”
So how about splitting up the categories here about which pharmacies appear to have the most competent pharmacists who can answer questions in words anyone can understand about their prescriptions, can tell you their turn around time from their distributors for medications that are out-of-stock and whether or not they can make certain preperations the way a practitioner has ordered it? Sometimes prescription for kids are only available in tablets and your kid can’t swallow pills. What do you do?
Is your pharmacist skilled and familiar enough with putting the tablets into a solution or suspension, if the drug will remain stable that way? Is the medication bitter and to get your child to take it a flavor must be added. Has your pharmacist done that before and if so, how often? Have you ever asked these questions at a pharmacy? I have and it has been my experience that over and over again about four pharmacies rank top in my mind of who has the most educated staff, the largest inventory of specialized drugs (not just the 200 most prescribed) and can suggest more than one way of giving a medicine. Plus, usually those who truly like their jobs and don’t just see themselves as “pill counters” but a part of your healthcare team, seem to me, to be happier overall. Happier people seem to give better customer service, in my experience.
If price is your only concern, call every pharmacy until you can get the lowest price. But, remember, there are other ways to save money of prescriptions such as asking your practitioner if a larger amount of a tablet can be dispensed and you can cut it in half or something similar. The answer may be no, but what do you have to lose by asking?
If you are after customer service and that exceeds everything else for you at a pharmacy, fortunately, in Idaho Falls you are in luck. However, I don’t believe that to be the case in all cities. ID only has a penetration of about 10% of managed care, so at this point, most people covered by most insurances can have prescriptions filled anywhere.
If you have never had the pleasure (NOT) of living with managed care in a highly capitated state, you will soon learn that “customer service” vs. being able to get your medication refills on time become totally different issues. For those who rely on Medicaid for their prescriptions, some pharmacies are great to work with practitioners and the state to get certain medications are approved. Others are just plain jerks. If you’ve ever had to go this route, you probably know which pharmacies take dispensing medication on time seriously. Is that good customer service? Yes, but to me it is far more than that. What happens if a person with a chronic illnes, goes without his/her daily medicaiton because a pharmacist doesn’t “get it” that they have to be active to obtain that medication for the person? Pharmacies that won’t fax the paperwork and jump the hoops may provide smiling faces and kind words to insurance-paying customers, but Medicaid patients may not be able to obtain daily prescriptions on time. You decide for yourself if that is just good Customer Service or something else.
As a general rule, I don’t like big chain pharmacies, given the parameters I’ve listed. However, I’ve been shocked to learn that good old Walgreen’s on 17th and Holmes stocked a drug no one else did and could put a flavor in a preparation for a child, when no one else was willing to do so. So I learned to be a little more reserved about jumping to conclusions about Walgreen’s. There are a few chains I just don’t like. It has been my experience when a pharmacist struggles to fill certain perscriptions, either due to a limited inventory, unfamiliarity with certain drugs or other reasons, customer service is lacking.
With my five cents being thrown in, I think there are 4-5 competent, experienced and comprehensive pharmacies in town that can meet my expectatons. I think any pharmacy can have crummy customer service on any given day, given who is at the front counter.
Top ↑I’ve been pleased with Fred Meyer Pharmacy. I’ve yet to wait for a RX I’ve called in ahead or had the doctor call in. They are also most accomodating when I’ve asked them to match the lowest price I’ve found elsewhere on the medication. My only complaint is that they sometimes don’t have enough of the required medication and I’ve had to go back a second time.
Top ↑Ok4Now, those are great points I had not considered. I especially liked the part about putting a flavor in a child’s prescription; I never would have thought of that in a million years.
I suppose it does boil down to every customer is different and it’s difficult for any pharmacy to be all things to all people.
For me, I rarely get ill and so don’t have to worry about multiple medications conflicting, though I can appreciate that’s a concern (I read about technological solutions to that all the time on digg.com).
For me, when I’m at a pharmacy I tend to speak less than three sentences with them, so I don’t care about how personable they are.
For me, again because I don’t get sick often, I just want to get in and out of the pharmacy as quickly as possible. I spend the whole time there thinking of the millions of other things I would rather be doing.
So for me, speed is the utmost importance, with cost being second, and all else being inconsequential. When I go to a retail pharmacy like Wal-Mart, I’m expecting speed.
