Refilling My Valid Xanax Prescription Early (Page 16)

I only see one doctor and he gives me a 3 month supply of xanax. When I went the last time he wrote me out a prescription but I still had two refills. I had a friend and her husband passed away and I gave her some of mine thinking I would have no problem re-filling the prescription. I had sense enough not to go to the same pharmacy and not to give my insurance information. So I go to this small drug store by my house and I had to fill out paperwork such as dob, name and my DL #. Well they paged me to the front of the store and advised me that it was 7 days to early for them to re-fill. So my question is where can I go to re-fill a prescription that is valid written by the same doctor. I only tried one place, I'm guessing they must have a data base if you try and refill your prescription early (even without your insurance) does anyone have advice on where I can go to get this filled?

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@Chrissy, you are absolutely right and I like your analysis of the subject matter. 1) In regards to the usage of the word addict vesus dependent, I feel that they are used interchangeable. Even though both are not good, I felt that using word dependent sounded better. 2) I personally believe that no one should live in. Addiction is very difficult to treat. 3) you are correct different, everyone handle things differently. 4) people tolerance are also different. @Christy, I am talking about prescription drugs. I know that not everyone is a addict. The increasing death toll and OD became a huge concern, that is why they implement certain standard. 5) those new standards affect the pharmacist also. They are coming down very hard on the doctors who prescribed the drugs. They are not playing, the doctors who violate the rules and standards, are looking at either jail time or lose their license Or both. The same goes for the pharmacist. Pharmacist can now look on the web and see that person’s medication list. 6) do you know how many people has valid reasons to start on them. I am talking about prescription drugs not illicit. 7) some of the stories shared on this board is suspect 8) Some people put out a lithely of of reasons why they need the drugs. 9) some people don't even realize that they are addicted/dependent on the drugs. You have people who might have had surgery and utilize prescription pain meds, then when they are healed they come off it. Chronic Pain suffers is difficult. The purpose of prescription meds is to heal and is titrate down not up. Prescription narc is not meant to be a life long treatment. When you have young people, or for that matter adults also, saying these medications is lifelong is suspect and people who knows exactly what they want and bring it to their doctors is suspect. Some people who is willing to travel out of State specifically to get the drugs is suspect. The problem now is every doctors and pharmacist have access to the data base no matter what state they live in. The desperation in some of the post come through crystal clear. Addiction/dependency on a drug is very difficult. There is definitely some thing wrong when doctors are upping the doses because the person should getting better not worst. People can develop tolerance to a drug where they need higher doses to get the same result. Some of the post here are extremely outlandish, it's like they are trying to convince someone that they really need that drug. I have a better grasp on addiction/dependency and I know it's not easy. Acknowledgement that they have a problem is the first step towards healing. I get upset when people think someone wants to be an addict or dependant on drugs. A lot of people started out with valid reasons as to why they started on the drugs in the first place. Addiction is very hard, but keep in mind that prescription drugs and illicit drugs can have same end result. I always say, addiction does not discriminate. Because I myself have traveled that road and overcome it. I have no shame nor do I try to down play it because it has now become part of my journey. During that time frame there as been many times I literally could have died. I have the utmost respect for people who acknowledge, accept and come out the other end clean because they went and got help. Those people are proof and inspiration that you can overcome it. Sharing their story honestly can inspire others that there is hope. Once a person is in sobriety staying in sobriety is another difficult road to travel on. Some doctors play a Hugh role in this situation. I will share this, I know a young lady that weigh about 100 pounds if that much. Why would a doctor prescribed 30 mg of oxycodone? That dosage is going to affect that person differently than a person weighing 200+ pounds. There is a saying "walk a mile in my shoe" many people truly do not understand addiction. Getting hook on prescription narcotics sometimes lead people to transition into harder and illicit drugs. At the end of the day once the person admit that the have an issue, how they got started is some what irrelevant. They need to just focus on recovery.

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@Eddy, I believe that's true. They cannot prescribe certain class of narcotics. The same goes for Nurse Practitioners also. They know what meds they can prescribe and what they cannot. Nurse Practitioners genero work in conjunction with a MD. They can assess, prescribe certain meds and diagnose. They can order labs and certain diagnostic tests.

