If you ever frequent the
Pain Management Megathread you'll see this is a common occurrence for a lot of us who've taken methadone for pain management. Fentanyl? Fine. Oxycodone? Fine. Morphine? Fine. Tapentadol? Fine. Methadone..? Wow.
I was only on it for a short while but thank goodness for that. I've never felt like such a second class citizen when going to the shops. Because I get a lot of prescriptions throughout the year I bought a prescription prepayment card and when I ticked the box to say I had one I was told that 'most of you lot seem to have one of them'... I've honestly never felt so fucking cheap so I made a point of saying 'Most of us what? Pain management patients?' to which I got a 'Yeah. Okay. Sure.' It may sound petty but in front of other people... man, I felt so mugged off.
I used to read some of the negative experiences of people on methadone, but whether you're an opium addict or a pain management patient, the pharmacist is always over enthusiastic at poking their nose in as to why you're taking it.
I'd write a letter to the store manager and detail all the relevant names, times & dates of events. Be as detailed as possible and clearly state what you're seeking to be resolved.
Thanks for your helpful post. What I hate is in the new shop the hatch that I have to go to is right next to the queue so all the people I go to church with, my neighbors and people I know often see exactly what it is I'm doing. The reason they have a separate area for methadone users is not to segregate them but to give them privacy. Mind you people like this pathetic excuse for a human below would hate it. These are the sorts of common, ignorant people we have to deal with. It seems like she thinks so little of people like me she doesn't even want to be in the same room as us.
Anger at Boots the Chemist over serving addicts at same time as families
“It’s not right” – Georgina Wylie and Louise Davies want their local Boots pharmacy, in Tamarisk Way, Greenstead, Colchester, to serve drug addicts methadone at set times
First published Wednesday 14 September 2011 in Local News
DRUG addicts collecting methadone at a pharmacy are being given priority over families, a mother has claimed.
Louise Davies, from Greenstead, Colchester, says she has been forced to stand in hour-long queues while recovering addicts are seen first at the Boots Chemist in Tamarisk Way.
Mrs Davies regularly goes to the pharmacy to pick up indigestion medicine for her 13-week-old daughter.
The mother-of-three has called for Boots to review its policy and open a separate clinic for people needing methadone – a replacement drug to wean addicts off heroin.
She said: “I have nothing against the patients and understand that they need their medicine.
“But if there are that many methadone takers on the books, the shop should close to see them at a certain time.
“It is not really the kind of thing you want children waiting amongst and they must feel self-conscious having to collect it in front of other people.”
Essi Gooding, a spokesman for Boots UK, said it is in talks with the store to address the issues.
The Essex Drug and Alcohol Partnership says the number of methadone users in Colchester appears to be falling.
Ben Hughes, strategic manager, said: “There is evidence to suggest heroin use has reduced, that’s a national trend born out in Essex.”
