How soon can I refill my prescription?
Xanax is a controlled medication and they will not refill it until a day or 2 before the refill date. I also take Xanax and tried to get mine refilled 5 days before the refill date because I was going out of town and would not be back before I could refill it. The pharmacy had to call my insurance to get permission to refill it early. I always use CVS and they know me very well at the store and that I do not abuse it and assured the insurance I was not abusing the drug so I got it refilled. I would say they would have to contact your insurance or maybe you could call your Dr and tell him you were getting your medication out of the bottle and you spilled 9 of them in the sink and the water was on and they got wet and melted and now you are 9 short and don't know what to do. Maybe he can talk to the pharmacist or get you 9 at the hospital pharmacy. That is all I know you might try. You may just have to break the bars in half and take one bar one day and a half a bar the next and a whole bar the next then a half again the next day until refill time. Good luck.
Since Adderall requires a new written prescription each time the rules are slightly different than a refill. Only a doctor can write the date earlier. Few reasons might permit this. One I know of was the bottle of pills were stolen and this is a common hoax so unless you have proof, which in this case the police had caught the person and minus a few pills they took them for evidence and here's where that got tricky; the police needed to keep them for a possible trial so the police report was taken to the doctor which he had no problem writing another, even noting it was a replacement with police case #. The insurance would not pay for them, it didn't matter what the reason was. $123 was spent replacing them….covered by the homeowners insurance minus deductibles etc if the thief didn't pay. There is a way around the insurance also but it's risky if the doctor doesn't think his verbal instructions are understood. He can write the new prescription for different dosaging. For instance, if the original prescription was 10mg twice daily he can write a new one for 20 mg twice daily and the insurance company will pay for half of that because it already paid for the amount equal to half of that dosage but it's getting the patient what they needed if no other way, it has to be understood verbally that taking half the pill is correct. It's not really ethical to do that but you aren't really getting more of the drug if you really did lose the first amount and how the patient takes it is really up to them anyway, the doctor writing it differently isn't a guarantee of that no more than any other time.
Filling prescription early, can I pay out of pocket?
i would highly suggest calling your insurance and asking if you have a lost/destroyed prescription override. some insurances dont, but if you do, you can give your rx to your pharmacy, tell them to call the insurance so that the insurance can give them the override, so that it'll go through under your plan. or if lost rx overrides arent given out, you can ask if you have a "vacation supply" override, and if your insurance has it, then tell the pharmacy youre going on vacation and call the insurance. technically you shouldnt be doing that, but hey, if your prescription is THAT expensive it'll be worth it in the long run. just be careful though, cause most plans only allow these overrides to be used once per year, so if you decide to use any of these overrides and have the problem again you won't be able to use it. so it's up to you...if it's cheap enough out of pocket, just pay for it, if not then do what i suggested. and ps it doesnt matter if you go to walgreens or to a different pharmacy youve never been to, because both pharmacies will be billing your insurance company, and your insurance is the one that rejects the claim as "too early". good luck!
How many days early can you get a prescription filled?
Your early prescription refill request can be made by calling your insurance company and advising them of your request for a vacation override so your prescription for lorazepam can be refilled early. Additionally, they'll need the date you're leaving and returning, and where you'll be traveling. If you'll be traveling domestically, your insurance has no obligation to refill your prescription early, but it doesn't hurt to ask. This is because refills of schedule IV controlled substances are valid when transferred (1 time only) from the originating pharmacy to another pharmacy within the continental United States. Meaning, if you travel from Pennsylvania and are vacationing in Florida, your pharmacy in PA can fax the prescription to the pharmacy of your choice in FL, and they'll take care of filling it for you. If traveling out of the country, your insurance company should approve the early refill request with no problem. Also if it's just a few days early on your refill, they'll approve your request unless you've had a history of early refill requests on this medication.
How many days early can I refill a prescription with Health Alliance?
