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Woman left with questions after she was unable to fill her Walgreens prescription after painful surgery

It took her six days to get her prescription filled.

Woman left with questions after she was unable to fill her Walgreens prescription after painful surgery

It took her six days to get her prescription filled.

MOINES. KCCI WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. NEW TONIGHT - A ST. CHARLES WOMAN IS LEFT WITH QUESTIONS AFTER SHE SAYS WALGREENS WOULDN'T FULFILL HER PRESCRIPTION AFTER A PAINFUL SURGERY. KCCI'S LAUREN JOHNSON JOINS US FROM THE NEWSROOM - WITH THE STORY. JOY LINN TELLS ME WALGREEN'S STILL HASN'T TOLD HER WHY SHE COULDN'T GET HER MUCH NEEDED MEDICATION. EVEN AFTER SHE EXPERIENCED TRAUMATIZING PAIN. JOY LINN, EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS GETTING HER PRESCRIPTION 58:38 <"IT'S A CHALLENGE. I'M STILL WAITING FOR MY PERSCRIPTION IT'S WEDNESDAY, ALMOST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR MY PERSCRIPTION FROM FRIDAY."> JOY LINN HAD KNEE SURGERY THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING. SHE TELLS KCCI ALL WAS GOING WELL WITH HER RECOVERY UNTIL SHE RAN OUT OF HER PRESCRIPTION ON FRIDAY. SHE TRIED TO GET IT FILLED AT THE WALGREEN'S IN WEST DES MOINES LOCATED NEAR 22ND STREET AND WESTOWN PARKWAY WHEN SHE WAS TOLD THE PHARMACY WAS CLOSED. JOY LINN, EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS GETTING HER PRESCRIPTION 57:48 <"WE CALLED AND CHECKED IN MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE THEN. WENT BY MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY KEEP SAYING IT WAS AN INTERNET OUTAGE."> KCCI REACHED OUT TO WALGREEN'S TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHY LINN WAS NOT ABLE TO FILL HER PERSCRIPTION. THE COMPANY DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND. LINN SAYS DEALING WITH THE PAIN WITHOUT MEDICATION WAS TRAUMATIZING, SHE NOW JUST WANTS ANSWERS. JOY LINN, EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS GETTING HER PRESCRIPTION 59:44 <"I COULD NOT SPEAK OR WALK OR MOVE WITHOUT EXCRUIATING PAIN."> AFTER I INTERVIEWED LINN, SHE DID SHARE WITH ME SHE WAS áFINALLY ABLE TO GET HER MEDICATION FROM TH
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Woman left with questions after she was unable to fill her Walgreens prescription after painful surgery

It took her six days to get her prescription filled.

A St. Charles woman is left with questions after Walgreens wouldn't fulfill her prescription after a painful surgery.Joy Linn had knee surgery the day before Thanksgiving.She tells KCCI all was going well with her recovery until she ran out of her prescription last Friday.She tried to get it filled at the Walgreens in West Des Moines located near 22nd Street and Westown Parkway when she was told the pharmacy was closed.Linn says dealing with the pain without medication was traumatizing, she now just wants answers."I could not speak or walk or move without excruciating pain," Linn said. KCCI reached out to Walgreens to learn more about why Linn was not able to fill her prescription.The company did not immediately respond.After KCCI interviewed Linn, she shared she was finally able to get her prescription filled.

A St. Charles woman is left with questions after Walgreens wouldn't fulfill her prescription after a painful surgery.

Joy Linn had knee surgery the day before Thanksgiving.

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She tells KCCI all was going well with her recovery until she ran out of her prescription last Friday.

She tried to get it filled at the Walgreens in West Des Moines located near 22nd Street and Westown Parkway when she was told the pharmacy was closed.

Linn says dealing with the pain without medication was traumatizing, she now just wants answers.

"I could not speak or walk or move without excruciating pain," Linn said.

KCCI reached out to Walgreens to learn more about why Linn was not able to fill her prescription.

The company did not immediately respond.

After KCCI interviewed Linn, she shared she was finally able to get her prescription filled.