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[–]ms-lorem-ipsum 1042ポイント1043ポイント  (96子コメント)

Am I the only one that think the grammar is too good to be true?

[–]Iamsuperimposed 670ポイント671ポイント  (39子コメント)

Not all drug users/dealers are morons. The fact they said this in a review is what makes me think it's not real.

[–]ArchScabby 179ポイント180ポイント  (29子コメント)

That's the thing, I don't think a smart person who has a drug problem would write something like this.

[–]jigielnik 79ポイント80ポイント  (19子コメント)

Drugs can make smart people do stupid things.

[–]tipsana 17ポイント18ポイント  (4子コメント)

Just think of all those people who call police to report their drugs stolen.

[–]MrsTroy 15ポイント16ポイント  (2子コメント)

A man in my state recently called the cops to complain that he got too high smoking weed. They found him curled in the fetal position surrounded by Doritos, goldfish crackers, and chips ahoy cookies and said he couldn't feel his hands. I'm not even joking.

[–]NotChoPinion 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yah, I don't think even one of them would be considered smart. Not a great example..

[–]me_is_me 15ポイント16ポイント  (9子コメント)

Yeah but they also cause people to not give a shit about things like being outraged to the point that they will write a review online

[–]jigielnik 15ポイント16ポイント  (7子コメント)

Really... truly... you never know.

I'm not coming down 100% on whether this is real or fake... just saying I've seen drug addicts do crazier/stupider/stranger shit in real life, right in front of me.

[–]HalfysReddit 15ポイント16ポイント  (5子コメント)

As an ex drug addict, I'm pretty certain it's fake. Not that it being real is impossible, but more so because it being fake is way more probable.

Drugs will make you do shit like hallucinate, have delusional thoughts, have incredible urges to do things you normally wouldn't want to do.

Know what it doesn't make you do? Leave Yelp reviews for bad drug dealers years after a bad score.

[–]cosmologicalanomaly 8ポイント9ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yeah all my drug dealers are rated on Angie's list not lame ass yelp.

[–]Thisismyfinalstand 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Ain't nobody actually paying for Angie's list.

[–]peniscurve 5ポイント6ポイント  (6子コメント)

People leave reviews for the stupidest things though. I have seen people leave reviews, because their friend told them that this restaurant had good bbq, but the restaurant didn't have any bbq.

[–]stacyhatesmacys 9ポイント10ポイント  (4子コメント)

My favorite was a review some lady left for a nail salon. She asked the salon to throw her 7 year old daughter a birthday party. They said they don't throw children's birthday parties. She bullied them into doing it anyway, and then left a one star review because they didn't do a good enough job.

[–]decifix 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

where can i find this review?

[–]stacyhatesmacys 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

i've been trying to find it, but the problem is i came across it when i was actually looking for a nail salon, not reading funny reviews.

[–]stickyfingers10 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Did you write Macy's a review?

[–]Marlboro_Gold 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I ran across a review for a contractors wholesale plumbing supplier (It's what I do). It complained she didn't get good customer service in the showroom and was not allowed to purchase a faucet. Bitch, it's because you have to be licensed to shop there and faucets come in lots, not individually, from wholesalers.

[–]ItsObviousYouMoron 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

Without meaning to offend you at all, I think that most people think about intelligence in a very strange way.

A "stupid" person can learn the task of bricklaying or welding or whatever and while we may be impressed by their skill occasionally, observing that they are capable in that activity is not commonly seen as an immediate and convincing indicator of intelligence.

But being good at speaking and spelling and grammar is instantly and quite automatically seen as an indicator of intelligence. I've met people who spoke more competently than others and just seemed smarter than the average person. And part of it is that I liked their ideas, but isn't it an odd coincidence that the people whose ideas we like the best are those who are best able to communicate their ideas?

Seems to me that really the task of constructing a sentence or communicating some ideas competently is not more or less complex than some others things that don't get commonly associated with intelligence, like bricklaying or welding.

Of course some people seem more able to think pragmatically or logically or creatively, but I'm not sure that the efficiency or skill with which a person communicates is as reliable an indicator of those traits as we seem to all assume they are.

Edit: had to finish a sentence that I just kinda left hanging. Poor communication; I'm stupid.

[–]domuseid 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think adaptability and quick thinking are pretty universally considered along the same lines. But I also think the layer of abstraction between actions and descriptions is a pretty decent way to snap judge intelligence. Obviously there will be exceptions, but I don't think you'll find a stupid person who can perform those things very well as often as you'll find a smart person who can't communicate well, if that makes sense.

[–]ms-lorem-ipsum 11ポイント12ポイント  (1子コメント)

What i mean is someone with this decent grammar making a review over this situation ... it doesnt quite add up

[–]chris_makes_games 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

Maybe proper grammar is necessary but not sufficient for intelligence.

