Furious!

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46. I quit going to the local CVS and started driving 20 miles to the closest Walmart for that very reason

I originally went to a local independent pharmacy when I moved to where I am but CVS basically put a 50 year old business on the trash heap. CVS started grilling me on everything my Dr prescribed me demanding reasons to the point my physician called them and went off. I understand pharmacies are the last guardrail but it's bad enough insurance companies step in to try and regulate your treatment pharmacies need to back the hell off once they are told. I have been going to the same Walmart for 11 years, never an issue.

I agree about them creating a problem. Many pharmacies not only constantly harass you but they make you wait, lecture you like you're a strung out heroin addict right there in the store in front of people. Walgreens and CVS are notorious for this. Opioid prescriptions are severely regulated in my state at the physician level. It is almost impossible to find a family physician that will prescribe controlled substances here. My Doc told me he has 20 patients out of over 500 he prescribes monthly pain meds. If he would take on many more than that it flags his corporate practice with the state for a prescription audit.

Many must go through "pain management" clinics. While some may be legit, if you're looking for pill mills thats where to look. I know people that spend the outrageous amount of money those places charge, piss clean, then get pain meds that would knock me out and I know for a fact they don't need them. There's an obvious kick back chain with those places right there. I've taken a friend to one and the place was so packed there was nowhere to sit and that was just 6 months ago.

It sucks because there are legitimate chronic pain sufferers that some of the opioid pain meds provide real relief and greatly benefit quality of life. Your story is why a knife will never touch my back.