Posted by JohnX on October 16, 2001, at 2:00:07
In reply to Big Brother At The Pharmacy, posted by Gracie2 on October 16, 2001, at 1:39:38
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> Well I went in to get a refill of my blood pressure medicine and my generic Xanax and the pharmacist told me it was too soon to refill the Xanax and to come back in 10 days. !@#$%&! I told her "Look I went on vacation this summer and ran out of medicine and I had a hell of a time getting a refill. What if I was going out of town, I can never have my prescription filled ahead of time?"
> She says, "No, you would have to have your prescription filled wherever it is that you're going."
> I said, "What if I'm going to Siberia? You think they have a Walgreen's on every street corner in Siberia? I would be totally screwed."
> She says I'm sorry but that's their policy.
> Damnation,first we have the HMOs and their primary physicians who have to give you a referral to see a specialist because you're not smart enough to know what kind of doctor you need. Now we have the pharmacies who won't refill a legit prescription one day ahead of time because you might have needed an extra pill every now and then for pain or anxiety. I'm
> not talking about blatant abuse, like trying to refill a month's worth of Vicodan every week. I'm referring to
> adults who are capable of judging when they need a little extra pain medication, i.e. after aggravating an injury, or another pill or two for anxiety, such as when your in-laws from Hell are in town or you catch your husband in bed with another woman or something like that. I'd say that deserves an extra pill or four and you don't need a doctor to tell you that. Also the last thing you need is to be caught up short on your medication at the end of the month when you're going to divorce court or prison, if you get my meaning.
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> In some people's minds, adjusting their prescribed drug dosage is self-medication and they condemn this practice. I would like to address this issue too but I'll do it in a separate thread to spare the uninterested.
> -GracieGracie,
I share your pain, but I didn't even need to
leave the US. Moving back and forth between Tx
and Ca was a disaster. The scripts I had for
refills wouldn't transfer interstate, and no one
in the state would write me a new one without first
seeing me. I.e. I would have to wait weeks to
get a maintanance prescription. This would have
been less of a problem but my pdoc in TX died shortly
after I moved to CA. What's stupid is that I could
transfer the prescription to Ohio where the laws
are loose and it was legal for them to ship the meds
to me anywhere. Now does that sound dumb!Sorry if this should be moved to another
news group thread as you suggested.
Just can't pass a chance to bitch. ;)PS. I have a pharmacist connection. If it
weren't for the a*holes that abuse meds,
flagrantly forge prescriptions, etc
we would not be screwed. This is all about
insurance, the law's that don't protect
physicians, etc. BTW, if you communicate your
position to the pdoc and you really are 1 day
short of the med refill, there's no reason why
he shouldn't call in to the pharmacy to help you.-John
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