[–]bunker_man 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

The mentality expressed in the post implies being one however.

[–]timeandspaceandfarts 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

This person is a moron. Somewhat articulate, but obviously a moron.

[–]Crymson831 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Not all drug users/dealers are morons.

I don't think /u/ms-lorem-ipsum was implying that... despite the decent spelling/grammar this person clearly IS a moron, though.

Assuming it's not fake, of course.

EDIT: Clearly, I've beaten a dead horse.

[–]HellionessDW 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

EDIT: Clearly, I've beaten a dead horse.

Evidence is right there! I'm calling Peta

[–]Murican_Freedom1776 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Unless they were using it to warn other drug users/dealers...

[–]HalfysReddit 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

In fact there's actually a correlation between intelligence and drug use, especially with psychedelics.

I agree though - as a reasonably intelligent person, ex addict, and current drug user (just nothing that makes me sloppy), this story just seems way to improbable.

[–]elpfen 94ポイント95ポイント  (5子コメント)

This was written by a pharmacist who works at that Walgreens, I guarantee it. It doubles as an outlet to vent and discourages more scammers.

[–]soyabstemio 12ポイント13ポイント  (4子コメント)

Do scammers read reviews before they set out?

[–]MrsMasterBlaster 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yes and no. The craftier ones will look into a pharmacy and ask their pill-head friends for suggestions on where to go.

[–]el_guapo_malo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I would imagine that they would try to get some information about the place they're trying to scam.

[–]get_lost_fall_asleep 19ポイント20ポイント  (7子コメント)

Was just about to express surprise at the proper use of "affect."

Of course I have decent grammar and would steal prescriptions meds if I could get away with it.

[–]probablydrunkrn1353 1ポイント2ポイント  (6子コメント)

Just to check if Im wrong,

Affect = verb Effect = noun

Right?

[–]skeevySicilian108 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

The killer, who displayed a flat affect, effected his escape from police successfully.

[–]darkbyrd 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

His plan was effective, while the other inmates were not affected.

[–]MaxNanasy 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not always, but usually

[–]catbert107 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Although I never did this, I was an IV heroin addict for almost 5 years and I have perfect spelling and grammar. If you looked at me you wouldn't guess in a million years that I even knew what heroin looked like. Addiction knows no bounds

[–]antibios 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

When I saw proper use of affect/effect I called bullshit.

[–]Artimus_Dubski 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I know several people who are smart and pretty well off that are addicted to prescription meds, so it's not just a bunch of idiots doing it.

[–]theflyingdog 10ポイント11ポイント  (1子コメント)

as someone who enjoys prescription drugs and still goes to a semi prestigious university I can tell you drug use doesn't mean a person is stupid, that's just one of the negative stereotypes of a drug user because dumb people with drugs sometimes do really dumb things and anti drug 'education' milks that to prove drugs are evil

[–]Aged_bacon 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Going to a prestigious university doesn't make you smart either. Common sense smart.

[–]dashrendar 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Go check out r/drugs and prepare to have your mind blown.

[–]Curtygriff 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I was just thinking the same thing. This is person is pretty articulate for being such an idiot.

[–]projects8an 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

That and the fact that every time they refer to their prescription, they make sure to mention that it's fake. Something about it just seems off. That being said, drug users tend to not make sense sometimes.

[–]2_pee_or_not_2_pee 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

To me it's the fact that he waited while they called to check with the Dr. Wtf would a real druggy wait around for?

[–]The_Rowan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I found it. Walgreens' Consumer Affairs website - Amanda has her complaint about being arrested right on the site among the other Top 862 complaints against Walgreens - made in November 25, 2014.

[–]KeavesSharpi 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not when you're talking about oxy. Its addiction doesn't have socioeconomic limitations.

[–]Uncle_Erik 277ポイント278ポイント  (29子コメント)

This has a whiff of troll about it. Are you sure it's real?

[–]pixl_graphix 81ポイント82ポイント  (24子コメント)

Is this incident a troll, I don't know. Are there people out there this fucking stupid. Yes, too god damned many of them. Hell, just watch a few episodes of COPS and you'll see someone call the police and report that someone cheated them in a drug deal.

[–]IDontItsCinnamon 32ポイント33ポイント  (19子コメント)

My Mom works in a pharmacy. You wouldn't believe how common shit like this is.

[–]Ghstfce 47ポイント48ポイント  (13子コメント)

I worked in a Pharmacy in high school (Eckerd, that should tell you how long ago) and shit like this happened all the time. You'd be surprised how many senior citizens would get their pills, walk into an aisle, open the bottle and pour half into a pocket, and come back saying we miscounted their pills. Every prescription was counted three times for accuracy. That, and we have cameras.

[–]IDontItsCinnamon 22ポイント23ポイント  (1子コメント)

People will try anything. They've also changed regulations on how C2 drugs are dispensed, and you wouldn't believe the people wanting to "speak to a manager" to get their drugs early. It's a federal law, morons. You're going to have to go a little higher up the chain.

