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July 2024 by K B
Used to be my go to for quick needs. Slow service and rude pharmacist in the drive through (evening 7/12/2024).
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June 2024 by T JH (Dr. T)
Just a drop off and pickup outside
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June 2024 by Jeannie Stayton
This Walgreens has always been very professional and helpful to me. I want to shout out to Nour, she went above and beyond to help me with my prescription she took her time to contact my doctor to straighten out the problem on my prescription she was very professional and friendly, again I would like to thank her for all her help.
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June 2024 by Timm Rardin
My Walgreens pharmacy, and the entire staff at Calimesa, has always been very helpful. They always greet me by name. They inform me about any changes in my meds. and talk me through any questions I may have. They are like Family to me. Don't know what I would do without them ❤️
Thanks guys. Keep up the good work. ?
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May 2024 by Mary Fekry
The service at this pharmacy is incredibly sluggish. The wait times for medication preparation, whether inside or at the drive-thru, are excessively long. Even with only two people ahead of me, it took a staggering 40 minutes to be served.
I’m gonna change my pharmacy! I’m done with this place
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May 2024 by veronica velazquez
Nora is completely unprofessional. Not surprised her name is mentioned multiple times here.
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May 2024 by Jamie Simmons
NORA is a NIGHTMARE!!!! Beware of this pharmacy!! Completely unprofessional and extremely rude. Nora is the Queen of hanging up on people! This actually happened to me a year ago by the same woman and again today!
I see on the other reviews she is giving this treatment to numerous people as I suspected. Why is she not fired?
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April 2024 by Eileen L.
No stars. Dismissive unhelpful pharmacy manager, she should not be face forward for the company. Repetitive and frequently unresolved communication errors with prescription refills. I no longer do any business with this store
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April 2024 by jourdan ferguson
I have never had issues with my medication before this pharmacy, now I have an issue nearly every single time. Would recommend that you save yourself the time and energy and do not attempt to get any medication through the Walgreens pharmacy. In addition to the many mistakes made in regard to medication, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are consistently rude and unhelpful. I understand they have a difficult job but that does not mean you can take it out on everyone else, especially people in need who are just trying to get the medication they need to survive.
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February 2024 by Jaam
Illegal practices at this WALGREENS Calimesa, California pharmacy.
NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist is making the decisions of a medical doctor instead of doing her basic job, which is to fill medication as instructed. She has blackballed me at this pharmacy writing false accusations in my pharmacy chart in order to discredit me as a person suffering from acute and chronic pain that I have had to deal with for the past 20 yrs!
I am a 69 yr old senior citizen who can’t get my medication filled here because NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist refuses to take my suffering seriously.
If anyone is not aware there is a national drug shortage of Percocet. I have been taking this pain medication for the past 5+ years due to medical history of LUPUS, Fibromyalgia, Sjogren’s syndrome and chronic back pain that in turn causes acute and chronic pain that I am suffering from on a DAILY basis.
Due to the Percocet drug shortage -my Pain Medicine MD wrote me a prescription for an alternative pain medication in early December. This medication did not control my pain very well so a week later - I reached out to Walgreens pharmacy to see if they had my regular pain medication back in stock. The pharmacy staff said they did finally have Percocet back in stock and that I needed to get ANOTHER Rx sent in by my Pain DM and I did so. Then NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist refused to fill the second prescription due to me having just received the other alternative pain medication. I said that I understood that but it did not control my pain very well. I offered to return the pain medication I just received in order to get my Percocet pain medication filled instead.
NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist called my Pain doctor’s office stating that I was “drug seeking” even though MY PAIN management MD wrote BOTH prescriptions!!! THE SAME DOCTOR’s OFFICE wrote BOTH prescriptions. All I wanted was the Percocet pain medication I have been taking for the past 5+ years!!! I am 69 years old and suffering.
I again contacted NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist and she told me that now the medication is again in short supply. NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist stated to me that she will only dispense it to people with…certain “priority medical conditions” that SHE DEEMS WORTHY of treating their pain. I asked NORA how she DETERMINES WHAT TYPE OF PATIENT has a “priority medical condition” in receiving PRESCRIPTION pain medication and who does not. I asked NORA the SENIOR PHARMACIST at WALGREENS if this “priority medical condition” pain medication dispensing POLICY is based on a WALGREENS pharmacy policy, a CALIFORNIA BOARD OF PHARMACY policy or is she using her own personal criteria? NORA the Senior pharmacist then hung up the phone on me.
NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist refused to answer my question. My MEDICAL DOCTOR prescribed this medication for me based on my medical problems. I have also reached out to my MEDICARE insurance company to assist me. I don’t know what else to do. I have been going to this WALGREENS in CALIMESA, California for the past 10 years and have never been treated so poorly by any medical professional. NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist has no right to label me or discredit how I feel physically based on HER OWN PERSONAL BIASES!! NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist’s JOB is to DISPENSE Medication as written! NORA, the Senior Manager Pharmacist at Walgreens job is NOT TO DETERMINE WHO’s medical condition gets to receive treatment and who does not. This is DISGUSTING behavior by a so-called healthcare professional!
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February 2024 by C24
Such a horrible experience. There’s better customer service at DMVs. These people don’t deserve to even be called pharmacists. The manager is so unprofessional didn’t even go over any instructions after all the hassle. Switching to CVS
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February 2024 by Juanita C
Illegal practices at this WALGREENS Calimesa, California pharmacy.NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist is making the decisions of a medical doctor instead of doing her basic job, which is to fill medication as instructed. She has blackballed me at this pharmacy writing false accusations in my pharmacy chart in order to discredit me as a person suffering from acute and chronic pain that I have had to deal with for the past 20 yrs!I am a 69 yr old senior citizen who can’t get my medication filled here because NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist refuses to take my suffering seriously.If anyone is not aware there is a national drug shortage of Percocet. I have been taking this pain medication for the past 5+ years due to medical history of LUPUS, Fibromyalgia, Sjogren’s syndrome and chronic back pain that in turn causes acute and chronic pain that I am suffering from on a DAILY basis.Due to the Percocet drug shortage -my Pain Medicine MD wrote me a prescription for an alternative pain medication in early December. This medication did not control my pain very well so a week later - I reached out to Walgreens pharmacy to see if they had my regular pain medication back in stock. The pharmacy staff said they did finally have Percocet back in stock and that I needed to get ANOTHER Rx sent in by my Pain DM and I did so. Then NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist refused to fill the second prescription due to me having just received the other alternative pain medication. I said that I understood that but it did not control my pain very well. I offered to return the pain medication I just received in order to get my Percocet pain medication filled instead.NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist called my Pain doctor’s office stating that I was “drug seeking” even though MY PAIN management MD wrote BOTH prescriptions!!! THE SAME DOCTOR’s OFFICE wrote BOTH prescriptions. All I wanted was the Percocet pain medication I have been taking for the past 5+ years!!! I am 69 years old and suffering.I again contacted NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist and she told me that now the medication is again in short supply. NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist stated to me that she will only dispense it to people with…certain “priority medical conditions” that SHE DEEMS WORTHY of treating their pain. I asked NORA how she DETERMINES WHAT TYPE OF PATIENT has a “priority medical condition” in receiving PRESCRIPTION pain medication and who does not. I asked NORA the SENIOR PHARMACIST at WALGREENS if this “priority medical condition” pain medication dispensing POLICY is based on a WALGREENS pharmacy policy, a CALIFORNIA BOARD OF PHARMACY policy or is she using her own personal criteria? NORA the Senior pharmacist then hung up the phone on me.NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist refused to answer my question. My MEDICAL DOCTOR prescribed this medication for me based on my medical problems. I have also reached out to my MEDICARE insurance company to assist me. I don’t know what else to do. I have been going to this WALGREENS in CALIMESA, California for the past 10 years and have never been treated so poorly by any medical professional. NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist has no right to label me or discredit how I feel physically based on HER OWN PERSONAL BIASES!! NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist’s JOB is to DISPENSE Medication as written! NORA, the Senior Manager Pharmacist at Walgreens job is NOT TO DETERMINE WHO’s medical condition gets to receive treatment and who does not. This is DISGUSTING behavior by a so-called healthcare professional!