That’s why I was so disappointed by that last experience at Wal-Mart, because they took forever and completely ignored me while I was standing right in front of them.
We have used the Rite-Aid pharmacy on Broadway, but I heard that whole store is due to close up any week now. Fred Meyer is so expensive with their products I’d be reluctant to try their drugstore.
I’m sure eastgate is great, but I don’t want to drive across town the opposite way. I might try the Hy-way drug since that’s in my realm and I like the idea of helping a locally-owned business. Plus it’s one of those stores I’ve never gone into before.
Top ↑Fred Meyer is comparable to WinCo on its “drug” offerings I’ve noticed. But, it’s cheaper by a few dollars on over-the-counter items compared to its sister company, Smith’s.
Top ↑Joe, Just a quick tip. Call the pharmacy you want to use and ask them when their busiest times are. I avoid 5:00 – 6:00p.m. like the plague.
I also think dreavill and Skitterkat have made valid points here. Like dreavill, I refill monthly rxs online. Actually, wiht a couple that are so standard and necessary, the pharmacy had me sign a waiver that when the time came to fill them, they could. Now, ther prescriptions wait on me, in that situation.
Skitterkat and Paula both suggested calling ahead of time to have refills ready. I think those are good ideas too.
I think all of those ideas will help with how quickly you get out of there. But, why not let your computer do the talking, if you have to have refills.
One other point that is not widely known, is one huge chain, that Joe happened to mention, is a pain to deal with on faxed rxs. More and more practitioners want faxed copies of refills for many reasons. Wal*Mart has this strange little habit of not listing either the fax number or the phone number, and that isn’t by accident. I’ve called and had pharmacy techs refuse to give me a fax number. So I’ve just called later and asked to speak to the Pharmacist on duty who was in charge.
And a smaller grocery store chain in eastern ID, which I won’t name, but it does have stores in Rigby and Shelley, turns their faxes off at night. Check on that one. Many doctors offices require 24-48 hrs. notice for refills. If their faxes go out after 6:59 p.m., patients will be sadly mistaken to think this pharmacy will get them filled, as the fax won’t go through at 7:00 p.m.
Top ↑Joe, I forgot to tell you I take my MP3 to the pharmacy, or bills I need to pay. I take something to do so I don’t feel like I am waisting my time.
Top ↑We have great success with Fred Meyer but are considering the new Eastgate drug on the West side when it opens up. Ammon to far from home, but this will be perfect. I’ve always heard great things about Eastgate and their staff.
Top ↑Magazine Guy, When I wrote my suggestions in Taylor’s Crossing to Mr. Walker I suggested Eastgate in T.C. Is one going in there or where?
They are one very educated group of pharmacists (most are Pharm.D’s), compasionate from what I can tell, busy and willing to work with the doctors.
A drive up window and even home delivery. I once told Kim Kohler, R.Ph., the owner, he didn’t need to fear the near Walgreen’s in Ammon. Knowledge and knowing one’s clients can’t be replaced by major computer and links throughout the U.S. Walgreen’s has its place. As I mentioned earlier, it had a medication that actually I thought Eastgate would have and they didn’t. However, Walgreen’s did.
I absolutely LOVE drive-through pharmacies. Idaho has done it right. Some of the surrounding states are just awful at their attempts at “drive through” pharmacies.
Please let me know what you know about this. If Eastgate is indeed opening a westside location, where would that be?
Thanks.
Top ↑The new pharmacy will be called Westgate Drug and is under construction right now over by the new Bank of Commerce on Broadway on the Skyline side of 1-15.
Top ↑Sweet! I’ll definitely be hitting the westgate drug then. I must be the last person to know this. I just told my wife and she said ‘duh it’s almost finished’.
Top ↑Well Joe, You can tell your wife you did a thorough investigation before to make sure it was the best place to go.
Isn’t the Bank of Commerce building a new bank and then something like a records storage or processing facilitiy close by? How far west is this on Broadway?
Top ↑I didn’t realize that Eastgate Drug had changed hands. When did the Smith family sell it to Kim Kohler?
Top ↑Andy, I’m probably wrong in how I wrote that (I would have to research the info and I don’t have time right now. Please, feel free to correct me, if I’m wrong). Kim’s the chief pharmacist. Most likely when thinking of an article, I potentially made an error having misunderstood something I read.
