Re: morphine scripts- the saga continues

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Today, I called the pharmacy to make sure they had not received the script,

and they hadn't. Then I called the doctor's office and listened to them

telling me how it's all my fault and I'm being nasty and rude to them. And

they swore up and down that I have other pain meds that were filled at the

same pharmacy. I called the 'Office Manager' a liar and described a few

other shortcomings she and the office have. BTW, I don't use any profanity

at all, never have, never will!

She finally called the pharmacy, and later called me back, telling me that

the script has been at the pharmacy all weekend! That's another lie, because

it wasn't mailed until Thursday, and I have 'almost' family working there

and she was on the lookout for that script. It came in today.

Now, for the rest of the story: The pharmacy doesn't have any MS Contin in

stock! Now that we've gone through all this aggravation, there's no meds

anyhow, and they won't be there until Wednesday. In the meantime, however,

the doctor's office did allow me a total of 8 Vicodin. OH, BOY, I may not be

able to sleep with the thought of that generosity... I don't know if there

are any legal liabilities, but I feel like looking into it. Nobody else

needs to go through this type of abuse. I found some rules for CA and a

couple of northern states, but nothing for TX. I'm going to get those rules

from somewhere so I can know how far I can push this. Their answer is for me

to drive to their office and pick up the script, and yes, that's true. But,

it costs $25 for me to travel that far, not counting time, and I'm on a low,

fixed income, so I have to be careful with every penny. Oh well, more

later... it's late.

Dennis in Eastexas

" It's not Rocket Surgery "

Re: [ ] morphine scripts

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>> Hi All:

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>> Morphine does never worked for me. It does not do anything for the pain,

>> only confuses the hell out of me. Does this happen to anyone else ?

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>> T <spinningdyke@...> wrote:

>> Dennis,

>> Hi, I have a similar problem. I am on morphine, my doc is in Tulsa, 45

>> min

>> drive away...I don't know if its different in TX, but you have 5 days

>> from

>> the date of the script to get it to the pharmacy in OK. I call the docs

>> office when I have 4 left. It takes them one to two days to fill. I try

>> to

>> coordinate the trip with other errands/appointments. The scripts arent'

>> triplicate here, just a regular script like any other meds.

>> I get it to the pharmacy and once its there, I have 5 days to pick it up

>> (in case I don't have the money right away).

>> WHat sucks is when I don't realize I'm almost out and withdrawal kicks

>> in.

>> T

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