Hi Steve,
You have been such a help to me. I have an issue of course. As I stated before, I have a perfect cures report etc..I did find a pharmacy to fill my meds but now they won’t fill until 31 days! I am literally running out of medicines. So for example, I am out for 2 days and I pick up on the 2, the HAVE to count that day because I have been out. They are not counting the 31 days in a month. Example, got my meds July 6 they refused to fill until Aug 6. I have a calendar that shows everything. I take 2 oxy a day for 30 days. You can see I ran out. I do not know what to do, if I complain they will just refuse service. If I was a guyI would say they have me by the nuts! Lol.
What the heck do I do. I am a teacher and start school tomorrow. My last fill was July 16and they refuse to fill until aug 16. Any advice? We really have no recourse anymore.
Thank you. I actually have the refill apps. They all say 31 days!These people are Armenian and their English is not really good. I have written everything down in plain English. I totally understand how some count from the day after pick up. day after. I was doing that, and that doesn’t even make sense, but I do it anyways which leads me to my point that now they are filling it late so I go 2 days without so how can they Not count the first day because I have been out of the medication so I have to take the dose the DAY I get the prescription. I am not good at math but I can even figure this out!It makes you want to give up on life. I have done eve7by the book. My dr. Says he is powerless now too. He has called and everything. Steve, I am a teacher and these meds allow me to do my job. I have never ever deviated, asked for early meds etc… please help. I cannot go on with the anxiety this is causing. I live in Burbank, does your friend know of any pharmacy. I go to Glendale.
Thank you again
The above is from the pharmacy’s computer… the previous Rx was filled on July 16th and indicates that the next due date is Aug 14th… notice that the computer apparently has the ability to be specific of how many days early that the Rx can be filled and it is registering ZERO DAYS EARLY… and the Pharmacist told the pt that she was to wait TWO MORE DAYS… meaning that the pt is INTENTIONALLY going to be thrown into withdrawal. Apparently this Pharmacist’s calendar must have 30 days IN EVERY MONTH… according to this pt this pharmacist’s ENGLISH is not that good and apparently his MATH is even worse.
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I’m at the point where I am perfectly capable of believing that it’s not stupidity driving this jerk, but malice. Putting pain patients through withdrawal & torture is now a good thing; torture a pain patient & society cheers, like somehow it’s doing something to “fix” this manufactured “opioid epidemic”….or at least, it’s punishing those who are now seen as being responsible for it, facts & reality be damned.
The PROPaganda has created a new class of sub-human, against whom it’s actually a good thing to be prejudiced & discriminate at & be cruel to. All the sadists are gleefully letting their worst natures out for a free run, PLUS they can be seen as being self-righteous and out for the good of society. How they are drooling at the opportunity!
I wonder if she could e-mail or call and speak to the state pharmacy board. It probably wouldn’t help, but it wouldn’t hurt either. If she could e-mail them about how they are supposed to count the days (due to state laws/regulations) and even explain the havoc this is doing to her physically and mentally, maybe she could get something e-mailed back to her in writing. Hell, bring in a calendar and physically count the days in front of this big dummy. It’s almost like this pharmacist is being purposely obtuse about this, as anyone could pick up a calendar and see the extra day in July. Any moron with half a brain knows that the day you pick up the medicine counts as the first day. This really pisses me off!
Amen to that sister! And if you have more than one and they get off cycle and then you have to go to the pharmacy every day for several days. Last month in Virginia if you are under Worker’s Comp we had to give up the ability to use Independent Pharmacies. There is NO understanding with the “Big box pharmacy”, they are right and don’t care. We need a voice.
Wow, I live in Virginia but am not on Worker’s Comp. I continue to use a small town pharmacy and what a great guy. He is under investigation for filling my high-dose scrip but continues to serve me faithfully!
Somebody needs to slap this moron, the doctor can jump through some kind of Hoops and have it so the patients can pick up their script 7 days early. Course I go to a pain specialist now thanks to the freaking CDC guidelines. Anyway prior to going to a pain specialist my doctor just wrote the script for every 28 days. That’s what this lady needs to do have her doctor write the scripts for 28 days.
That is a real problem and I wish there were some way to help her but; yes, he’s got her by the nuts. I am in agreement with you, Steve. The pharmacist could use a remedial course in basic math.