[–]JuryDutySummons 14ポイント15ポイント  (0子コメント)

"OK, can I talk to the Attorney General please? I'll wait while you get him."

[–]Hiiiflower 12ポイント13ポイント  (8子コメント)

Wow, haven't seen the name Eckerd in a Looooong time, what happened to them?

[–]supaphly42 8ポイント9ポイント  (3子コメント)

Bought out by RiteAid

[–]habitualbastard 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

Which was bought out by CVS I believe.

[–]Sixteen_Down 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

No, Rite Aid still exists on its own. It's the #3 pharmacy chain. Revco is the one that was bought out by CVS a couple decades ago.

[–]habitualbastard 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Weird. The Rite aids here all converted to CVS a couple years ago.

[–]Ghstfce 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Bought out by Rite Aid I think, don't quote me on it though

[–]mbz321 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Rite Aid bought the ones in the Northeast, CVS got the south.

[–]Ghstfce 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Okay, thought so. I'm in PA, so yeah.

[–]alagary 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Were you required to report fake prescriptions either by law or your employer?

[–]Ghstfce 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

We were, yes by both actually. As a pharmacy tech, I was required to report anything immediately to the pharmacist (even though the physical prescription would go to them anyway), and they would report it to the authorities from there.

[–]cafeteriastyle 10ポイント11ポイント  (2子コメント)

I've heard pharmacists say people will just walk in with a scrap of paper with "hydrocodone" written on it and try to have it filled. Lolz.

[–]shlam16 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

As does mine. They even have a name for them. Methadonians.

[–]Mythic514 11ポイント12ポイント  (3子コメント)

My wife is a manager at Walgreens. One of her previous stores was a hotbed for robberies and drug users. Located right outside the ghetto. She said once a week the front cashier was robbed. Everyday she saw crackheads walk in to do fake returns. The pharmacy had to call the cops for something like this post at least once per week. It was bad. The pharmacy puts all its heavy drugs like this in a time-locked safe. Even a legit prescription cannot be filled quicker than 30 minutes. Too many times idiots were too focused on the dream of scoring their drugs that they would literally just wait in the chairs in front of the pharmacy until the cops just showed up and put them in cuffs. Other times people would just walk to the back with guns to hold up the pharmacy only to realize they literally could not get what they wanted. Luckily most of the time they were unloaded guns. And Walgreens never agreed to pay the additional cost to have a security guard on hand. Instead the police just had to regularly patrol the area.

[–]hedic 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Walgreens security policies piss me off.

[–]Mythic514 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Same. What baffled her is that they paid for security in another city, and in denying to pay to get them security at her store they cited the fact that it wasn't being robbed enough. When, in reality, there was a robbery probably at least once per week, and probably one at gunpoint every 3 weeks. Highest incidence of crime in the district and surrounding districts. Luckily, she never worked a shift where the front register was robbed, but she was there for plenty of times when cops arrested shoplifters or drug users trying to get a script filled.

[–]MsAlign -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

In my region we have security guards in certain Walgreens in dodgy areas. Mostly in 24 hour stores.

[–]Prtyvacant 81ポイント82ポイント  (104子コメント)

I'm pretty sure pharmacists are legally compelled to report such things.

[–]ReluctantDogPerson[S] 47ポイント48ポイント  (28子コメント)

Best friends wife is a pharmacist for Wegmans. She said they were trained to spot fakes and what to do when they find one.

[–]nlofe 20ポイント21ポイント  (17子コメント)

So what do they look for?

Just out of curiosity.

[–]Unicorn_Ranger 30ポイント31ポイント  (0子コメント)

Crayons are a big hint I'm told.

[–]the_starship 18ポイント19ポイント  (8子コメント)

Scripts are written a certain way. Usually T 1-2 q 4-6° prn p (there are little dots on the t, but I'm writing this on the phone.)

The most obvious ones that I have seen are emergency room scripts with an extra zero (most are written for 20)

Or the dose is way too high. Plus as other people have mentioned, the script is too neat. But nowadays if it's a handwritten script from a doctor who is a. out of town or b. A doctor who usually prints them on a computer, the pharmacy will call to verify. Most of the time it's legit, but sometimes it's fake.

If it's fake and the script gets filled, it could come back to the pharmacist on file and they could lose their license.

[–]Headwallrepeat 4ポイント5ポイント  (4子コメント)

Not unless the pharmacist knew or should have known it was a fake. Some forgers are really good, and technically the pharmacist is the victim of the crime.

[–]the_starship 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

technically. Most pharmacists I know would probably rather err on the side of caution than have an investigation be opened up to see if they were guilty of negligence. Even if it turned out they did no wrong, they still might have been suspended/fired until the investigation was completed.

