Thank you for your message back. To be honest I’ve been a physical and mental mess the past 2 and a half weeks. I’m going to try to include 2 screenshots, 1 of the investment firm that bought SaveMart/Lucky chain of supermarkets a few months back, and the phone number and name, Joyce and Diana, to Ca State Sen Cabrallos office, whom I’m working with.
Back story, about 2 and a half weeks ago I read an article in my local newspaper, The Modesto Bee. In it, it says that Kingswood decided to close their in store pharmacies, starting the following Tuesday and ending on Labor Day. We got it extended to Sept 8th. Ca State law says they have to give customers 30 day written notice and find another pharmacy. The article stated it contracted with Walgreens. To this day there are still no signs in stores, as the article also said, and no letters received.
When I first read the article, I spent the first week calling all the pharmacies within an I can drive distance of me. I take both a long acting and IR opiate. Yes, I know red flag pills. State controls what pharmacy gets what, pharmacies can order, but get what they get when it comes to controlled substances. The Agency that oversees this, didn’t know until last week about SaveMart pharmacies closing. So I called, every pharmacy is as max customers, 1 pharmacy can’t get my opiate.
The following week, I called my State Sen, State Assemblyman, Congressman, 2 US Senators, Walgreens Corp, Kingsman, County Board of Supervisors, and my first plea of help from an advocacy group I have been in, since it’s beginning, but no longer part of. State Sen Cabrallo office answered the phone, and I spoke with Joyce, we spoke a few times that week. Game plan, get enough people to call the office, and/or their State Sen office and say cut the red tape and take the controlled medication normally delivered to SaveMart, and divide it with other pharmacies. If calling another State Sen, say Joyce from Sen Cabrallo office is heading this. This was my 2nd plea for help in advocacy group, and ignored again.
When I got thru to the higher ups at Walgreens Corp, this was the first they heard about it. They said they needed more time to absorb all the customers. That it can take up to 30 days to process and fill transfer prescriptions, and to tell people to get a fresh script sent to Walgreens, or whatever pharmacy they chose, before caught up in the transfer system. 3rd plea, and I reached out to every news agency that ran an article/report on this, so they can put an update in. Those on line saving medications need to know, they can go up to 30 days without their medicine. Now it’s gone past affecting just CPPs. My Board of Supervisors contacted HSA, MediCal, etc to let them know and to make phone calls. We all want an investigation into Kingswood, who won’t return anybodies phone calls, but right now we are working on cutting red tape. Everyone is running around like a chicken with their head cut off. My BP hit 220/110, I’m barely sleeping, I’m puking from stress, and this is on top of other medical issues.
Customers of SaveMart/Lucky pharmacies are to take a picture, if can, of no signs in store/pharmacy.
Ca customers are to file a complaint the State Pharamacy Board at pharmacy.ca.gov
Have them call their State Senator and tell them Sen Cabrallo is working on it, we will be working on Legislation if she gets re elected, but I don’t think anyone is running against her. Contact Joyce or Diana at her office.
Call their Dr and have fresh scripts sent to new pharmacies asap.
My Congressman Josh Harder office took a “concern” paper. He won’t lift a finger when it comes to pain meds. Sen Cabrallo office and House Oversight Committee of Ways and Means put him on “notice”. Assemblyman Adam Gray has not returned any messages, you only get his voice-mail, along with both US Senators.
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