Prescription drugs on the road.
Don't know if this is just a Florida issue or not but more and more prescription drugs are only being filled for one month with no refills. Typically it is pain and sleeping aid medications. Local d...
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Water-Bug wrote:
The end effect is that MOST pharmacies don't bother to fill the prescription until they have the hard copy. That way, Class 2 meds are all in one location until they have a valid hard copy prescription.
EDIT FAXING the prescription only has the effect of the pharmacy assuring that the have the med in stock. They still NEED the hard copy.
Agreed... I think the "faxed first" rule is likely there to allow compounded prescriptions to be made up ahead of time, or to insure the drug is on hand, prior to the arrival of the hard copy for dispensing.