Please set the record straight. My apologies if I got some info I read confused. I may have misunderstood something I read.
One thing is for sure, the owner/owners of Eastgate have a great pharmacy. And, if I understand correctly, it sounds like Westgate will be owned by the same owners?
Please confirm what you can as the truth. I certianlly do NOT want to mislead anyone here with any information I write. I appreciate you questioning my comments so we all can get the facts behind the story.
Top ↑It’s no problem, Ok4Now. As far as I know Eastgate Drug was started by David Smith. He passed away maybe a year or two ago, it hasn’t been too long. I think his son Corey Smith runs it now, and Corey’s brother Drew is also involved.
They are a super bunch of people to work with. I don’t think you could find a more friendly and competent pharmacy anywhere else in town. The other places can’t match their personalized service. I hope they do build a new pharmacy on the west side. Do you know if it will be a pharmacy only, or will they also have drug store items? Their store in Ammon also has a pretty big framed art department.
Top ↑I have tried many different pharmacies. I have 3 kids ages 5 3 and 1..all with different needs. I was pleased with Eastgate until I was told I they didnt offer Nebulizers, so i was referred to TETON PHARMACY on Valincia over by Mountian View Hosp. They are awsome, I havent had a problem with them, and they even have a drive thru! I love the drive thru!
Top ↑Teton Pharmacy on Valencia is owned by Mountain View Hospital? Since when?
Top ↑The post (21) said that Teton Pharmacy is “over” by and not “Owned” by MVH.
Top ↑Thanks magazine guy. I know the family that has owned that pharmacy for years. I wondered if something had happened I didn’t knos about.
It is a comprehensive pharmacy. It use to be in the Teton Speciaty Plaza.
Top ↑For those of you still curious, Westgate is now open. Corey Smith is the main owner, Kim Kohler RPh. is the head pharmicist, and it has all the luxuries of Eastgate, even better because they are still slow!! They can transfer any prescriptions for you if you just call them, and its a beautiful store. You should stop in if you get a chance, I am very pleased with the service
Top ↑I love Eastgate Drugs Pharmacy! They have great personalized service there and are very quick filling your prescription! My girlfriend uses Walmart and we both hate it. The pharmacists are rude, there’s always a line, and they take forever.
Top ↑Eastgate is great. Everytime I go in there they greet me by name, they’ve got a ton of staff at all times of the day and night to help you, and the service is the best I’ve ever had. I used to use the big chains when I lived in Florida, like Walgreens, CVS, etc. but they always took a min of 2 hours to fill your script and they just treated you like cattle.
Since I’ve lived in IF, Eastgate has been my favorite pharmacy and one I’ll always use. I/ve heard from co-workers Westgate is equally as good.
Amen to everything that has been said about Eastgate Pharmacy. I went there yesterday, planning to give them my prescription at the drive through window. There was a line 7 cars long, but there was also a pharmacy tech out in the freezing cold, going from car to car, taking prescriptions, taking names, answering questions – doing whatever she could to hasten the process. Because I was ill I didn’t wait for the script to be filled, but it was delivered to my home in a timely fashion, by an equally polite staff member. I tell you what, Eastgate and Westgate are going to put the other guys out of business if the others don’t wake up and smell the choloroform.
Top ↑All the above comments are great to hear. Our family owns Eastgate/Westgate and we appreciate the great support the community gives us, as well as the loyalty. We strive for excellence, if there is anything we can do to improve, just come on in and let us know!
Top ↑Wondering if Westgate has quicker fill times than Eastgate. I refuse to go to the big chains, and because of some medications I have to take each month, I’ve used Eastgate for about 2 years now. The problem is, for about the last year or so, they’ve gotten extremely busy. I’ve tried going in their all hours of the day, but it seems like it doesn’t matter. It takes a minimum of 30-45 minutes to fill my script. Where it used to take 10-15 minutes. I live in between both, so going to one or the other wouldn’t make a difference to me. I was thinking of switching over to Westgate if I could find out how the service / fill times compare.
Top ↑I gotta put in a plug for the pharmacy I’ve used for the last 25 years. Once called the medicine shoppe, it’s now named “Mike’s Pharmacy” on Holmes, and Mike Merrill and his staff have been pleasant, professional, accurate, and fast all that time. I rarely give a recommendation, but these people are the best I’ve dealt with.