[–]Headwallrepeat 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

I don't know where you live, but I am a pharmacist and have been for 25 years and have never seen the situation you describe ever happen. No pharmacist wants to fill a fake, and will investigate anything that sets off red flags. The most I have seen being done is having to go testify for a grand jury against the forger.

The only exception I can think of would be where they have filled continuous prescriptions for patients that were outside legitimate practice. But that is way different than getting fooled by a forgery.

[–]the_starship 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I've never seen it happen either. Most pharmacists that I work with usually give the "it's my license on the line" when they want to call on something seemingly suspect.
I've also never seen a pharmacist get duped by a fake. I did one time catch a receptionist call in fake scripts from the doctor's office and pick them up tho.

[–]Headwallrepeat 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you don't think they have never been duped you are wrong :)

[–]JagYui 45ポイント46ポイント  (1子コメント)

First of all, they're wary of prescriptions from Dr. Mantis Toboggan.

Second, if it's legible, it's probably fake.

[–]speed3_freak 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

But Dr. Spaceman is completely legit.

[–]whitenoisegeneration 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sometimes it's as simple as the number of pills the script is for. Some people will try to tack on an extra zero to the "30" on the script. Certain pills are more desirable, so a script for a high mg non-extended release pill for a 110 lb. woman not in apparent pain is a red flag. Depending on how small the town is, the pharmacist may sense something is off based on their history with a doctor. People coming in from out of town or out of state can also be red flags.

Source: My parents are pharmacists.

[–]ZEB1138 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I live in Massachusetts and worked for Walgreens as a Pharmacy Intern for a number of years. The state and the company have both taken considerable efforts to control the rampant use of pill-mill pain clinics and phoney scripts.

One thing we have is a state database of every patient prescribed certain drugs in the state. These include opiates that are not formulated with acetaminophen. Percocet and Vicodin are not really abused because taking anything more than the prescribed dose will kill your liver.

On this database, we can see what was prescribed, for how much, the strength, the doctor, when it was prescribed, and if they paid cash or used insurance.

Patients that have lots of scripts from different doctors is an indicator that they may be getting a bunch of prescriptions from unknowing doctors. Another indicator is how consistent their dose has been. Something significantly different from what they normally get also raises flags. The biggest red flag, though, is if the patient paid in cash. An insurance company won't approve payment for something that the patient already filled that month. To avoid this, people pay cash to get several months worth of drugs within a single month. These things don't always mean the script is fake, but they definitely merit further looking into.

We have to fill out paperwork and check all these things before you can dispense the drugs. If a pharmacist suspects something, they will either call the doctor for verification or refuse the script. It's their professional license on the line and a pharmacist has the right to refuse to dispense any script that gives them pause.

Also, at least in my state, a lot of CII scripts are printed on a very particular kind of paper with a thermal indicator. If you put your finger on the spacial spot on the back, it reacts and fades away until it cools. These are all professionally formatted and look very much the same, regardless of where the script comes from. Handwritten scripts aren't unheard of, but they are becoming more and more rare with the progress of technology and need for security.

[–]MobyMadness 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Colorado has a program that allows you to search a patient in their database and see what controlled substance RXs the patient has filled at ANY pharmacy. It was pretty fishy when a person that was not a "regular" at the pharmacy shows up with a controlled substance RX. They always wanted it filled ASAP too. You could log in to the program and see "Joe Blow" had filled the same RX for #270 tabs the day before at the pharmacy down the road. Obviously not everyone that was new to the pharmacy was trying to scam us but you really had to be skeptical because it happens often.

Source: Certified pharmacy tech for 4 years in Colorado.

[–]Joe_Hole 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Prescriptions that just say "the good stuff" in big letters.

[–]archbox 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Honestly, a younger black person filling a script in all-white former sundown town was what caused a second-look the only time I've seen this happen.

[–]Mythic514 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Wife is a front-end manager at Walgreens. She says it is impossible not to know who is looking to fill a fake script the second they walk through the door. She says they are often high out of their minds when they come to fill the script. She just calls the pharmacy to let them know to expect it, and they will typically go ahead and call the police.

[–]alagary 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

[–]QuickAgISTheFlash 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Prescription looks "too good". The prescriber’s handwriting is too legible.

This is hilarious.

[–]Webex2 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

Do you have proof of that? From the link that has been posted in this thread for the DEA website, it sounds like the only thing illegal would be to knowingly accept a forged prescription. Being presented with a fake prescription and not reporting it isn't illegal, but it's obviously strongly encouraged to report it. They are not an arm of the law, and the pharmacist could have simply sent her on her way.

[–]Prtyvacant 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Just my wife who used to be a pharm tech.

