To SamT

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Hi SamT,

How my pain doctor gets around the " no refill " rule is that she

writes me three hard copies for my oxycodone and indicates on

the top of two: " do not dispense until " and then writes in a date

for 30 days and 60 days after the appointment date (I get one

filled immediately). That way it cannot be filled until the date is

reached. I hand in all three copies to my pharmacist at once and

he keeps them on file and once the date is reached he fills them

for me automatically. This is good because the last prescription

falls exactly on the 90 day cutoff (the scripts expire after 90 days)

and if he wasn't on the ball it would expire and I would have no

recourse as my pain clinic will not write replacement scripts for

reasons like this. Walgreens use to abuse this policy so much

so that I switched pharmacies to one that I trust and has treated

me right.

My understanding is that doing it this way satisfies all the federal

and state laws as well as cuttiing down on unneeded clinic

visits. I am not sure if Minnesota allows this or if your doctor is

comfortable doing it this way but you may want to run it by you

him. Less hassle and worries.

Laurie