Walgreens etc. gouge on generics says suit

“CVS, Walgreen’s, Wal-Mart and other major pharmacies overcharge customers for generic drugs, a class action claims in Hennepin County Court. Minnesota law requires pharmacies to pass along the discounts they receive on generics to consumers, but the class claims the pharmacies “routinely violate this law and … see the lower acquisition cost of generic drugs as an opportunity to generate higher profit for themselves.”

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CVS pharmacist charged with cyberbullying

This sounds like the cyber equivalent of waiters spitting in the food of  annoying patrons.

“According to the victim, she went to CVS on Aug. 11 at approximately 9:15 p.m. to pick up several prescriptions. When she arrived, Medina allegedly told her there were no refills remaining on two of the medications she takes daily.

The victim said she asked Medina why he hadn’t called her doctor to have the prescriptions refilled as many pharmacists will do or advised her earlier in the day when she called that there was a problem.

Medina became rude and then grudgingly agreed to her request for a day’s supply of medication until her doctor could be contacted, according to the victim.

But the victim said she was so taken aback by her treatment, she asked for the name and number of Medina’s supervisor. She said the pharmacist scrawled the information on a piece of paper and shoved it across the counter at her. That’s when she decided to leave.

“There was something about his eyes and the way he looked at me; I just didn’t feel comfortable,” she said. “I said to myself ‘forget the medication’ and I just left.”

At 6:30 a.m. the next morning, the victim said she was awakened by a disturbing phone call from an unknown man asking her about the kinky, sexual promises she made in her ad.

Confused, the victim, who is married, at first thought it was a prank until the caller provided personal details that convinced her there was an ad posted on Craigslist.

The victim discovered the headlines for the ad read “Kinky (victim’s name) looking for a good time” and “Busty (victim’s name) looking for a good time in Norwalk” The ad copy exaggerated certain parts of her body, included offers of nontraditional sex and insinuated the victim was full of sexual stamina by assuring potential men that “twice is nice, if you can.”

The ad also told potential partners she would be available “24/7” for them and included her street address and telephone number, which led one man who answered the ad to her door where he was greeted by the victim’s angry husband.

According to an e-mail from officials at Craigslist, the ads ran in its “erotic services” section in the cities of New Haven, Hartford and New York. Craigslist removed the ad Aug. 14 and turned the information over to the Norwalk Police Department”

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CVS lawsuit: child given morphine

This lawsuit filed in Ohio state court claims that a mother went to her neighborhood CVS to fill her child’s prescription to Concerta, an ADHD medication, and returned with morphine instead, resulting in her child become violently ill upon taking the first dose of the medication.

Complaint courtesy Courthousenews