[–]Mythic514 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

My wife is a manager at Walgreens. Granted she does not work exclusively in the pharmacy, and their pharmacy policies are different than their front-end policies. But she does often fill in back there. She makes it sound like it is company policy to report it and call the cops, who will always respond when called. Probably varies by state if its legally required. But if its Walgreens' policy, that is gonna affect a lot of pharmacies nationwide (and now throughout Europe).

[–]Deeoonn_xd 21ポイント22ポイント  (1子コメント)

A coworker of mine was drinking a beer once in the In N Out drive through line, by the time he finally got to the window and received his food, the cops were waiting at the exit.

[–]eohsoquiet 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Haha! That happened to me once when I was working the pharmacy drive through. I noticed as the patient was driving away that he was drinking a four loko and driving. I wish I would have caught his license #.

[–]BerlinSpiderRocket 65ポイント66ポイント  (2子コメント)

what do they think who they are? RUDE!

[–]thetoastmonster 15ポイント16ポイント  (1子コメント)

I think you need more Percocet, or maybe less.

[–]IranianGenius 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

Why don't you wait here for half an hour...

[–]StarHorder 14ポイント15ポイント  (1子コメント)

[–]i_literally_died 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I had to go alarmingly, distressingly far down to find this.

[–]hagrid007 26ポイント27ポイント  (7子コメント)

Earlier the same day, someone reported me after I ran over just one young kid in the street. SMH

[–]mrsj74 28ポイント29ポイント  (61子コメント)

As someone who needs pain medicine just to get through regular daily activities, people like this piss me off. Not only are they breaking the law, but they make it difficult for those of us who legitimately obtain our meds to be able to do so.

[–]RedShirtDecoy 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not on pain meds but I was diagnosed at 30 with ADHD and I take a medication to control it and we deal with the same thing. It sucks because its something that helps you but because of assholes they ruined it for everyone.

[–]DeweyCheatamAndHowe 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

i have allergies and get treated like a junkie/criminal and told they are out of sudafed even when i try to buy my first box in months when I'm well under the legal limit of 9 grams a month.

[–]matildamantis 5ポイント6ポイント  (5子コメント)

My ADHD medication is so hard to get now a days because of people like this.

[–]Headwallrepeat 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Actually, it has never been easier to get your ADHD medication. It wasn't that long ago that you had to have the prescription filled within 72 hours of when it was written and doctors could not give you 3 rxs with post dated fill dates on them, so regardless of if you needed to be seen every month you had to go to the clinic.

[–]eohsoquiet 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I feel so bad for people who have legitimate pain needs who have to jump through hoops to get their prescription. The few ruin it for everyone.

[–]couldyanot 4ポイント5ポイント  (19子コメント)

THANK YOU! I have suffered with pain since I was three years old. I have a hospital record the size of an encyclopedia. But every time I see a doctor, I'm treated like a junkie or a criminal. And it's all because of people like this asshole.

[–]orangesandapple 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

The people who are seeking these medications illicitly are in just as extreme medical need as yourself. Addiction tends to stem from untreated depression, unliveable socio-economic circumstances, both, or something worse, all of which are far worse than the temporary pain of surgery or a broken limb and perhaps just as bad as chronic pain, or disease. There are certainly more effective and safer avenues of medication for people with mental disorders but often times people don't even know they have these disorders, or the disorder stems from abuses, or circumstances that alienate the person from normal society or render them incapable of seeking out proper treatment.

[–]Jwats96 4ポイント5ポイント  (4子コメント)

Why your comment is being downvoted is beyond me. You're absolutely right. The person who wrote this review is clearly very addicted and needs help. What they don't need to is to be arrested and become a felon. That will probably just make their addiction worse.

[–]BR0WN_URINE 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I agree completely. I was once addicted to opiates due to my untreated bipolar disorder. People with bipolar often seek out opiates because it provides a recognizable high, which is easier to manage than the ups and downs associated with the disease. Sure, people who write fake scripts suck, but they need just as much help as people with chronic pain. Mental illnesses are real diseases and sometimes it's hard for people to recognize that.

[–]orangesandapple 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Reddit tends to hate addicts. I make replies like that all over and almost always get downvoted; mental health in general is not something most people have compassion for.

[–]syzmcs 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

He is getting downvoted because those with chronic pain are terrified of not being believed, so are having extreme reactions to this tiny amount of criticism about it.

[–]koolaid_snorkeler 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

People unclear on the concept.

[–]ipitythefool420 4ポイント5ポイント  (3子コメント)

She acts as if passing off fake scripts is normal.

[–]clockworkgirl21 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

People like this are the reason why it's so tricky to get my (legal) Klonopin.

[–]SeckTor 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Or why when I even just discuss the possibility of changing my prescription from Ativan to something better my doctor gets all suspicious.

Yeah, you can get fucked up on benzos. But I'd like my anxiety to go away more consistently when I take my medication.

