Verify

Saturday
January 23, 2021

Trust, but Verify

Ronald Reagan, famously.  About the Russians.

Kaiser Coward Pharmacist

On Thursday, 7/23/20 6:30 AM
I placed an Internet order for 90 phentermine tablets, 37.5 Mg, with the Kaiser Mail Order Pharmacy.

They agreed to Ship 90, and charge me $14.55. That was Thursday morning.

When the mail order pharmacist saw phentermine and realized this was a "controlled substance", he/she sat bolt upright and peed his/her underware.

Pee your Pants?

Oh my God, Phentermine
They are going to take my license away!!
The pharmacist went to the vending machine in the bathroom and purchased some fresh underware.

It took 6 days. The order shipped on 7/29/20. They sent a quantity of 30 (not 90 as the DOCTOR called for).

Can't Stand the Pressure?

I wrote a letter that spelled out the situation. And demanded that they fix it. It is a clown circus they have going on at the Mail Order Pharmacy in Downey, California.

I have asked (demanded) to know the name of the pharmacist that butchered my prescription. Kaiser Permanente in typical (and predictable) fashion has refused to give up the name. It remains to be seen how this will play out.

For me, this is exactly the point.

Jinkyung Bai
CA Pharmacy License Number RHP 56416, Exp 2/28/22
DOB 4/16/65
9400 Rosecrans Ave
Bellflower, CA

Huong Le, PharmD

Huong Le, PharmD
Colorado Pharmacy License Number PHA 0018486

On Wednesday, 7/29/20
during a Kaiser Permanente
"Chat with a Pharmacist" session,
Huong Le spewed out a story about a California State law that is just stunning in how idioticly wrong it is. She said:

Per California State law they can only process and ship 30 tablets of phentermine at a time.

It is readily verifiable that there is no such law. Huong Le is either dishonest, or she is mis-informed. And if you think mis-informed, that inevitably leads to the question, where do you suppose she gets it from?

Huong Le brings shame and disgrace on herself and the entire Pharmacy community. When I see this behavior, I think this is very sad. But it makes it clear to me the importance that I know the names of the people who I am dealing with, when (quite litterally) my health, and my very life are

Ashley Mayer, PIC

King Soopers Pharmacist, charges me for 60, only puts 30 in the bottle.

Max Bastow, MD

Kaiser Permanente. Max Bastow, MD. My primary care provider. Tells me to have my testosterone pellets removed. This is the equivelant of asking someone to have their appendix put back in.

Bad Drugs

On 5 seperate occasions from 9/4/14 to 11/18/14, Kaiser Permanente Rock Creek Pharmacy compounded and dispensed a prescription with an expired ingredient.

On 4 other occasions from 5/14/14 to 10/8/14, there was incomplete compounding record documentation.

Kaiser Peermanente
Rock Creek Pharmacy, PDO 12-7
280 Exempla Cr
Lafayette, CO 80026

Guilty Plea

My PCP, effective 1/1/2020

Undated prescription. (on paper) phentermine, 37.5 mg
picked up on 1/15/21. 11:00 AM Appointment. Amy showed up at about 11:35. I asked for the scrip on paper. I think the paper scrip is very rare (read never), and therefor a few kinks in the process. No date on the scrip, which caused the King Soopers Pharmacy to refuse to fill the scrip, at 4:50 PM. Friday afternoon, at the beginning of a three day weekend. Nice. My street number and street name are both typed wrong. These are both "minor" problems, in that they do not prevent the scrip from being filled, and I am able to correct the address myself on the patient portal.

So about 15 minutes of my time wasted at the appointment because Amy is late.

Then another 25 minutes at King Soopers, fooling around with a scrip that won't work because the person that filled it out is incompetent, i.e., did not date the document. [note: this does not count the 10 minutes or so to fix the typos in my address] I then stop by Amy's office with the defective (undated) scrip on Tuesday morning, 1/19/21. This is the next day the office is open because of the MLK holiday. I ask for the scrip to be corrected, and (of course) have to sit down and wait. About 15 minutes. So the total time wasted (preventable) by my count, and of course this is my time that I am counting up, is 55 minutes. One hour and 10 minutes if I include the additional drive time I used when I went out of the way to stop at her office. How much is your time worth to you, Amy? And the question I would like for you to ask yourself is, how much is my time worth to you? I'm not asking you for money. I am asking you to be aware. To consider what I have said, let it sink in for 2 minutes or so.

If you disagree with me, please say so. Have I got it wrong? Am I being too hard on you? Please say so. I think I can respect you if we disagree. Right now, I think you disrespect me. Our relationship will struggle until we can get to where we respect each other.

On Wednesday, 1/20/21, In the morning, I called the office and left a 3 point message for Amy:
1) I made an appointment for Feb 4th at 11 AM
2) Please replace KS with OptumRX as my Pharmacy
3) I explained that my Meds got ordered at KS in error. Should have been OptumRX. I had spent 2 trips to the KS pharmacy. Ashley Mayer, the Manager, had generated a list of all the meds that had been called in. I cancelled all of them, except the Metoprolol. I Picked up the Metrolol Tartrate because they had it ready and it only cost $2.58. I cancelled the other 6 items on the list at King Soopers. Most of the others have already been transferred to Optum, but for some reason, the Topiramate did not get transferred, and that is the one that I need now. I need a scrip for Topiramate at OptumRX, please.

at my 1/7/21 appointment, I gave Amy a typed list of the Medications I was taking.

I had an appointment with my foot doctor Savage at 2:10 PM.

I got this voice message from Amy Hinds at 2:10 PM.

Transcript:
Hi Phil
This is Amy from MedNOW Clinics.
Hey
I'll definately send in your Topomax next time to OptumRx Pharmacy,
but um
it appears you already picked it up from King Soopers
so we'll definetly get that for you in 90 days,
or whenever you need it
OK thanks bye

Nathan Moore, ?

MedNow Clinics
15101 E Iliff Ave, #140
Aurora, CO 80014
Nathan Moore, Addiction
(720) 878 7055

Hope you are not in a hurry.

You make an appointment today. You come back in 5 months.

Maybe Nathan Moore will see you.

I had an appointment on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 at 11:30. I showed up on time. Nathan was there. He refused to speak to me. There no apology for the cancelled appointment. I was sent away with a "F--K You" (is the way it came across to me), and don't let the screen door hit you where the Good Lord split you, on your way out. And I think to myself
Did I miss something here? Apparently!
Pardon me for showing up on time for my appointment.

Philip G Rice
11268 E Linvale Dr
Aurora, CO 80014
720-282-3376
phil.rice@mkgappraisal.com

Health Record Number 427582802, DOB 4/25/53

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