Top ↑I’ve heard that about Mike too. He is an excellent pharmacist. A friend of mine actually had Mike save his bacon. The doctor prescribed a med that would have interacted with another med the same doctor prescribed that could have killed him. Mike noted this little problem and chewed the doctor a new one.
Top ↑What a huge disappointment to read in this morning’s PR: Eastgate and Westgate Drug owners are going out of business after 41 years of business in our area!
I was shocked to read this, because they seemed to be doing so well. They just opened up their nice Westgate store only 12 months ago!
The owners said the main reason they must close is because of the reformed Medicare Part D Prescription Plan. It went into effect just last year and is already claiming independent pharmacy businesses across America.
The problem is apparently that under this plan pharmacies have to wait seven to nine weeks to get their payment from third party payment companies like Caremark and Medco, so the independents have to pay credit interest while waiting for their payments. It’s an inevitably losing position for independents.
This makes me mad! Apparently a fix is in the works, but failed last year and is still not guaranteed to pass anytime soon.
What is Mike Simpson’s position on this? He voted for the Medicare prescription monstrosity plan didn’t he? Or is this another one of those bills he voted for but never read?
Top ↑I was really upset to hear this on the news this morning! I just can’t believe he’s selling out to Walgreens of all places! From what I heard, the Medicare issue wasn’t the only reason. Walgreens made them an offer they couldn’t refuse, as their opening up a new store on that side of town. (East) It just bums me out as I get prescriptions from Eastgate on a monthly basis and the main reason I go to this establishment is because of the friendly people and great service.
Top ↑Eastgate is closing this week and Westgate in 3 weeks. Now I’ve got to find another “Mom & Pop” Pharmacy to go to. I know there aren’t many left in town, but hopefully I can find one that’s comparable.
Best of luck to the owner & employees of Eastgate Drugs. I just think he could have waited at least until after the Holidays to close his stores. Hopefully he’s compensated his employees enough and this won’t hurt them too much financially this Holiday season.
I, too, was very sadden by the news. Eastgate, (and then Westgate), were two of the ONLY pharamcies in the area to staff almost entirely with R.PharmD.’s.
A very, very bright pharamcy staff, given their training (additional being R.Ph’s) and strong advocates for their patients.
Medicare is still planning on the 10% cut this next year. I’ve written it before, so it should be NO surprise when I encourage all here who have parents as seniors to get supplemental insurances, if at all possible. I think we’ll see primary care practices limit how many Medicare patients they can take.
While I am greatly saddened about Eastgate, in one way I think it is one of the most visible ways that the average person can hear what I’ve been saying for well over a year! Medical offices simply cannot subsidize the payments (when we even get paid. Still waiting for some payments from last year – and ALL payments since April forward of this year) of patients who are covered only with Medicare and no supplemental coverage.
Doctors, especially who take care of chronically ill patients, are NOT making money. Most would be surprised to know how many have taken out loans or mortgage their houses to keep their offices open. At some point, this just can’t continue.
Other physicians, surgeons are doing better than the 4 specialties that have the chronic patients that usually get worse with age and the progression of disease. There could be ways to make this better.
Maybe it is time for me to write the congressional delegation. Thank goodness for contract work, which has kept our doors open.
Eastgate Drug: As Tina Turner sings, “You’re Simply the Best,” Pharmacy with whom I’ve worked in any state. While I expect many pharmacists to locate at close by pharamcies utilizing their Pharm.D skills, it won’t be the same.
Thank you for your years of service to patients, prescribers and family members. Plus, thanks for dealing with all the paperwork Medicaid throws your way, from Boise. FEW really know what that requires, for certain medications and certain patients covered by Medicaid.
I wish all the employees and the Hansen family the best. And, perhaps after Walgreen’s has built, what I predicted to be 5 stores in Idaho Falls, one never knows what will happen.
Maybe there is a way Eastgate/Westgate’s staff can become a part of a regional chain that can buy meds in bulk, much more like the Big Box Stores, or others.
Thank you for all the years of service and the genuice care you have shown your patients and prescribers!
Top ↑I can remember when Doug was alive, he delivered my prescriptions to my house on his way home. It was trés cool.
