Walgreens Oxycodone Filling Tricks (Page 9)
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I have read all the posts and found that the best way i found is on the 29th of aug i talked to the pharmacy manager and explained the dilemma i was facing and she told me just to transfer all my other scripts to her location and then drop off my oxy script and methadone and that they would order them for me if they were out.Bam ten days later i got a call yesterday that they had my script filled and to come pick them up.Hope this helps those having problems getting their meds filled.Good luck and god bless.

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I had back surgery a couple of years ago,major back surgery, most of my spine. I have had pain for many years. I also have fibro, along with arthritis, and several other "ailments" I won't bother to list. Needless to say, it's been HELL is attempting to get pain MEDs filled. I take them carefully and cautiously, and even took MYSELF down to a lower dose, against my doctors orders. I find that even though I go to the same pharmacist, they are treating me badly. My husband usually picks up all my MEDs (more than for pain) and they are harassing him, not because he is picking them up (as I have difficulties driving so far), but because one is for oxycodone. It amazes me that Walgreens (after being a customer for years at the same locations), will not fill my script. ON top of it, a pharmacist last night at the location in Northdale (Carrrollwood, Tampa), explained to my husband (who has a PHD in Psychology and does research for cancer) that certain Dr's should give certain scripts, and questioned what I was taking, for what causes etc. The Gall!!!!! They said the Dr.s office was closed. He came back this morning to be told they preferred not to fill my prescription. This is called unbelievable customer service, years later, unfortunately I have chronic pain. I have a neurologist, a rhemotologist, and even saw a psychologist because of other issues relating to pain, and this pharmacist questioned my husband about who should give me what, and why. I think some people should get off their high horses, and they should hope I don't decide to sue. I am thinking about it, as I am disabled and was told who should prescribe what by a pharmacist. All my MEDs are given by one Dr, an internist who is a pain specialist, and all my other (very respected drs here) agree that one Dr should supervise the MEDs I take, as it is safer. I will now seek an attorney, and maybe I can at the least get help for us who are being persecuted because the state of Florida chooses not to provide a list of those taking pain MEDs so that people cannot pain shop. The oxycodone highway is the blame of the governor, who refuses (for our rights)??, to not allow pharmacists to talk to each other. I am all for personal rights, however those who shop for drugs, going place to place, and Dr to Dr should be stopped so that those who legitimately experience pain should not be crucified for it. My other option is to go to a morphine pump??? I try to control what I take, to keep it to a minimum and our pharmacies are going to make me take harsher drugs, and more??? I think WE ALL need to band together and demand to be treated like human beings with brains, and who deserve respect. WE are the customers, not them, and anyone who judges someone else without knowing the facts is purely ignorant.

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I have been going to the same Walgreens near my home for a year and they have been filling my scripts for a year for pain meds and other medications. I gave all kinds of ID to the pharmacy manager to be able to get started including my bankstatement. I take another kind of pain med,,not oxy or meth. on 19th I was refused by a "floater" pharmacist who refused to tell me when another pharmacist would be working. When I complained to the store manager I was told that Walgreens policy had changed and that because I was refused by their pharmacist I was now ban from getting those scripts filled at ANY Walgreens store. The next day I got my scripts filled at a major store's pharmacy with no problem. Walgreens said it was between my dr. and the pharmacist & refused to tell me what the new policy was. I am a retired law enforcement officer & the war on drugs is a joke!

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I know you're going through hell right now, hang in there. Try to find a Walgreen's near a hospital or pain clinic. They're more than likely to have the stronger meds in stock. I would also get a note from your prescribing doctor explaining that you'll be needing these meds for an extended period of time. I would ask to speak with the manager (make sure he's a pharmacist too) give him/her the note and tell the manager what you go through to have these meds filled and you would appreciate if they would please order them for you around the (date of the script) each month. The Walgreen's in Illinois requires the pharmacist tells you if a certain schedule II med is in stock or not. The pharmacy tech can not. Once you get a repore going with the same walgreen's, hopefully the same pharmacist, never (and I mean NEVER) try to fill it one day early. I really hope you find somewhere soon. It'll take some wok but they will fill them for you. You just have to keep looking :-( I wish there were more I could say to help you. If I think of anything, I'll repost.

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WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO GET OXYCODONE 30'S FILLED ON A REGULAR BASIS? I'M WILLING TO TRANSFER ALL MY SCRIPTS THERE I JUST CAN'T KEEP GOING THROUGH THIS EVERY MONTH. I'M IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA CAN ANYONE HELP ME? I'm not able to drive all over town every month, then have to wait 48 more hours if I do find them. They won't tell you over the phone now and I'D BE HAPPY TO NEVER GO IN ANOTHER WALGREENS AS LONG AS I LIVE!!!! {edited for privacy}

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Mike. I just got off the phone with the manager of my local walgreens pharmacy. He said "Absolutely not. The only time one of their pharmacists can refuse to fill a class II medication is if they feel there's abuse going on, there's a habit of filling earlier and earlier each month, prescriptions coming from multiple doctors, or the prescription doesn't look legitimate (forged)" He, however, will NOT fill the morning after pill but must provide a pharmacist who will. Maybe things are different in Florida (pill capital of the US) and had to crack down on the number of pills coming from Fla to the rest of the states. I don't know the reason. But that's what the walgreen's pharmacists boss told me personally. Yes, they may need to order them for their regular customers so they have them in stock, but they ARE filled and can not be refused except under those limited circumstances.

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cmj one sentence "i don't feel comfortable" is all it takes for the pharmacist to refuse. Even corporate will tell you they have the right to refuse and all the walgreens by me in clearwater now have signs saying we reserve the right deny any prescription for a controlled substance

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No pharmacist can refuse to fill any legitimate prescription with the exception of one. This may be a bad analogy, but the "morning after" pill can be refused if it's against the pharmacist beliefs. BUT they MUST (by law) provide you with the Walgreen's and phone number that WILL fill it. Same goes with oxycodone. It sounds like this new pharmacist has a thing against filling Class II meds. He's breaking his oath he took as a pharmacist. Even so, he's at least required to find you a Walgreen's who WILL fill it. Good luck. I would also call Walrgeen's Headquarters and report this pharmacist.

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I have not had any problems getting my oxycodone prescription filled by Wallgreens along with my other medications until this past month! When their distribution center was shut down, they were left empty handed for many medications including oxycodone! I am told that they have a new distributor but that they got no oxycodone in their last order as well as other medication that that did not get! They are hoping that as the weeks go by that their new supplier will be able to meet their demands. However where does that leave those of us that have dealt with Wallgreen exclusivel! I will tell you, it left us out in the cold as no one wants to fill these scripts that we have!

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verwon,I have been going toa local walgreens for 4 years now.My whole family went there.We new the pharmacist and he took care of us.Them recently a new pharmacist started working there also and our old pharmacist changed.Now they won't fill any class 2. I;m screwed trying to reastablish now.

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That was actually a very good idea, because pharmacies are usually allowed to be more lenient and helpful to their regular customers, so by transferring all of your prescriptions to them, you basically made yourself a regular customer.

Learn more Methadone details here.

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I use the local QFC pharmacy here and noticed the same thing whenever I need something filled, since I've been going there for a long time and use them for everything, they'll order in whatever I need, but several years ago, when I was new to the area, they weren't quite so helpful.

Does anyone else have any ideas or solutions?

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