Costco Pharmacy

I would give them negative stars. I went to Costco on Tuesday to get a prescription filled. Even though every other pharmacy has it they had to order it. That is okay and they told me to come back Friday at 2 pm. I get there and after waiting ½ hour they told me that they «need to order it again». I figure that A. They never ordered it or B. Gave it to someone else. That is okay so I go to another pharmacy. The pharmacy can’t bill my insurance because Costco already billed them and told my insurance that they gave me my medication. Now I need to get another script from my doctor and having taken my medication in about a week. I have the original script but that doesn’t matter because Costco «gave my prescription» most likely to someone else.

Very upset with customer service in their PHARMACY dept. If you want to wait over 1 and 20 minutes for a flu shot, go here! Oh by the way, thanks for waiting over 30 minutes to tell us that only kids 9 and over can get the flu shot here!!! I would’ve taken my family somewhere else instead of wasting time and spending a little more money!!!

I have practiced medicine in the bay area for 15 years. As such I have filled hundreds of prescriptions for my patients. Anthony Tran is exceptional with regards to patient care and medical information.

Yes the Asian woman Melissa Wong I suppose as Greg K said (the one that looks as if she was beat with the ugly stick in the face millions of times) is the most unpleasant horrible pharmacist on earth hands down. An I’ve been to many over the years for back problems before an after surgery. I have not been there without having a problem caused only by her. Usually i wait the long hour or two it takes them and several times once I show back up to the window they haven’t filled it because she denied it. I will just give you a couple of her reasons so you can see how ridiculous she is. One time after an hour and a half wait was told she didn’t fill it because I was two days early, which I was but I’d had my prescription raised from my dr halfways through taking the meds. I told the assistant then she came to argue an I ask her «do you even read the scripts at all?» Of course she filled it because she was in the wrong. She’s argued about me being early twice and she ended up being wrong an filled them. Te very last time I went just a few days ago she argued with me about the dr that was prescribing my meds (because the last time I was fed up an was not nice to her I’m sure) she was telling me he’s not «really» a pain management dr so she couldn’t fill it. Ok I’ve been going there for a year an a half to two years with the same dr and same meds. Needless to say I actually totally blew up on her this time and will not return. Only reason I continued to go is because I came to the realization she was a complete idiot and would always try to deny me my meds but she was always in the wrong so I knew I’d get them and the price is ABSOLUTELY amazing compared to all others!!! But I’ll never go back there until she’s fired.

I started getting my prescription filled at Costco when I saw on the local news that their prices on drugs were significantly cheaper. I use a drug that would cost me $ 50.00 at Safeway, but costs only $ 12.00 at Costco. It’s the exact same drug at both pharmacies.
I’m not a member of Costco. You don’t have to be a member of Costco to use the pharmacy, but I think they require a cash payment when someone is not a member.
I’ve always had very good service at the Costco pharmacy. I’ve been going there for 6 or 7 years. The only drawback is that the pharmacy isn’t open on Sundays.

At Matt from Danville– The doctor wanna-​be is named Melissa Wong. She did the very same thing to me last March (March 2013) — She even called my doctors (all 3 of them in the same office) and threatened to report them to the FDA for over-​prescribing an NSAID (Non-​Steroidal Anti-​Inflammatory Drug). She is out of her ever loving mind. She needs to have her license revoked and to be stripped of her Pharm D. She’s going to get a patient killed sooner or later. Perhaps the only reason she’s a Pharm D. and not an MD is because her MCAT score was too low to get into any medical school in the United States.
I am entertaining the idea of consulting with a lawyer about this. Now that I know that I’m not the only one, I’d bet we could get a pool of plaintiffs.
At MINIMUM, she needs to lose her license.
Having said all that about the doctor wanna-​be, I LOVE Costco’s prices. They undercut even WalMart.
Their retail prices on most medications are lower than the CO-​PAYS for many health plans.
As for the rest of the pharmacy staff, Roberto is very customer service oriented. The man is just great. He has a future in sales if he wants it. The manager (Mr. To? Can’t remember his name) is as well and is very wise. Yolanda is good. The pharm tech with the color-​gelled hair is also super with customer service.
Ok, enough bellyaching. I love Costco but the person Matt refers to needs to have her license stripped before she kills someone.

You may or may not be aware there is a Pharmacy in Costco, it’s tucked in the corner near the bathrooms. The one and only time I’ve used the Costco pharmacy is when there was the Townsend Berries recall. Everyone who purchased the berries got a feww Hep A shot (because the berries were contaminated).
I walked in right as they were shutting for lunch, but the guy at the front checked me in anyway. This was nice as I wasted a few minutes going to the wrong window and I probably woudl have squeaked in anyway. After they took our information (and member number) we waited a bit for the pharmacist. After probably mot more than 15 min we were called to a back door and walked out with the shot a few minutes later.
Overall it was convenient enough for what it was. Plus, I didn’t have to wait an hour puttering around Costco. I’d rather wait before I shop than after in case I have perishables.
Plus, to the other reviewer why not check about your change in drug level? Maybe the pharmacist was making sure the increase was on purpose and not your doctor making mistake that could potentially hurt you. Now, if they were especially condecending while doing it I can see being insulted, but it could be standard policy as a double check; Doctors make mistakes too.

On ⁸⁄₁ I went to the pharmacy to get a medication filled. I was waited on by the pharmacist who is a thin, obnoxious Asian woman. She felt it necessary to question my doctor’s decision to increase the rate at which I’m taking my medication. Apparently this unqualified, doctor-​wanna-​be thinks she’s smarter than my doctor. I was stunned. I took my script back and brought it to another pharmacy where the pharmacist was not suffering from a «God Complex». I had no problem getting it filled at the second pharmacy.
Obviously, I will never go back to the Costco pharmacy ever again and I highly recommend that others take their business elsewhere.