[–]toxicpretty 9ポイント10ポイント  (5子コメント)

As a person who has to take pain meds regularly for ehlers danlos...I shout out a big "fuck you" to these assholes. You are the ones making my treatment a fucking nightmare and making Drs look at me like a fucking addict every time I look for a new one. Huff paint, drink mouthwash...fucking find some goddamn heroin for christ sake...leave the fucking prescription drugs out of it. Worst part is...we aren't stopping addicts by catering to the addicts. Were just hurting patients.

[–]UndeadKitten 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

A-fucking-men.

I'm not a chronic paint patient, although some days I think I could be. (But so far I'm still managing on cycling the OTC meds and cussing a lot.) I just hate seeing people in genuine pain being fucked with and side eyed when they want some damn relief.

I have serious feeling on this matter, my stepdad died in agony because the doctor were concerned he would "become addicted". Fuck that, he could be as addicted as he wanted, he was non-mobile and terminally ill. We all knew he was dying, the least they could do was let him die without screaming agony.

Sorry to unload on you, he's been gone 9 years yesterday and I am feeling very conflicted. I hope you find a doctor that will see beyond the "addict" stereotypes and take care of you. There's one out there, I know good doctors exist. (But my insurance won't pay for them.)

[–]Sgmetal 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Fellow Zebra (seriously who came up with that moniker) here, and I'll join you in that big "fuck you" shout. I'm on the lucky side now where I finally found a doctor who understands, but god damn fuck pain clinics. Fuck Vanderbilt pain clinic specifically. I'm not spending hours of my life and shitloads of money for insurance to get high or sell pills. I'm not looking for pills to get high. I'm seeking treatment because I'M IN FUCKING PAIN BECAUSE MY COLLAGEN DOESN'T WORK AND MY JOINTS DISLOCATE AND IT FUCKING HURTS. MY GOD IT HURTS. I DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT THE ABSENCE OF PAIN IS LIKE ANYMORE. But no, not even with legitimate diagnosis, referrals from within your own damn hospital system or from the ER when my shoulder massively dislocated will you do anything more than judge me and treat me like an addict at every turn and not provide the treatment I am coming to you for. Oh I'm sorry ms. nurse that I'm not showing signs of pain when you finally come visit me. Maybe its because i've been lying down in the patient room for over an hour and a half waiting and as I've described thats the only position that lets my pain subside. And why yes, I do see you every month and no I've never tested positive for any drugs not prescribed to me. No I do not sell or give away my drugs to anyone. No the extended release ibuprofen still isn't helping that much. Yes we have gone over all this every month for the last X months and the pain has not gotten better and you still will only give me fucking tramadol which makes everything feel "meh" or makes me depressed and leaves me with a horrible headache that feels like my brain is sore. And no for the 5th time that other medicine will not work because I do not produce that cytochrome enzyme which is helpfully documented by the genetic test I paid $500 for out of pocket and gave you which you will not acknowledge. Why yes thank you so much Vanderbilt pain clinic. You are so very helpful. I'd love see you next month to be interrogated again. Maybe we'll actually do something ABOUT MY FUCKING PAIN next time.

/Rant

Well I wasn't intending to rant, but it ended up being cathartic and and will probably never be read. So there ya go.

On the plus side of things I actually managed to get into a doctor who is good and treats me like a patient and not a scumbag. It is ridiculous though how horrible the current system is for people like us who need care though. They're throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

[–]pyro99998 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I suffer from it to. I finally found a dr where I have a good relationship with him andhedoesn'ttreatmelike an addict. After I build a tolerance and talk to him he will up my dosage or change my meds. But it took 4 years to find him and he was the only one who could figure out what was wrong with me.

[–]blablaorka 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

I get all my prescriptions from Dr. Mantis Toboggan

[–]bryanrobh 3ポイント4ポイント  (8子コメント)

This has to be a fake. Are people this stupid?

[–]UndeadKitten 0ポイント1ポイント  (7子コメント)

Yes, people are this stupid.

[–]bryanrobh 0ポイント1ポイント  (6子コメント)

I want to meet someone that dumb and just see how their mind works

[–]UndeadKitten 3ポイント4ポイント  (5子コメント)

I'd invite you to a family reunion, but we aren't speaking anymore.

But if you could go, you could meet:

  • My cousin who was arrested for driving a car with a meth lab in the trunk and three (or four? I don't remember how many kids, they weren't his.) unrestrained kids bouncing around in the back seat.

  • His daughter, who is a meth head, falls in love with any man who offers her money or sex, and has two or three kids with gawd awful misspelled names. Ks and Ys everywhere.

  • The uncle who got arrested for riding a bull drunk to the liquor store.

  • The Uncle who robbed a pharmacy to steal narcotics, but ended up stealing three huge bottles of.... well, two were antibiotics and googling the third name I think its for athlete's foot.