I was planning to switch my own current prescriptions to the Westgate store because I also appreciate Kim Koehler there (he and Doug did this business for many years together) but now I’m not sure what I’ll do.
Corporations are just overwhelming all the smaller businesses, from grocery stores, pharmacies, family farms, hardware, etc. It’s amazing how pervasive this has been in the past 30 years, pretty much the end of the smaller independent businesses as they can’t compete on that higher playing field, with the slower cash flow and loss margins that the larger businesses can handle.
I’m unable to walk much anymore, so I try to shop online or in quick easy areas with riding carts…and the independent businesses typically aren’t easy for me to access. So I’m a creature of convenience as much as the person who enjoys shopping at the Evil Empire on a regular basis. I’m helping to contribute to this situation of decreased foot traffic, myself.
Top ↑I use Mike’s Pharmacy and they are great. Fast and friendly service. I have tried other pharmacies around like Walgreens and Mike’s is way better. They also compound medications into liquids to help my kids take them. Give them a try.
Top ↑The Walgreens on 17th St. in Ammon is the absolute worst. The staff & pharmacists are rude and they take forever to fill your script.
Top ↑I like Teton Pharmacy at 3101 Valencia and Sav On Pharmacy inside Alberstsons on 25th & 17th is also good. Both places are quick to fill and very friendly. I’ve heard good things about Mike’s although I haven’t tried them.
Pharm D, BS Pharmacy. Both are registered Pharmacists.
Top ↑The difference? Not $00.02
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Organic food must be free from all synthetic chemicals.
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Organic food cannot be genetically altered in any way.
Traditionally, changes to plants and livestock were accomplished through selective breeding techniques and hand pollination. These techniques are still certified organic.
Genetically modified food, or GM food, has been tampered with at the genetic level. Sometimes varieties of plants have been cross-bred to create hardier or tastier strains. GM seeds can be drought resistant or have higher yields. Purists feel GM technology tampers with the work of Mother Nature and is therefore inorganic.
Organic food cannot come in contact with inorganic food.
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Summary:
1. Organic and inorganic foods are differentiated by their farming processes, not their chemical makeup.
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Top ↑I mean you no disrespect as a person, Roger, but couldn’t you have -at least- chosen a thread that applied to what you wanted to spam?
That said, I feel obliged to say the following:
1 – Organic, and certified organic especially, does not mean better. In any way. There are no studies indicating organic is healthier, organic costs more to the farmers to produce which is passed on to the consumer, and they have lower yields which means fewer starving people are getting food.
Certified organic almost offends me…what it really means is the farm paid to have someone come out and verify their methods…and that they are paying probably yearly to have that done. Many products are organic but not certified (coffee, for example) simply because the farms cannot afford the certification process.
2 – People believing a thing to be the truth does not make it truth and is a poor poor argument because it relies solely on pathos, the emotional element of an argument.
3 – Good job sort of giving both sides of the argument. Sort of.
4 – I’d love to say more…but this really isn’t the thread for it to begin with.
Top ↑I have had many bad experiences with some Pharmacy’s in Idaho Falls I take numerous medication due to cancer. There has been a repeated Pharmacist name Joe Brown who has bounced around from Pharmacy to Pharmacy I try to avoid him as much as possible he thinks he is smarter than most Doctors and thinks Doctors should ask him before the prescribe something. He now works at Walgreens on Broadway so stay away from him. I made a website dedicated to Joe Brown and his crappy service. Walgreens corporate office wants me to take it down but I will not until I get an apology.
Top ↑I wish I knew if Joe Brown was the pharmacist that helped me a couple of years ago at the 17th st. Walgreens in Ammon.
I had just left the ER with my daughter and it was the middle of the night so we had to go to the only place open all night. The pharmacist was an older man with grey hair, glasses and a beard, and he was the rudest pharmacist I’ve ever seen. After an hour of waiting and listening to this person berate fellow customers and his co-workers, we gave up and went home, she got her meds the following day.
We both decided we’d have to be near death to go to that pharmacy after hours again, and if I saw that pharmacist working, I’d walk out.
Top ↑The elderly man was probably just tired and having a hard night.
Hope your daughter is well.
The hospital will usually fill your Rx late at night when no other pharmacies are open. They’ll at least give you a couple of doses to get you threw until a pharmacy does open. Just ask the prescribing doctor to have them get you the medicine.
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