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I get my Xanax refilled 4 days early every month because i always run out early . And the 4 days is only determined by my insurance still covering it.

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SayWhat , State Laws govern what Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants can prescribe. It varies from state to state. State laws also govern if a Psychologist is allowed to prescribe meds and if they are their requirements. Not many Psychologists are allowed to prescribe meds. They usually have a dr that they can get to prescribe meds when they believe that a patient really needs them.

SayWhat, no dr is going to get into trouble because they do not prescribe opiates to a patient. A dr may address a patients pain, but because the patient didn't get what the wanted, a prescription for opiaites, they will say that they pain wasn't addressed.

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BL, I never said anything about opiates. One of the commenters outline their injuries and stated that the doctor blew her off. I said that doctor can get in trouble for failure to address the patient's needs. It is called negligence. I never reference opiates specifically. No doctor should blow their patients off. Addressing the patient's needs can be done in various ways. As a matter of fact, doctors are really suppose to utilized the least restrictive methods first for chronic pain sufferers. They cannot blow a patient off. Case in point, Dr. Rancijit temporally lost his license for a variety of reason, and one of them was he failed to consider alternative pain management and just jumped in ordering large amounts of opiates. He also failed to refer his patients to a pain management specialist. I never stated anything about opiates. Of course no one in their right mind would entertain the thoughts that " he didn't prescribe morphine, Percocet, oxycodone, or other opiates so I am going to report him. The doctor can refer the patient out or try various other methods. The doctor is supposed to develop a treatment plan for each of their patients documenting what treatment is being utilize. Dr. Ranajit never even kept treatment plans on his patients. His little cookie world crumbled because he was reported, which open the door to an investigation and ultimately his license getting suspended.

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@BL, I agree that you have people who might be in pain and because their doctors didn't order opiates like they wanted they can say their pain was not address. People who go in specifically asking for Opiates is a Hugh red flag for physicians. The physicians are not stupid. I am talking about the doctor not addressing the patient's needs at all. Once the doctor develop a treatment plan specific to that patient and outline various methods that was utilize they will be OK. The plan
does not have to include opiates then they are on. Opiate abuse has become a epidemic in society that it should be the last resort for chronic pain suffers. In fact chronic pain suffers really should be taking anti-inflammatory medications. Taking Percocet. Oxy and things like Vicodin is really not good to treat chronic pain suffers. The

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SayWhat, based on what people have written here, they aren't looking for alternative pain management. It would be interesting to see how many people that post here would file a complaint against a dr if they only recommended and prescribed non opiate forms of pain management and would not prescribe opiates.

I agree that alternative pain management should be used before opiates are brought on board. I also agree that if opiates have to be brought on board that non medication forms of pain management should also be used.

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SayWhat, a lot of chronic pain patients that can't get a dr to prescribe opiates or can't get a dr to prescribe opiates in high doses like they want them seem to be looking for ways to force the drs to prescribe what the they want. I am just saying that you can't force a dr to prescribe an opiate when in their professional judgement an opiate is not needed or an opiate at a particular dose is not needed.

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@BL, you are 100% correct. No, make that 200% correct. Right here on this board I have commenters post depicting pure anger because their doctor won't prescribe them high dosage of potent opiate because nothing less doesn't work. Look, I understand understand how horrible chronic pain is because I am living with it. I understand that when a person is suffering from pain, they can't see nothing else and they don't want to hear no. Like, you said no one can bully or force a health-care care provider to prescribe what they know are lethal doses. Look what happened to Michael Jackson and that dumb incompetent doctor he had working for him. unfortunately, there are still some doctors out there who don't too much force to write massive amout amounts of opiate, because I had one. Unfortunately, for some once they get these massive dosage they feel like they struck gold and the doctors who are prescribing these things are doing them a favor because that was me at one time. I am one of those person whose pain tolerance is so high that when some people say 10mg of Percocet knocks them out. With me I could take 50 mg, plus Vicodin, oxy, Xanax etc..ect before I get relief. The amount of prescription pain medications I was on could have knocked out an army. OMG! There was plenty of times that I could have died. When a person is actively engaging in something, they can see what's in front of them. What I went through with prescription pain med was the first time but it lasted about two years.
As one of the doctors said, I started taking them for legitimate. I have excellent insurance and a willing doctor which equates to a very lethal combination. Finally when I accepted and acknowledge that I needed help, I went to in patient Rehab. The doctors, counselors heard the Quantity and variety if drugs I was taking they were stunned. I also had to disclosed who prescribe them, but I made it very clear that the doctor did not know. (I didn't want her to get in trouble). I they did not weaned me off are give me something such as: Suboxone and methadone. Once I got cleaned I was able to see that the doctor was not doing me any favor. I am glad that you pointed out that some people get angry if their doctors don't prescribe what they. Well, some doctors know that going too far go the right can get them jail time and or loss of their license. I am pretty sure that none of those who feel elated because they got what they need would not serve jail time with the doctor. A doctor got a 4 year prison sentence because she over prescribe for one of her patients who ended up dead. The premise was that doctors who prescribe controlled substance need to be diligent in monitoring for any signs of of, addiction, dependencies to these drugs. They are not doing it Willy nilly because they love their freedom and they worked hard for their license.