People are stupid. Very stupid. And the most frightening part personally is I share their genes. (Well, the first two, number 3 married into our clan and number 4 is adopted.)

[–]bryanrobh 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Haha I just imagined a drunk guy riding a bull. Man I am sorry you have this in your family tree. You are right people are this stupid

[–]UndeadKitten 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

For the proper mental effect, the bull was not bucking or fighting this in any way, just sort of aimlessly ambling toward a liquor store. (or in the case of the arrest, away from a liquor store.)

[–]bryanrobh 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That is still awesome. Where the hell did he get a bull

[–]snallygaster 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

The uncle who got arrested for riding a bull drunk to the liquor store.

wat

[–]UndeadKitten 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

He was drunk and wanted more booze. He knew DRIVING while drunk was wrong (because he's an idiot, but a decent sort of idiot) and he didn't want to ride his horse because the horse is an asshole.

So he rode the stud bull, tied it up in front of the store and bought his alcohol. While he was riding home one of the 40s fell out of his bag and the cap popped off. So he picked it up and drank out of it while he was riding the bull home.

He got arrested under the open container law.

[–]pdxbaud 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

I used to work at a Walgreens in the photo lab. One of the pharmacy techs was coming into the building one day and a guy out in the parking lot tried to sell her drugs. He was dumb enough to do it even though she had her vest and nametag on, and he didn't even leave when she told him flat out she worked at the pharmacy.

She called the cops when she got inside, and they arrested the guy. The manager asked me to take a picture of him for store security. I'll never forget the look of total defeat on his face as I snapped a photo and he sat on a chair by the pharmacy, surrounded by cops, looking totally defeated.

Moral of the story: don't push your luck

[–]bitterney 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

I know it is fake but I could definitely see people complaining. At our pharmacy, whenever someone tries to bring in duplicate scripts for controls that they had filled somewhere else and are trying to get early, we write "too soon" and the date when it can be filled for when they try to bring it somewhere else. We have had people ask for the number to our corporate office, threaten to call the cops and threaten to hurt us because we have "no right" to write on their script they're pharmacy hopping with. One lady even told us she owned a pharmacy and said we were violating her rights by doing that.

[–]Headwallrepeat 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I love the PDMP and telling people that I know they got 120 hydros 2 days ago down the street. So much so I remind them when and where by writing it on their new rx.

[–]huott 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

The pharmacy ruined my life because I knew something was illegal AND THEN I DID IT ANYWAY!

[–]fatcat535 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

this exact same thing happened to a friends wife (she was a nurse and stole the script pads).

[–]auntiechrist23 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

This kind of garbage is what makes it more difficult for the people who have a legitimate need for pain management prescribed by a doctor.

[–]iamyo 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Oh, God I feel for this person. I must take bleeding heart liberal to the next level.

Don't put me on a jury...that's all I'm saying.

Seriously--i really feel bad for this person.

[–]slicked9778 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sounds like a joke review. Could be real, we are talking about trash here.

[–]Twiny 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

By God, that just proves that you can't fix stupid.

[–]ICanNeverThinkOfOne 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Welcome to the world of online reviews.

[–]Spankyuaces 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Haha this made my day.

[–]Iaren 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't know what I want more, for this to be fake or real.

[–]timeandspaceandfarts 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

When I see people that are so utterly disconnected from reality, I wonder how long before this all ends.

[–]fineillmakeausername 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Careful not to feed the troll.

[–]SpecialSause 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Rule number one, don't touch my Percocet. Rule number two, do you have any Percocet?

[–]Mcinfopopup 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sigh. I want to defend my city, but this is a pretty common thought process. Chances are, I know the pill-head Amanda that did this. Shes better now.

[–]dwiggitypoo 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Lmfao! And his first thing after getting out from Jail was writing a review? Priorities.

[–]WallyWinthrop 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sooo... how would one go about getting a fake script filled?

[–]AnguisetteAntha 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

It reminds me of that episode of Cops where there's a crazy guy on a roof screaming about killing himself if he doesn't get heroin.

Awesome cop says, "Well come down and we'll give you heroin."

And he came down.

I guess sometimes the easiest solution is the best solution.

[–]BigBlue37 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Who's Dr. But Walgreens?

[–]drunkentuckian 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

Percocet are great, though. I'd totally fake a script if I thought I could get away with it.

[–]SirNarwhal 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's the thing though, so many people are trying to do that that it's hellish. I have legitimate need for the stuff and they need a physical script + a call from the doctor anymore to even process it. They gave me hell trying to get it initially.

[–]MyLouBear 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Lol, did she actually not know what she was doing was a crime?

[–]FadeIntoReal 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

This is, by far, the trashiest thing I've seen posted here.

edit: Opioid addiction is fucked up.

[–]bicycle 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

But opioids feel greeeeeat :-)

[–]FadeIntoReal 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I agree. That's why I've taken the workable approach and migrated my addiction to beta-endorphins, AKA hard work.

