Can I Legally Fill 2 Separate Oxycontin Prescriptions?

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Hi, I'm prescribed 80mg Oxycontin from my doctor. My other Doc writes me a prescription for 60mg Oxycontin a week later. Both get filled and paid for by my insurance, since they are different milligrams insurance covers it. Is this legal?

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In Nj I can tell you it is illegal because you are only allowed to attend one pain mgt doc that can prescribe morphine based opiots.

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That is not correct, for a dosage change, it is perfectly legal. Most insurance plans will cover a dosage change.

The problem, however, may arise in getting the same pain medication from multiple doctors, especially a narcotic. This is considered doctor hopping and is considered illegal.

If one doctor prescribed it, then any dosage change should be made by the same doctor.

In most cases, if you were taking a 60mg tablet and they want to up you to 80mgs, they would just add an additional 20mg, for the duration of your prescription, then up the total dose when you need a refill.

For a dosage decrease, they usually just let you finish what you currently have, then write a new prescription.

It sounds like you really didn't inform one doctor of what you already had from the other. Is this the case?

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yeah thats considered doctor shopping. you wont be arrested but if either dr. finds out what you have done they will most likely refuse to write your scripts for narcotic pain meds. they may even refuse to treat you any further and label you as an addict which will make it very difficult for you to have your pain adequately treated by any doctor. please be very careful obviously if you are being prescribed these kinds of meds you have fairly severe pain and will have very poor quality of life without them. hopefully you got away with it this time and tempting as it may be dont attempt this again.

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You Americans seriously need to stop bein bad drug addicts! I'm prescribed oxy 20mg 2x day and dihydrocodeine 80mg 4x day. Get both from my doctor for free on the nhs, my dosage hasn't spiraled out of control because i don't abuse it like a large percentage of you do and then you complain that your doctors won't give you what you want. Why the hell would you get 2 prescriptions off 2 different doctors? And don't give a bs excuse like you really need both. You obviously abuse them because you're taking 4x ocs a day. If you were a genuine patient in need of analgesia you'd only need to use 1 doctor who'd be happy to provide you with what you need. It's f*** ups like you that make it hard for people in real pain to get medications in the USA. Here in the UK we're honest with our family doctors who prescribe what pain killers we need without any fear of the police convicting them and we don't have a stupid dept like the D.E.A what you've got. We treat pain that well in the UK that diamorphine (heroin) is available on prescription too for really severe pain.

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Hey molly, I moved to NJ and can't find ANY docs who prescibe this. Do u have any recommendations on a doc who prescribes? I had 2 botched back surgeries and am terrified of coming off meds cold turkey. Im happy to wean off and get on something less addictive but needs a doc who will work with me and understand the predicament I am in. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks much!

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I'm tired of getting treated like a junky if I seek pain mgt treatment for severe pain issues! Does anyone have a suggestion?

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