Walgreens

Stopped by here to pick up some generic thank you cards and the staff on hand was able to help me locate them. They did all of this with a smile and empathetic conversation. Good service.

They didn’t have a Revlon tweezer in stock. I asked if worker can check to see if there’s more in stock and she said whatever is there is all they have. They just «re-​inventory» the stock that morning I was there. The item wasn’t on sale so I didn’t see how they could not have run all out in one morning or have any in stock but o-​kkkay.
Wasted my ten minutes looking around in there.

This review relates ONLY to the Pharmacy at this particular Walgreen’s.
I’m currently allficted with pneuomnia and have had a wild ride in terms of diagnosis and the treatment voyage was no piece of cake.
I started feeling crappy a week ago. I had a cough and a fever and just didn’t feel right. I sat at work last Monday night and didn’t want to go home cause I didn’t think I could muster the energy. On Tuesday morning when I woke up, it had worsened and I knew I had to see someone.
I made an apt on-​line (yes, you can do that now) for the Take Care Clinic in Elk Grove Village. The woman who saw me was helpful albeit a bit verbose for my state and she prescribed me a zpak & 3 days of stereroids to help rid my body of what ailed it. she told me that if i didn’t feel better in 2 days time that i should follow up with my primary care physician.
i woke up friday feeling no better and muscled my way in to my primary care doctor’s office. my gp is lovely. i’ve been seeing her for years. however, she’s difficult to get into see and the staff over the phone is sometimes less than friendly (although they always make up for it during the office visits).
after the visit with my gp, she prescribed a different antibiotic, more steroirds and told me to cease taking the zpak. when i went to this particular walgreen’s — the pharmacist on staff warned me of a potenital drug interaction between the new antibiotic and the old (which apparently stays in your body 5 days after you take it). the pharmacist told me to wait and call my doctor because the combination could cause a heart arrhythmia. YIKES! i did call my dr and she did change out the script. i also called my boyfriend’s sister — also a dr — to ask about the interaction and she had never heard of it.
Thanks Bensenville Walgreen’s for saving my heart!
PS — this isn’t the first time that this particular Walgreen’s has helped me out. The Pharmacy staff here is always friendly and will answer questions about whatever ails you, provide guidance as to which over the counter meds are best and suggest ones you may not have even thought of.
I am a customer for life (or at least as long as I live here). Thanks again!