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February 2024 by Ms.LingyBae
BEWARE OF EMPLOYEES NAME: GOOLAHB!!The MANAGER——> NOUR who hung up the phone on a customerAnd DORTHY - the shift leaderI hardly ever write reviews but I had to on this one this one !!!No wonder why this Walgreens has 2.7 stars on their ratings. If I could give the pharmacy a 0, I would. If anyone needs help with anything at the pharmacy they should go elsewhere . My incident started with a phone call over to get some help. It started with LONG who picked up and phone and pretty much just said NO, NO, NO to everything I asked him. I then asked for a supervisors to try and clarify things, and was worse !!!! and while trying to tell her the situation, she interrupted me and was so rude so I came back with the same kind of attitude. Never did she have the patience to listen to what I’ was trying to explain to her but then puts me on hold and the MANAGER picks up by the name of NOUR. I was frustrated at this point for the lackOf helpfulness and regard to another human being in need to a prescription. So NOUR picks up the phone and I throw a one word that she “couldn’t “ tolerate “, not at her BUT at the situation so she then goes to say she can’t help me and than hangs up on me. These kinds of people should not be in the health care industry if they don’t even have patience for a person explaining their situation. NOIUR should not be in the position that she’s in as manager. I then spoke to another by the name of DORTHY and she well shouldn’t be working there or anywhere if she doesn’t have compassion or sympathy for humans . This lady was about to hang up on and tell me to call the 1800 to Walgreens. UNFORTUNATELY these people are i invincible it seems like because all 3 can treat a patient in need of medication like they do. The only one that seems reasonable is the shift manager who goes by the name of Adrian but he can only do so much according to their policy these 3 associates will not get r reprimanded because the store manager seems like he doesn’t have the power or authority to write these employees up so they can do what they want.I should have read reviews before walking in this Walgreens. Now instead of giving my local community business, I will for sure go elsewhere and tell everyone I know to steer clear of Walgreens in Calimesa.FYI- there was even an employee who when I mentioned those pharmacy people of how rude they were, she even agreed that they are like that !! You have even your own employees who knows their characters. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
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January 2024 by Karol M.
love their curbside pickup and online sales. super fast and convenience and great prices. Staff comes right out with the order and everyone is really nice.
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January 2024 by J M.
Illegal practices at this WALGREENS Calimesa, California pharmacy. NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist is making the decisions of a medical doctor instead of doing her basic job, which is to fill medication as instructed. She has blackballed me at this pharmacy writing false accusations in my pharmacy chart in order to discredit me as a person suffering from acute and chronic pain that I have had to deal with for the past 20 yrs! I am a 69 yr old senior citizen who can't get my medication filled here because NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist refuses to take my suffering seriously. If anyone is not aware there is a national drug shortage of Percocet. I have been taking this pain medication for the past 5+ years due to medical history of LUPUS, Fibromyalgia, Sjogren's syndrome and chronic back pain that in turn causes acute and chronic pain that I am suffering from on a DAILY basis. Due to the Percocet drug shortage -my Pain Medicine MD wrote me a prescription for an alternative pain medication in early December. This medication did not control my pain very well so a week later - I reached out to Walgreens pharmacy to see if they had my regular pain medication back in stock. The pharmacy staff said they did finally have Percocet back in stock and that I needed to get ANOTHER Rx sent in by my Pain DM and I did so. Then NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist refused to fill the second prescription due to me having just received the other alternative pain medication. I said that I understood that but it did not control my pain very well. I offered to return the pain medication I just received in order to get my Percocet pain medication filled instead. NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist called my Pain doctor's office stating that I was "drug seeking" even though MY PAIN management MD wrote BOTH prescriptions!!! THE SAME DOCTOR's OFFICE wrote BOTH prescriptions. All I wanted was the Percocet pain medication I have been taking for the past 5+ years!!! I am 69 years old and suffering. I again contacted NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist and she told me that now the medication is again in short supply. NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist stated to me that she will only dispense it to people with...certain "priority medical conditions" that SHE DEEMS WORTHY of treating their pain. I asked NORA how she DETERMINES WHAT TYPE OF PATIENT has a "priority medical condition" in receiving PRESCRIPTION pain medication and who does not. I asked NORA the SENIOR PHARMACIST at WALGREENS if this "priority medical condition" pain medication dispensing POLICY is based on a WALGREENS pharmacy policy, a CALIFORNIA BOARD OF PHARMACY policy or is she using her own personal criteria? NORA the Senior pharmacist then hung up the phone on me. NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist refused to answer my question. My MEDICAL DOCTOR prescribed this medication for me based on my medical problems. I have also reached out to my MEDICARE insurance company to assist me. I don't know what else to do. I have been going to this WALGREENS in CALIMESA, California for the past 10 years and have never been treated so poorly by any medical professional. NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist has no right to label me or discredit how I feel physically based on HER OWN PERSONAL BIASES!! NORA, Senior Manager Walgreens pharmacist's JOB is to DISPENSE Medication as written! NORA, the Senior Manager Pharmacist at Walgreens job is NOT TO DETERMINE WHO's medical condition gets to receive treatment and who does not. This is DISGUSTING behavior by a so-called healthcare professional!