Many patients (including me) refill prescriptions a few days early, sometimes to give them time to pick it up from the pharmacy, sometimes because they may be out of town or might not be able to get to the pharmacy while they're gone, or sometimes because they just want to be extra sure that they don't run out. If you prescription bottle says, "Your insurance will allow to you refill your prescription after [date]," and that date is four days after the day you want it refilled, then you'll probably have to wait. If your bottle isn't labeled, just call the pharmacy number on the label, get to a live person, and ask. They'll tell you yes or no, and if you're worried about what they think, don't. They have too much to do to think about it, and they get asked this question all the time.
Depends on several factors: 1. What is the medication? The strength? Is it the same thing you've been taking, or is the dosing or strength changed in any way? If it's different, this would qualify as a therapy change and your pharmacy should be able to fill it early, depending on the medication. 2. How early does your insurance allow it to be filled? Some insurances will allow a week early on fill dates, but others only 3 days. Some won't allow any early fills, even 1 day early. 3. What is your pharmacy's policy on the early fill? Our pharmacy will fill early in several situations on regular maintenance medications (blood pressure, cholesterol, etc.): if you've lost the med or it was damaged, we will fill it and try our best to get it covered by insurance (as a lost script or a vacation override), if you need it for vacation, if you're pretty close to the time it needs filled but it's just a little too soon, and other scenarios. If it's a controlled substance (schedule four or two drugs like narcotics) then we have a two-day early fill policy depending on your history of use; if you aren't filling at several pharmacies, have been taking this medication regularly, don't ask for early fills, and don't give us trouble when we say it's too soon, we'll fill 2-3 days early depending on the situation. Otherwise, it's no early fills on narcotics.Basically, it doesn't matter that it's a different doctor; it matters that the med or its dosage is different, or that your insurance and pharmacy will allow the early fill in the circumstance.
When you lose a controlled substance prescription, you are hosed. Treat it like your cars keys. Don’t lose it.You can get a refill early (going out of town, etc) between 4 and 7 days early, depending on your state’s pharmacy law, which dictates controlled substance refills, depending on the Schedule level (there are NO refills allowed on C-II—Schedule 2’s—per Federal law. State boards cannot override this)If you have a 30 day supply, for instance, you can get it refilled on day 23 to 26. In fact, there are pharmacy computer systems that will flag a too early prescription refill request that won’t even print a label for the pharmacist, so it means business. A pharmacist can override it, but that involves personal input and puts their butts on the line. We prefer to keep our butts.Getting a replacement prescription involves going back to the original doctor who may write you a new prescription if they are so inclined, though Rx insurance will flag it no matter what and you will have to pay cash for the replacement. They won’t pay for it twice in one month.
Can I get a NEW (not refill) valium prescription filled "early" by going to a different pharmacy?
I have TMJ, which is extraordinarily painful but easily treated with NSAIDs, valium (as a muscle relaxer), the use of a mouth guard and an external cream. The first time I went to my doctor's office, they wrote me a prescription for 30 valium with NO refills. The doctor "suggested" (I felt it was a suggestion) that I only take them at night because they would make me sleepy - since I drink 4-5 energy drinks a day (and also grind my teeth more during the day as a result) I figured it would be OK to take them in the morning as well. As a result, I ran out in two weeks, right before my follow-up. I explained the situation to the doctor, and he wrote me a FRESH prescription (not a refill). I took it to the same Publix as the original, and they refused to fill it because the 30 days had not passed. I could totally understand that for a refill, but obviously I had returned to the doctor and gotten a new prescription. I know they are just following "the law" (i.e. my government, which can't find its way out of a wet paper bag with a map, is apparently more qualified to decide what prescriptions I get than the trained medical doctor)... what I'm wondering is, how "networked" are these pharmacies? If I had taken my FRESH (again, not a refill) prescription to a CVS, would they still have refused to fill it? By the way, the state of Florida where I live just accidentally leaked the medical records of 3,000 people it had obtained under this stupid, ineffective law - so apparently they can both invade my privacy AND keep me in pain.
Ordering a refill on my prescription too early at walgreens?
high hopes must be high. if you ordered a refill too soon the insurance rejects it/it gets denied & won't get filled. they won't refill the same medication twice in a month.