US accuses CVS of filling, billing government for illegal opioid prescriptions

[LisaM]

4. I use Walgreens (or did) for my one prescription, which is for eye drops.

It was supposed to be perpetually refillable but somehow they messed that up and wouldn't refill it once, even after they called my eye doctor. So I switched to Safeway, no problem.

The trouble I had surprised me, because I know people who use painkillers and antidepressants and seem to have no problems getting them refilled. On top of that, when I go pick up my measly little prescription two or three times a year, I am absolutely shocked by the volume. The pharmacists are running around, there is always a line, half the customers seem incapacitated in some way, and there are thousands of prescriptions waiting to be picked up.