reliable pharmacy in the slope? too much to ask?

sweet tea wrote: [quote=BKChickie][quote=flux]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, they 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.

fuck kings. when i was trying to track down a pharmacy to fill the aforementioned hard-to-fill scrip, only neergaard could fill it for me (regardless of how long i was willing to wait -- others wouldn't order it), but only kings treated me like shit for asking and lectured me about it. assholes. they're not my doctor.

Another thumbsdown for Kings. They are the definition of rude and indifferent, and they would regularly omit items from a large order. Never sorry about it, never wrong, never timely and never, ever polite. The people at Kings once managed to put me in a shaking rage with their total indifference to their own incompetence.

If you know what's good for you, stay out of Kings.

i've seen no mention of the neergaard on 7th avenue. i've been going there since the days when they were across the street, where haagen dasz is now, and i've never had a problem.

Ansonia Chemists on 7th Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets is great. Everyone there is friendly, I've gotten prompt calls when something I ordered has come in, and it's nice to patronize a small business instead of the monster CVS on 9th Street.

For suckage in pharmacies, I'll nominate the Duane Reade at the corner of Montague and Court Streets in Brooklyn Heights, my old neighborhood. The head pharmacist is a white-haired gentleman who turns into a nasty, patronizing, snarling ass if there's a problem. He once took on an elderly man who questioned the cost of his medication . The pharmacist started ranting about how DR had been filling this man's scrip for months and the price was always the same, was he (the customer) becoming forgetful, on and on....turns out the cashier had handed the customer another person's meds. The pharmacist never apologized. A few weeks later they mis-filled a scrip for me (was supposed to be a three-month scrip with monthly dispersals; they entered it in the computer as a one-year scrip and gave me all twelve refills at once). When I said no, this is wrong and my insurance won't pay a year's meds up front, White Hair came charging out from his little area screeching at me about how they never make mistakes, this was double-checked on the computer by his people, perhaps I needed to call my doctor and get better informed about my medical needs...I was open-mouthed at his belligerence. When another pharmacist pulled up the scrip, she realized the error. White Hair slunk back to his little glass cube and again didn't apologize. I've never returned.

Another vote for Ansonia Chemist on 7th Ave between 10th and 11th St.
I have been using them for over 21 years and have been happy with the level of care and service they provide.

If they need to order something, you will have it the next day.

They deliver and they will phone your doctor to get a prescription.

Count me among the fans of Ansonia on 7th between 11th & 12th. Always friendly and never a problem. Among the chains, I've never had a serious problem at CVS; just the same sort of slacker mentality that seems to infect all their employees.

EasilyFound wrote: Brian at Park Slope Pharmacy is the best. He gives personal service. I dread the day that he closes down or my insurance says I have to go somwhere else.

Where is Park Slope Pharmacy?

I have been filling prescriptions at Kings Pharmacy on Flatbush for close to 20 years now -- am there frequently -- and they still act like they've never seen me. They regularly make errors on the label, as to number of refills, small things like that......but it's the closest to me and I'd rather not switch it all over to Duane Reade......I hope someone from Kings is reading this and takes it all seriously.

Bricktop wrote: I have been filling prescriptions at Kings Pharmacy on Flatbush for close to 20 years now -- am there frequently -- and they still act like they've never seen me. They regularly make errors on the label, as to number of refills, small things like that......but it's the closest to me and I'd rather not switch it all over to Duane Reade......I hope someone from Kings is reading this and takes it all seriously.

And one time when I was there (getting my medication replaced) ANOTHER woman walked in with the same problem. I would not trust Kings to fill a prescription if I didn't know EXACTLY how the medication and dosage looked.

I second Park Slope Pharmacy by the way. Brian is the best.

Anyone try this?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=546834&fromPageCatId=0

Rite Aid use to do the "price promise" on prescriptions.
If you find it for a lower price at another pharmacy , you give them the pharmacy phone number and they will call to make sure and then fill your prescription for that lower price. I don't know if they still do that.