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My refill ordeal today, arg!

wow i hop on bluelight looking for a place to give you my ordeal and see this in DC. Just my luck. well today i got back to being prescribed adderall for the first time since 7th grade. (im in college) took it to regular walgreens and they are out of stock same with rite aid... three hours later got em at different walgreens. those dots do represent when i started typing this lol. some chick with her husband on the phony screaming something about "refilling my oxycontin" they cant be dumbass.
 
I dont understand though. They had the generic? Or they gave you brand? Surely if they processed for the generic someone would have seen it on the shelf.

I just wrote out a long response with plenty of detail and poof! it was gone, so here's the short version. Yes they had the generics but from past experience, I think they can be tricky to find there. Not sure why but I've heard conversations between pharmacists and techs helping each other out while trying to locate the generic Opanas. As far as the brand goes, for some reason I'm thinking this new guy's default is to process for the more costly "brand", while I'd personally think it'd be the other way around?? Once he went down the "brand" road, he ran into the whole pre-auth bit etc.. None of which is correct or necessary. Once he looked at my past fills and spoke to the tech (I think?), he saw my history and then switched up and processed the script for the generics. All was well from then on. Thank goodness!

I'll tell you, if you have a good relationship with your pharmacist, make sure you thank them and let them know how much you appreciate what they do for you. It's invaluable to have a good working relationship with your pharmacist, especially when you're in PM. I never leave the counter without going out of my way to thank whoever rang me up and I'll then walk over to the tech or pharmacist and thank them as well. With all the stuff they have to deal with, I'm sure an appreciative customer means a lot to them, or at least it would if it were me. Thanks Kitty!
 
I don't understand the new script thing, either. I get generic Opana every month, and they often don't have the 60, but will give me what they have, and give me the rest the next day, don't have to pay another co pay, don't need another script. I wonder if that's actually the law? I go to a mom and pop place, BTW.
 
I don't understand how you had to forfeit the missing pills? Here the pharmacist often doesn't have all the pills you want and they just say "oh we owe you 30 whatever....come back later today or tomorrow and we'll have the rest for you". Sometimes they give you an IOU slip of paper but more often than not they just recognize your face when you come back. All the staff at my local pharmacy know me on first name terms so they never bother with the slip of paper.

Its really odd that they would make you forfeit the balance simply because they didnt have them all in. I know things are different in the US but that's just crazy.....

Hope you got them in the end ....




I think big chain pharmacy's always forfeit the extra meds if you decide to take half the pills right there & then.Walmart pharmacy tried that BS with me, so I don't use Walmart pharmacy anymore.
 
I use the pharmacy located at the world's largest grocery and general merchandise retailer. I am in WI. My experience has been that with Class II and below meds, they will give you what they have, which must be at least 72 hours worth, and give you the rest when the order comes in (within 72 hours) This is the law in WI.

They do not charge you until the prescription is completely filled and your refill date is calculated from when you got the initial 72 hrs worth of meds.

This is how it works with benzos and such. Not sure how it works with stronger painkillers and other drugs in that class.
 
This is why I like taking less than half of prescribed controlled drug doses, to not have to run out and go through physical withdrawal. You're also less likely to be at the mercy of a pharmacist or doctor, and less likely to go through withdrawal if your doctor cuts you off. I understand that not everyone can go without taking their full dosages of pain meds.

With enough planning, I don't really run out of anything. I found that running out of weed was stressful when I didn't have a MMJ card and had to spend the time to go through someone with a card. So, I always pick up way before I'm going to run out. I find that I can go days without smoking weed without a problem, but having no weed as a potential safety net to fall back on was unnerving.
 
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