By Rachel Sarnovsky Patrons of Wheeler Pharmacy gathered for breakfast on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Photo by Latara Appleby | Staff Welcomed by genuine employees and friendly neighborhood faces, Wheeler Pharmacy provides familiar service to dozens of customers every day. “It’s always been a neighborhood business,” owner and founder William Wheeler said. “Although we’re close to the university in some respects, it’s still mostly families that live around the neighborhood and not students.” Wheeler Pharmacy, an independent family-owned business in Lexington, offers necessities for everyday living as well as pharmaceutical needs. “I feel like we’re able to provide a little better customer service experience and provide some things that maybe the chains don’t provide,” employee Stuart Wheeler said. “As well as the fountain, which is a great place for people to hang out and meet new people.” One unique feature of the pharmacy is its 50s-style fountain lunch counter. It offers breakfast and lunch, opening at 9 a.m. and closing at 4 p.m. through the week and at 3 p.m. on Saturdays. Rick Queen, a regular customer of the pharmacy for 20 years, said he loves the traditional atmosphere of the fountain. Wheeler Pharmacy is one of a few pharmacies left … Continue reading →

by KREM.COM KTVB.COM Posted on February 22, 2012 at 10:45 PM DEER PARK, Wash. -- Employees took matters into their own hands Tuesday after an attempted robbery at a Deer Park pharmacy. The Spokane County Sheriff's Office said a man walked into the Medicine Shoppe around 4:30 p.m. and demanded drugs, that is when employees then used bear spray on a man attempting to rob the store. The pharmacists at the Deer Park Medicine Shoppe say they have seen the suspect before. Sheriff deputies say 24-year-old Aaron Miller is a repeat pharmacy robber. He handed the pharmacists a note that said, "gun, all oxycoden, methadone, children and rent." Manager and pharmacist Susan Beller went to the back to grab the narcotics like she had done two times before when he hit them December 5th and 30th. "I made the choice I needed to make. Everyone else has to make their own choice," Beller said. Her decision was to fight back with grizzly bear pepper spray they keep behind the counter. All captured on surveillance, Beller grabbed it and sprayed Miller in the face. Miller took off, but deputies arrested him after friends called 911. He was in immense pain from … Continue reading →

SEFFNER, Fla. - Bridget Greene is still caring for her very sick son Alex. She says following a hospital stay the 21-year-old picked up a prescription. But after taking the pills Tuesday he got violently ill. "I looked at the bottle that morning, and said 'who's medicine is this?" Bridget says their local pharmacy in Seffner gave her son two bottles of prescription pills that belonged to someone else. One for was for pain, the other a muscle relaxer. "He mixed two narcotics and it tore up his stomach," said Greene. Benjamin Benoit runs Medicine Shoppe International in Pasco County. It's not the pharmacy where this mix-up took place. But he says mistakes can happen, especially at pharmacies with a large number of customers. "It's hard to remember each patient that you get," said Benoit who has decades of experience. Beniot says carefully look over the bottle. And anytime you pick up a prescription make sure the pharmacist confirms your name and even your address. Although he says sometimes because customers are sick or distracted they may say yes to the wrong information. "Even with a good system there are things that slip through the cracks," said Benoit. Greene says … Continue reading →