Posted by Racer on March 16, 2007, at 0:33:57
In reply to Re: Why is Metadate So Heavily Regulated?, posted by jealibeanz on March 15, 2007, at 16:18:28
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> Controlled drugs can't be phoned in or faxed. That's normal. In a lot of states you can't get refills. And yes, the script has to be filled within one month of being written, or it's no good. That's all pretty standard.Here in California, prescriptions for scheduled drugs are only valid for seven days. That's right -- seven days. AND the pharmacy, if they don't have it in stock, cannot tell you when they'll get it in. Therefore, you have to call around to find a pharmacy which can fill the scrip right away, since otherwise the drug may not be delivered in time to fill the scrip.
Since my pdoc writes a scrip for what's really more than a month's worth at a time -- to get around the no refills part -- it can be a challenge to fill the dang things. Our local Walgreen's does not carry that much Ritalin, so it's always a case of calling all the local pharmacies, many of which won't answer the question, in case I'm about to show up with weapons or something.
Oh, yeah, and I'm middled aged, too.
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