[–]bicycle 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

good for you man I don't see the addictive quality of them but perhaps that is just me, took 15mg percocet every day for 2 weeks and got off with maybe a small withdrawal period, never any urges. was it like this for you?

[–]HSChronic 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I had a some neighbors that were both arrested because they were scamming scrips. She worked at the pharmacy and would fill fakes for her brother. Next thing you know Po Po showing up at their door to take them to their new home. I didn't find out about what they were doing until his summons was delivered to my mbx by mistake and by then they were long gone.

[–]jharvey505 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

They were trying to help you more than just get you busted. Maybe now you can get the help you need. I hope with all of my heart that you have hit your bottom and get help for yourself. Good Luck. Even if this isn't true, maybe someone just like you will read it and get their life turned around.

[–]Shift84 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't think they are in here bro

[–]syzmcs 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Is his name Dr. But? Or was that the end of sentence and the beginning of a new one?

[–]RoAggie143 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Trhis is why some people shouldn't be allowed to breed

[–]Logic_85 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'd like to meet this "Dr. But"

[–]LostxinthexMusic 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

My sister worked at a CVS pharmacy. They definitely do this too. I smell bullshit.

[–]secretgspot -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

lol, I feel the same way about writing bad checks. If they don't want to accept my fake money, they should just give me back my check!

[–]dflame45 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Who knows if it is real or not but people legit think this way.

God Susan, you didn't have to tell HR.

[–]breezeblocks_ 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Why do people need to fake? Go to a "pain management center" and its one step down from that scene in Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory where the candy guy is flinging his wares all over. I came in for cluster headaches and a skateboard injury and got scripts for fent, oxy, 8mg dillies (hnnngggg), and of course hydros. All I had to do was get my pills counted once, and sign a paper that said I wouldnt give them to anybody else. Believe me, I didnt intend to. I would give the most bullshit excuses to the doctor there too. I lost them, these arent working, I lost my pills again, these make me sleepy, these keep me up, and he would just smile and say "Sure thing, just put a few capfulls of hydrogen peroxide in the bottle and shake it up really well to throw it out when you get home". In hindsight, handing over heavy narcotics to a 22 year old was unethical, immoral, and could have destroyed my life. I'm clean now, but it was so hard to justify quitting when I wasnt doing anything illegal, and the doctor was telling me I deserved to not be in pain.

[–]EroticCakes 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

"Two rules, man. Stay away from my fuckin' percocets ... and do you have any fucking percocets man?"

[–]coalminnow 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Why would you get a percocet scrip if you could just get plain oxycodone? Same high without fucking your liver.

[–]Skapes1230 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Is that slim shady?

[–]JackNorthropsGhost 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That lack of self-awareness is the root of a lot of criminal behavior.

[–]MaggotCorps999 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I stopped b using Walgreens because of their attitude toward people prescribed narcotics. I was treated like a junky and I didn't appreciate that at all. They're too expensive anyway, I put them in the "shitty pharmacy" category just like CVS.

[–]powerfultech 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

And because of scumbags like this my doctor won't give me real pain medication for an actual problem...

[–]Admiral_Tasty_Puff 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hey its my city!! #charlestonstrong

[–]tangled32 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I know a few very successful people addicted to Percocet. They are completely functioning but don't want to pay street price of $30 a pill so they eventually risk it and write the fake prescription. That's the dumbest part, don't they know how easy it is to get a real prescription!

[–]DeweyCheatamAndHowe 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

holy shit this is like the exact same fact pattern as the mock case i am prosecuting in trial advocacy class, except the chick filling the scripts was conspiring with the doctor who found her on the street and took her in.

[–]St0ned_Hearth 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I prefer Walgreeners.

[–]KeavesSharpi 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

See, here's my only thing. There's a LOT of people addicted to oxy. Like, hundreds of thousands. Doctors give them out like candy, then they shut people down. Oxy is almost identical to heroin on the molecular level. It's basically legal dope, and socially acceptable. People are on it for months and months, just going about their lives, then they get cut off with no support. Think about heroin addicts. They go on methadone or whatever.

The person on this post was probably just so used to getting his fix and keeping things going that the idea of someone calling the cops on him for getting more didn't even occur to him, and he didn't even think of himself as doing anything wrong.

InB4 the downvotes, I'm not saying he's right, I'm just saying that maybe we should be looking elsewhere for our righteous indignation, and realize that a lot of people are on this drug by no fault of their own. I got in a motorcycle accident last year, and near the end of my treatment I told my doctor I wanted to switch to something else. So he gave me a scrip for 100 tramadol instead, but then threw in another scrip for 100 oxy... just in case. Think about that. I told him I didn't want any more, so he only wrote up 100, just in case I felt like I needed them.

TL;DR: meh, oxy. It's a hell of a drug.