Worst Fears Realized

Walgreen's Drug Utilization Review -- or DUR, the computerized pharmacology insult comic -- is back with more CrAzY goodness:

Less than a month after a Palm Beach woman sued Walgreens for labeling her CrAzY!!" and "psycho" in its nationwide computer system, two more Floridians have come forward with similar allegations.

Along with her medication, one Palm Beach Gardens grandmother received the note "WATCH CONTROLS SHE SEEMS SHADY." She didn't appreciate it, but does anyone ever appreciate a humorous bit of tough love at the time it's given?

More upset was Erin Cutler of Ocala, whose worst fears were realized as she read the DUR that summed her up as a "Bitch!":

For years, Cutler patronized Walgreens when filling prescriptions for anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder as well as birth-control pills, she said. When she refilled her contraceptives on Nov. 7, the DUR was attached to the bag. Reading the slur prompted a panic attack, she said.

"I started crying and I ran to the drawer to get a pill to calm down," she said. "I talked to my psychiatrist. All my fears came out. Everything I always thought came out -- that nobody likes me and everybody talks about me."

I say people should take a pill a relax. It's just like getting a fortune cookie. When the fortune reads "YOU MAKE EVERYONE HATE YOU," or "YOU'LL DIE ALONE AND FORGOTTEN," you don't go running all around the restaurant like a Peking Duck with its head cut off. No, you sit and weep, and by the time you're done, you're hungry again.

I wonder what DUR messages other people might have received:

Britney Spears: "Funky Cheetoh breath"
Christina Aguillera: "Must BATHE in Monostat"
Ace: "Eats CheeseNips in store--hides empty boxes!"

Posted by floridacracker at March 23, 2006 04:21 PM