LOL, Ms P. You're a woman after my own heart. Nobody with any sense at all
would mess with a Queen of Scissors, especially when she said to 'stick it'.
But, but . . . you see. Insurance is not involved.
Since we know. You know. I know. Probably everybody with a internet
connection knows - we can easily buy drugs from another country for a lower
price, why in the @#$! is the FDA, EPO or somebody concerned if I refill a
prescription 2 days early?
Still baffled but loving the picture of your insurance company sticking
it, Polly

"Ms P" wrote in message
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I told my insurance company's mail order pharmacy to stick it and I pay for
my own. The difference is a whole 12 dollars between the co-pay and what
the prescription actually costs me for a 90 day supply. My local pharmacy
more than makes up for the 12 bucks in service and convenience.


--
Ms P, Queen of Scissors
http://community.webshots.com/user/MsB_Peacock

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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Well, no. It doesn't have to do with insurance. I cancelled my
prescription insurance more than a year ago after discovering that they
did not cover my prescription. Not only that but the insurance company
had the unmitigated gall to phone my doctor and attempt to persuade her
that I would probably be okay with another medication. Grrrrrr. (But
that's another issue entirely).
I simply can not understand the pill counting vigilantes. I do wish
they would worry about something truly important. Polly



"off kilter " wrote in
message
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On Dec 20, 9:16 pm, "Polly Esther" wrote:
Will somebody with a cool head please try to explain pharmacy law to
me?
Last week I noticed that my blood pressure medication would run out on
Christmas Day. I thought they would not like to make an emergency trip
to
the store so I called in the refill number.
Well. I tried.
The robot that answers their phone said it was to early to refill.
Now. I really like that robot. He asks simple questions, I punch
in
the prescription number, the # sign when he gets it right and then I
punch
in what day and hour I am likely to appear to hand over my $s and get
my
pills.
No problem. Works for me.
Today I tried again. Gave up with reasoning with the robot and had
to
speak with a real pharmacist.
I like them too. They know lots. Quite often, they know a heap
more
than our fine cardiologists do.
The question is: What is it with filling a prescription too soon?
Is
the drug company or the insurance company going to declare bankruptcy
if I
mess up their regular schedule? Do they think I'm going to sit outside
the
Old Folks Home and peddle my pills to innocent old coots? What?
This baffles me. It's not like I was taking really good stuff. It
is
only such a low dose that they don't make one and the smallest has to
be
chopped in half.
Anyone understand this? Polly

Because of having to refill my sons's ADHD meds, I have a bit of
experience with this. If you get a 30 day supply of meds, insurance
will not pay for a refill until there are only 4 or 5 days left.
Don't ask me why, that's just the way it is. You might be able to
speak face-to-face with a pharmacist and explain what the situation is
and see if they can push it through..i've had to do that in the past
and, while they don't like it, they can AND will do it (especially if
it is a medicine that is a "required" med or maintenance med as
opposed to a temporary med).

Hope that helps a little bit