WARNING!Mugged for meds!!!!??? - Pain Management Message Board

Chaddyfriend · 11-02-2005, 07:18 PM

God I hate my life, i just gets worse every day, im about to go over the edge.I would have never imagined this, and i want to know if anyhting like this has ever happened to anyone else. I got the rest of my Avinza filled as well as my oxycodone hcl at my local walgreens. I guess a dude who was hanging out in the pharmacy must have been listining to the pharmacist mention morphine and he follwed me out, and when i got outside 4 dudes came up to me and started hassling me about me meds. I am 19yrs like 5'10 and 185 and used to box before my accident and my chronic shingles, so i talked a little crap back and one dude tried to grab my bag but i didnt let him, and THANK GOD 3 adults in a suv jumped out and these younger guys got in a car and drove away. I filled a report with the police and talked to the pharmacy about being more suspicious and quiet about wat meds people are getting. I wont lie, i was scared, but i was hurting so bad i was already ****ed off and didnt want any crap from anyone. I just want to know if this is a common thing, and if anyone else has ever had to go thru this? and also to WARN all of u to be careful, i didnt realise this stuff was so dangerous...

BrittleBones · 11-03-2005, 06:12 AM

Hi Chaddyfriend. Wow! What an experience!! Is the pharmacy in a generally safe area? I know that when I could still drive and get my own meds from the pharmacy that I was pretty paranoid about leaving them in the car (locked, of course) if I had to make any other stops on the way home. Let me give you an example: I will spend 10 minutes looking for a good place to hide my prescription bottles in my car; but I'll leave my purse, cell phone or wallet just lying on the passenger seat for all the world to see!!! It's really horrible when you can't even make it to your car with a prescription without getting mugged. Don't know about your pharmacy but here in Maryland, and I think all states, the HIPA laws are written with your privacy in mind. Folks who want to talk to my pharmacist have to wait behind a yellow line painted on the floor, well back from the person who is actually talking to the pharmacist. Where was this mugger standing that allowed him to hear about your particular meds?

Anyway, I'm glad you made it out of there. I'm sure all that stress didn't help your pain. Take care and maybe you should switch pharmacies or hire a body guard

! All the best - KathyMac

Chaddyfriend · 11-03-2005, 10:19 AM

HEy, thanks for the reply. Strange thing was it was in broad daylight, in like a min-mall complex. Generally a pretty darn safe place i would think. And when i thought about it, the guy was at a little magazine rack in the pharmacy, that must have been in listining distance of the pharmacist. Thank god i kept my medicine and didnt give it up, and thank god those 3 guys came to help. It just ****es me off how anyone even has to be concerned about this stuff. And no, the stress does not help with the shingle pain. Thanks for the reply though.

howard764 · 11-03-2005, 12:26 PM

thats why i only use drive up windows

twisten · 11-03-2005, 01:06 PM

We don't have any pharmacy drive up windows here. I haven't heard of anyone being mugged for meds here but lots are being mugged for money and jewellry. I don't live near a very big city in Canada either. I think its only around 25,000 people. I usually have someone with me when I get my meds. Sure hope you're okay after your scare.