I'm prescribed Adderall and my doctor writes me a script along with a post-dated script to be filled a month apart which I had no problems with before. However, I noticed that the date on my Post-Dated script falls on a weekend. Would the Pharmacy still fill the prescription even though the script is dated for a saturday?
Will a Pharmacy fill a Post-Dated script that's dated to be filled on a Saturday?
Question posted by belial19_82 on 2 Nov 2012
Last updated on 2 November 2012
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DzooBaby
3 Nov 2012
They should. Post dated scripts are illegal though unless they are written with the day they are writtens date and say "do not fill until... (the post date)" To write a future date only is illegal. If he wrote "do not fill until (say) 11/3/12" it shouldnt be a problem. Some Drs offices are open on Saturdays as well so the pharmacist will likely say nothing. A date falling on a Sunday is more suspicious, especially if it just dated for a Sunday. It is more obvious that he didnt write it on a sunday and the pharmacist is more likely to know it wasnt written that day and might reject it. If he writes "do not fill until... " it is perfectly legal to do and you shouldnt have any trouble getting it filled.
belial19_82
3 Nov 2012
Ok thank you. I turned in the script tonight and they accepted it. So all was good. thank you for getting back to me.
meyati
3 Nov 2012
They accepted it, but. If I had a script like that, I'd surely wait until the day it was written to take it in to your pharmacy-or the Monday after that.
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