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It's a data base ...Doesn't matter where you go. I had a rx for Xanax dated 2/5/16 and it was denied at 3 different pharms on 2/28 BC it had only been 23 days since I last had a fill..the data base knows everything

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That is absolutely true. Databases generally means no matter what state city or town. Medical personnel can access it. But, that prescription that you have That's dated 2/15/16 that they wouldn't fill because it was too early. Say for example, you had it and forgot you had it. You found it after April 15th. You will never be able to use it because no pharmacy would accept it because it's after 60 days. But, instead of going all over the the globe trying to find a pharmacy that might fill it knowing it's too early. If you submit the script to the pharmacy and they log it in their system. They wouldn't be able to refill it because it's too early. Even if you go after April 15th which is after 60 days. They would fill it because they had it in their system before the 60 days. Information like this is for people who don't care about getting scripts fill early when they know it's not due.

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@ Sapphire: if you want your new Dr. to trust you, then you will need to explain to him/her what happened at the pharmacy. Offer to give your Dr whatever pills you have left, in order to prove that you are a sincere patient. Besides, you are going to have to tell him/her what happened anyway (due to the cross check), so you may as well tell him/her now. It's probably not the first time it has happened to a patient oh his/hers, since this often happens when seeing a new PDr and being Dx'd new meds.

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"I want to get off such a high dosage so can I get these filled early." The definition of denial and contradiction.

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It's not illegal to fill them early. It's up to the pharmacist. Some won't do it early at all, some will do 3 days early, most will actually, and some will do five days but they are rare. 3 days is no problem. 5 days can become a problem if the FDA or whoever oversees pharmacists catches on to a patient repeatedly doing 5 days early. I usually get my Xanax filled 1-3 days early. In the beginning they were very strict. As they got to know me, all was fine. Maybe the fact that they fill 10 prescriptions monthly for me had something to do with it also.

I get 10mg Vicodin. I usually have them filled a couple days before the last one. For those you have to pick up a new prescription every time, bummer because my doctor is quite a distance and I don't drive. Damn September of 1914. But I live in Chicago and the trains move quickly. Anyway, I see my therapist every week so when I get my Vicodin it may be a couple days early, but they refill up to 3 days early. Also, all my doctors are all out of the same hospital so that is convenient.

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You gave your drugs to a friend? Not too smart. Yes, we finally have a data bank to check on controlled substances our patients are taking and it's about time. This prevents patients from Dr. shopping and getting all the drugs they want. If I was taking xanax I'd be tempted to get my prescription early and have an extra 20 pills to sell on the street! But of course I don't.

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This is untrue. In some states (IL is one,) a prescription for a CII prescription is good for 90 days from the written date. CIII-CV are good for 6 months. So, using your example, you could get a rx written for something like Vicodin or Percocet that was dated 2/15/16 until 5/14, something like Xanax could be filled until 8/19.

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The law has changed! Every pharmacy can see every rx you've had filled. Unfortunately you will just have to wait a few more days.. Thank Obama for that.

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No Liz thank all the addicted doctor shopping pharmacy scamming pillbillies. But I guess it's easy to blame Obama.

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Robert do they actually still make vicodin?

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Missouri is the last state that doesn't communicate with other states, so If you are close enough, go to MO, preferably a CVS as they are very lax.

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