CVS Health has a lot of nerve running TV commercial's that talk about how CVS Health has programs and tools to help patients stay on the medications their physicians prescribe.
This must mean only the medications CVS wants to keep in stock. I find it hard to believe CVS is serious about making sure patients take their medications as prescribed. CVS itself puts quotas on how many pain medications (opioids) each of their pharmacies can receive in a month. This causes patients to go without medications and suffer withdrawals.
CVS pharmacists regularly tell patients they don't have the medication they need. If that wasn't bad enough, they tell the patients they might have their medication in the next shipment, which can be a few days to a week away.
Chronic pain affects all aspects of the patient’s life. Many can no longer work. Pain affects their relationship and so many things most of us take for granted, like playing with their kids. The last thing they need is to run out of medications because CVS put quotas on the medication the patient needs. That's why I don't believe CVS when they say they have programs and tools to help patients stay on their medications.
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