This is the first time I have ever posted anything like this on the net but I was just wondering cause I thought that is what the nurse at my dr. Said and no I'm not trying to have a high flying time about 4 months ago I fell out of a bucket truck fully extended and broke... Well let's just say everything but I just had a surgery and it is bad the dr. Raised me up to 4 a day and 3 just isn't cutting it after the surgery thank you for any responses and have a good day
Can you get your pain meds filled early if the dr. Raises you from 3-4 a day? Thank you?
Question posted by Mccscrug on 16 March 2014
Last updated on 19 March 2014
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HeadStarter
16 March 2014
You didn't mention how early on your script. Make sure, though, that you take your new script into your pharmacy as early in the day as possible. They may delay filling the new script because they will first contact your doctor then they will try to get your insurance to pay for it. I would wait to fill this script when you know your doctor is going to be around... For instance, don't try late on a Friday expecting to get it filled or over the weekend when nobody is around.
I'm surprised that your doctor didn't ask for your pill bottle to do a physical count or confiscate them. The reason for doing that is simple... when the pharmacy calls your doctor, your doctor could tell the pharmacy that you relinquished your meds and it is okay to fill the script. Also, your insurance company could be a small hurdle. You didn't mention when you got your current prescription filled.
Not saying it is going to go that way... just be prepared for anything - expect the unexpected. Don't leave the pharmacy without knowing whether or not they will fill it. I hope you don't have a problem.
Inactive
18 March 2014
Good Heavens Headstarter, I am so glad I don't have your doctor! I just don't understand these providers that don't want their patients to have a few extra doses on hand! Do they not have extreme weather where they are? I live in Maryland, and in the past 20 years we've had hurricanes, tornadoes, ice storms, snow storms, earthquakes and floods - sometimes 2 or 3 different things in the same week! What do you do if the office is closed for a few days, or you can't get there due to weather? What do you do? My dr told me a long time ago that it was my responsibility to manage my pain - not his. If I have to go an extra 10 days, I needed to do it without calling him or going to the ER. Thankfully I have some extra, and you better believe I make sure I do. He wouldn't help me if I ran short, but thankfully he doesn't do pill counts and all that either! - EJ23
Mccscrug
19 March 2014
Thanks to all the input and sorry I didn't make things more clear but everything got worked out on Sunday they told me that if there is a change in the therapy that yes it can be filled early and well more than three or four days I explained the situation to a younger lady at CVS and she was really nice and really helpful and got everything squared away for me
HeadStarter
19 March 2014
It isn't so much the provider, it is the insurance company here. I haven't had any issues with my doctor. But I have been in other clinics where they count your meds every time you come in. There isn't any such thing as giving the patient enough to cover the unexpected. It is up to the patient to manage what they have. I always have leftovers at the end of the month. Plus doctors don't have free reign any more on quantity they can prescribe. The higher they write, the more scrutiny they come under.
Mary
kaismama
16 March 2014
You need a new prescription with the higher dose in order to get more.
Mccscrug
16 March 2014
Yea my dr wrote me out a new prescription and he went up from 3 a day to 4 a day I have the hard copy
kaismama
17 March 2014
Then you can get that filled without a problem, once you are down to the last day of the ones you have.
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