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Paul W

1 reviews | Active since Oct 2010

18 May 2023, 10:24

Heart/Cholesterol medication Order cancellation failure with no remedy offered

Heart/Cholesterol medication Order cancellation failure with no remedy offered

With my latest Medxpress chronic order I received an SMS collection notice *** for Clicks Welgemoed. After getting a runaround for more than half an hour they finally admitted that the Storwin (Rosuvasatin) 10mg was not available at that pharmacy, so the order for which I already co-paid R141.57 was summarily cancelled, without informing me. I am furious at this shockingly bad non-service, and non-communication and waste of my time and petrol. However, both M-Khem and Dischem do have stock of this item, so they suggested I simply go and buy the Sched 5 heart/cholesterol drug there, as if it were an OTC non-chronic & non-script drug that I haven't already paid for. My Medxpress on Discovery shows the order status now to be cancelled (unfulfilled), and refuses to let me resubmit it as 2/6 repeat saying not enough time has passed since my previous order of 17/04 even though 31 days has passed. I demanded that this cancelled scenario be repaired and refunded the R141.57 co-payment and my reorder status reinstated for 2/6 so that I can try Dischem. Why was there no follow up and remedy offered from Medxpress. NOTE: THIS IS A CHRONIC HEART/CHOLESTEROL MEDICATION for which my previous script has just run out so status is VERY URGENT. No remedy has been offered to date, and it seems I have been left hanging, I expect a phone call from a Medxpress pharmacist to discuss a solution.

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Replies (5)
Discovery Health
Discovery Health's reply18 May 2023, 10:42
Official
Dear Paul
 
We’ve noted your concerns and we’re investigating the matter. We’ll contact you with feedback as soon as possible.
   
Regards 
Discovery Health Servicing Team
PW
Paul W's update18 May 2023, 12:37
Reviewer Update
Quick response by Discovery Medxpress admin staff, promised to reinstate and resubmit to Clicks, with a follow up to management on poor service - thank you, hope it works out. will update review.
PW
Paul W's update18 May 2023, 12:38
Reviewer Update
Quick response by Discovery Medxpress admin staff, promised to reinstate and resubmit to Clicks, with a follow up to management on poor service - thank you, hope it works out. will update review.
PW
Paul W's update19 May 2023, 15:02
Reviewer Update
Seems the problem has been sorted after a lengthy call but it takes a considerable hands on / manual intervention to roll back a cancelled order transaction on MedXpress ie. a cancelled order locks out reinstating it until one month hence, effectively skipping the current order cycle which is unacceptable, since it uses up (or wastes) a repeat as if it were satisfied in the first place, and actively prevents reordering. This would also technically impact a co-payment being reimbursed. IT need to look into this - it is a rather shoddy implementation.
Discovery Health
Discovery Health's reply22 May 2023, 13:45
Official
Dear Paul

We have been in touch with you to answer your comments.

Regards
Discovery Health Servicing Team