reliable pharmacy in the slope? too much to ask?

Slope Drugs
5thAvenue and 7th street

I can't say enough good things about this small, reliable, family-feel pharmacy.
This is not a place to pick up milk and sponges. yes there are basic otc meds and stuff but this is really an old fashioned pharmacy. It sounds like you are in this part of the Slope.... try and bring even one script and let them fill it.

Ansonia Chemists on 7th is awsome..I can go 6mos w/out going there and they still remember my name

If a nosy busybody who constantly asks inappropriate questions about your personal life as it relates to the medication he dispenses in his creepy 1950's hole in the wall is your idea of "personal service", then by all means go to Park Slope Pharmacy on 8th Avenue.

And what is up with still using a carbon copy back and forth impression maker when you want to use a debit card? Hello 21st century!

theoryofpractice wrote: Park Slope Pharmacy & Surgical -- Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street. Personal service.

Second this. I had to stop going there as my insurance company wouldn't deal with them - only chains - and I was sad. They really watched out for drug interactions and were great about warning me to side effects. Very careful, caring people.

I'll second the nod to Health Aid Pharmacy on 7th Ave. Very nice people, and they usually fill my prescriptions right away in about 5-10 minutes. I also receive letters from them in the mail reminding me when I need to order refills.

Self medicate = no pharmacy visit

booklaw wrote: I third Health Aid Pharmacy. They're good folks and they do a good job.

and i fourth it.

they will come to your house to pick up your paper rx. they will bring it to the pharmacy and then bring you your drugs. doesn't get much easier than that. plus, the owner, ayman tawadros (sp?), is really nice and very helpful. and he always tells me i'm beautiful. i love them

neergaard. i walk all the way there from crown heights because they're the only place that will carry one of my scrips. i've been very impressed with their service when things are tricky.

brooklynpotter wrote: idlewild, 2 days to fill a script?

It happens very rarely. Maybe three times for the five years I've been going there. And they do tell you up front.

flux wrote: I am a pharmacist and your statment is very vague. What exactly do you mean by "dependable"?
Most pharmacists will do their best to make sure that you get good service and will ensure that there are no problems with your medications (drug-drug interactions/ allergy-drug interactions / correct dose and frequency etc etc).

I thought that it was just me. I recently finished a prescription at the Kings Pharmacy on Flatbush. I switched from Duane Reade because I wanted to patronize a local chain. In the six times I had that prescription filled, Kings gave me the wrong variety of the drug THREE times. I wasn't asking for much, just a correct reading of the the label.

And the fourth time, I called in a refill only to arrive and be told that they didn't have it in stock--come back tomorrow. This was after being told that the drug was in stock. Whoops.

So, I was looking at two mistake-free instances at Kings.

Believe me, my next series of refills are going right back to Duane Reade. I don't like that chain, but at least the pharmacists have their reading glasses on.

Is this like a Brooklyn thing or what? The Rite-Aid near me always takes at least a day, often two. If they actually have to _get_ the drug, which for two of my three they usually do, it is more like 4-5 days. And I can't even count the number of times I've shown up when told to and it isn't ready because of some BS problem. They've tried all kinds of amazing excuses. I only fill things there when I have weeks before I need it, otherwise I'll fill them in Staten Island or NJ where any random place I walk in to is able to fill any or all of the three within fifteen minutes.

Ansonia Chemists are the best.

rite aid lectured me about my drugs. said they had to call the doctor before filling two of them because they were the "same" drug (two similar ones) and they wanted to make sure he hadn't made a mistake.

when i told them i knew they weren't the same drug, and explained how each one worked, they said i was wrong. it was bullshit. that's when i grabbed my scripts and went to the closest pharmacy, which turned out to be health-aid.

To everyone on this post who has voiced a pharmacists mistake: Please make sure they are reported. What might seem like a small mistake in your case could be a serious case when a 2 year old is concerned. A pharmacist must check his work to insure it is correct. We are not dealing with fruits and vegetables here!

However, If a pharmacist changes a brand name Rx to a generic...its not a mistake (most likely your insurance will not cover the brand).

If they do not have your drug in stock its not a mistake (no pharmacy stocks 100% of the drugs out there....it would be impossible). If its a medication that you need right away, go to another pharmacy. Do not wait 2 days for it to arrive!

brooklynpotter-im assuming you were talking about insulins. every pharmacist must know about the different types/duration of action etc. The pharmacist you talked with at rite aid is a very poor excuss of a pharmacist and an emberessment to my profession.

rite aid/cvs/and daune reade all push for volume over quality. The pharmacists working at the chain places are placed under huge stress and on average burn out after 2 years. I used to work for a chain pharmacy for 2 years before leaving for a clinical post at a local hospital and am much happier now.

Sincerely,

Your friendly local pharmacist.