Dilemma With 2 Narcotic Scripts From 2 Doctors (Page 13)
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Hi all. I have intractable pelvic RSD, peripheral neuropathy, lumbar facet spondylosis. I live in California and am about to have to change insurances at the end of this month. The new insurance has ridiculously high Rx prices. I go to a PM for all my pain meds, but my primary dr has in the past managed them for me. My question is if anyone knows if I get an Rx for the 60mg Oxycontin twice a day like usual from my PM and then my primary to write a script for 40mg 3 times a day and then I can go to 2 totally different pharmacies and fill one with my insurance and the other at another pharmacy and pay with cash, will that flag the DEA and cause my PM to get a notification of "Doctor shopping"? I am just trying to have enough meds to get me through an extra month until my husbands new job let's us get medical coverage?
I had to do this one other time a year ago when the same thing happened with me loosing my job because I could no longer work and I wasn't married yet to get my husbands insurance. The first 2 months I had no problem, but the third and LAST month I was needing to do it to get me enough meds to last me the 3 month waiting period, my husband forgot and filled both scripts under the same insurance but just at 2 different pharmacies instead of paying cash at the second one. My pain doctor found this out and thank God I was able to explain my way out of it and he didn't discharge me as a patient, but now in this situation again, I'm afraid to try it one last time til we are settled with yet another health insurance. I would really appreciate anyone's advise or experience they could share regarding my situation. I truly am not a doctor shopper, I am just afraid to run out of meds and be in massive pain and / or risk getting into trouble.
Yes, if you do that, you will be taking the risk of getting yourself flagged. All narcotics prescriptions are tracked and reported to the government. The last time it happened, your doctor was just nice enough to listen to you and neither they, nor the pharmacy called the governments attention to it. However, the possibility of one of them doing so is always there.
It is also highly possible that the government could find out on their own, since as I said, all controlled substance prescriptions are tracked. In that case, even if your doctor doesn't want to do anything, if they contact him about it, he will be forced to account for it.
https://rxchat.com/wiki/Oxycodone/
If you're already planning to pay cash for one of the prescriptions and not use your insurance on it, there won't be that big of a difference if you wait and get it filled at the proper time to avoid the possibility of getting yourself in trouble.
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