Asda pharmacy - inept and rude.

Evilm

I have had someone try to restrict me from buying Night Nurse and decongestants at the same time due to both having pseudoephedrine in. I had to point out that to them that Night Nurse doesn't have that in it and they didn't believe me until I told them to read the packaging. ( I think this was Boots)

fluffnutter

whitegoods_engineer wrote: »

What a miserable person the op is.

The sales assistant was trying to advise her and save her money but instead gets berated for it.

Complaining busybody!

You got thanked four times for this! I fully expect my pharmacist to know what's in the most commonly prescribed drugs and to advise me accordingly. I think it's a bit of a worry that the person who served the OP didn't know that migraleve pink tablets contain an anti-emetic. It's their job to know.

Not much point 'advising' someone if you don't know what you're talking about.

Darksun

Well, it's possible the pharmacist did know what they were talking about, the scientific evidence shows that buclizine (the extra ingredient) has little to no effect on nausea, so you're basically paying extra for added placebo.

WhiteHorse

pineapple wrote: »

The assistant (Pharmacist?) advised me that cocodamol was the the same but cheaper. No not the same. I told her that Migraleve Pink is different in that it has an anti nausea agent which is why I buy it.

Even such a simple incident should cause concern. How many other mistakes has she made? And have any of them been serious?

A pharamcy is not the place for someone who doesn't know one drug from another and who won't be told ...

missesther

Darksun wrote: »

Well, it's possible the pharmacist did know what they were talking about, the scientific evidence shows that buclizine (the extra ingredient) has little to no effect on nausea, so you're basically paying extra for added placebo.

Never underestimate the power of a placebo.

fluffnutter

Darksun wrote: »

Well, it's possible the pharmacist did know what they were talking about, the scientific evidence shows that buclizine (the extra ingredient) has little to no effect on nausea, so you're basically paying extra for added placebo.

Nowt wrong with placebos. If they work, job done. That aside, I very much doubt that's what was going through the pharmacist's mind. I'd say she just didn't know what was in it - placebo or not.

Esoog

dfh2012 wrote: »

I thought a pharmacist had to be professional and non judgmental.

Is someone that works on the counter of a supermarket pharmarcy a pharmacist? I suspect not; bearing in mind the OP said (pharmacist? ; I THANKFULLY only go to a pharmacist for minor stuff (recently; eye drops) and each time I have spoken to an assistant (I have no problem with this) until a pharmacist has taken over when it come's to dispensing pharmacy only medication; ( which by the way seems to be a lot better now) so I am THANKFUL once again)))It's probably something silly like 1:5 pharmacists per dispensers.

The point (still in brackets oops) I was trying to make was that anyone can work in a chemists; predjudices don't maketh the pharmacist!)


must add; THIERRY HENRY powered this post! But I meant well >:D

ma-ri-ella

pineapple wrote: »

Today I asked for Migraleve Pink at an Asda pharmacy. The assistant (Pharmacist?) advised me that cocodamol was the the same but cheaper. No not the same. I told her that Migraleve Pink is different in that it has an anti nausea agent which is why I buy it. She scrutinised the packaging as if she didn't believe me then served me silently, with a scowl. I had the same palaver the time before, but worse. It's not so much the knowledge but the attitude.
This time - I've made a complaint. [/

its unlikely they were a pharmacist but they all have to go through buttercups training even if they are only doing break cover. perhaps they are newish to the job or it covers the same basic thing but without the added anti nausea agent?(therefore trying to help)