... months and get all my prescriptions refilled. I get six scripts for several meds including Klonopin for 6 refills. The pharmacy keeps knocking off one of the refills for Klonopin saying they can only fill 5 bottles per prescription. This leaves me out a month early for my prescription. I get conflicting answers from pharmacists that tell me the law says i can only have 5 refills for this med and from my doctor and his nurses that says this isn't true. I don't want them to think I'm using all my Klonopin prescriptions too soon when the pharmacy will hold 6+ refills for Wellbutrin
Anyone know the law regarding lonopin refills.The pharmacy is no help! I go to my doctor every 6...
Question posted by leopardeyes on 26 Sep 2010
Last updated on 10 November 2022 by xaiviealutes
11 Answers
xaiviealutes
11 Nov 2022
this has been making my life so miserable. im JUST now finding out that the med ive been on for 12 consistent years (klonopin) i can no longer even get.
Because, regardless of it becoming a controlled substance, my psychiatrist continue to fill it at my request, as if nothing changed, but now he decides to change practices on me, discharge me completely without any notice or refills of my meds. So now it's time for the six month mark to get my meds refilled and literally no one will re-prescribe me Klonopin when I've been on it for 12 years and I didn't know anything other than this medication helping me go about day-to-day activities and now I feel like I can't even talk normal. It's been about seven days without it now and I feel like I'm losing my mind.
Yflbcs
29 Sep 2019
Hi, The question about Klonopin. This drug is now a controlled substance. Your prescribing Doctor can override this with instruction to your pharmacy and Insurance Co. Hope this helped.
Byrjun
25 Dec 2018
I would think it depends on the pharmacy and the state. My pharmacy only allows 3 refills on anything
Dianna64
12 Dec 2018
Question. I’ve been on .05 of Klonopin for over 20 years. every six months I had blood work done before visits. My doctor says as of July 1st the new law in Florida says I have to come in once a month for check up to receive a new script. Says he can’t prescribe the usual 6 month refills. This is a hardship since my new insurance requires me to pay complete cost upfront until I reach my out of pocket for the year. I suffer PTSD therefore can’t do with out my rx yet can’t afford monthly doctor visit. I understand the opioid problem, in which I don’t use, but why the Klonopin?
TABAMEY
27 June 2018
It depends on other factors such as the state you're in. For California, a controlled substance prescription has a couple of restrictions.
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 11200-11201
11200. (a) No person shall dispense or refill a controlled
substance prescription more than six months after the date thereof.
(b) No prescription for a Schedule III or IV substance may be
refilled more than five times and in an amount, for all refills of
that prescription taken together, exceeding a 120-day supply.
Dadavis1
1 June 2018
Wow, I too am surprised your DR would give you that many at one time. My Dr. used to make me come in for the physical script each time I needed my valium filled and told me he had to write them as "do not refill" just this last visit when I told him how responsible I was with the medication and that it was a god send when I get panic attacks, he gave me the script with 1 refill on it.
1Stankus1
14 Sep 2015
Never,ever hand your script over to anyone before you know their policy!
I go to large pharmacies that are located in : Target, Walmart, Giant, Acme!
Also, a small pharmacy wants your business and is more willing to call your doctor and work it out. Your doctor could be wrong! My doctor wrote a script that said: take as needed!
Pharmacy said , no go! I had scripts declined because they couldn't read his handwriting!
Good luck!
cherylruth
28 July 2014
You would get it filled which = 1 then 5 refills.
Controlled substances, even if she put 10 refills, are only valid for 6 months by law. So you should be good. You wouldn't be shorted a month.
If they DO short you... Go to a new pharmacy. Good luck!
Nattjenta
16 Sep 2015
This is the correct answer. All in all you are getting 6 months worth of your med. That's the limit. That's the law. You're fortunate you have a doctor who will even do refills on these drugs. Most will only do one month at a time, requiring you to visit the doctor face to face every month.
Patrick916
15 April 2011
The answer is actually 5. This makes sure you have to see your Dr. face to face at least every 6 months for a schedule IV benzodiazepine drug like this since it is also on the FDA's CSA list which has a risk of being diverted and abused.
fall queen
18 Oct 2010
Hi friend, Are you counting the originak RX as the first fill? That is what I usually get, and then 5 refills. It is true, with most controlled substances you can only go into the pharmacy six times in six months (that counts your original RX) as the first. I have always been told this is a rule unless your doctor changes your dosage. What I have also found to be true is some pharmacies seem to make rules up as they go along, call another pharmacy or two. Make sure you are getting what you supposed to! Good Luck. Fall Queen
leopardeyes
19 Oct 2010
thanks for your response. I do subtract the first fill from the script. The reason I know a refill is missing is because I always have an extra fill on my wellbutrin and artane. The pharmacy also hassles me sometimes about not filling my abilify. My doctor writes me 6 fills for abilify, but at $400 a month for 30 pills i cannot pay that, so he gives me samples..and then the refills if they have no samples to give, which is rare. So the pharmacy thinks i'm abusing meds when I'm not. I went in to a small independent pharmacy the other day and unfortunately I cannot pay their prices without insurance, but the pharmacist was really nice and explained that yes, pharmacists and pharmacies make up rules as they go along. I was also very surprised to learn that the store manager at Walgreen's can override the pharmicists decision if you make a big enough stink about it. I' m currently on the search for a better pharmacy. Walgreen's is also on the brink of bankruptcy..wonder why?
fall queen
19 Oct 2010
hi, I think you are on the right track to look for another pharmacy. What I do when my doctor gives me samples is just give the pharmacy my RX (to pit on filr) until you need it. There are two things you can do to make your lie easier at the pharmacy, I get savings cards in the mail all the time and they save me almost 75%! I will get the website for you in the A.M. Also, Whatetever company makes Abilify,they will usually be happy to send you a $50 savings card as well. I will get all the info out ot you ASAP. Fall Queen
sgarnica111
1 Oct 2010
Hm, it honestly depends on the pharmacy. I wonder if it has to do with the other prescriptions you get filled because as we all know, Klonopin is a controlled substance which means you can't feel any other anti-anxiety medication like Xanax or Valium and they make you wait 30 days before they refill it. One thing I might suggest is to ask your doctor or clinic for some Wellbutrin sample packs, which more clinics have and have them give you quite a bit so you don't need to feel that prescription right then. I used to get boxes of boxes of Wellbutrin samples... I didn't even need to put the script in, and now i'm on Lexapro because Wellbutrin made me gain weight and I got boxes of Lexapro.
The doctors usually always have like sample boxes for anti-depressants since it isn't a controlled substance so you should ask if they have any sample packs because i'm sure they do, and if not maybe another one of your scripts isn't a controlled substance like wellbutrin and maybe they'll have samples for that? I actually called CVS for you right now, lol and they said you can get as many scripts as you want, as long as you don't have medical. Try CVS!
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