Refilling My Valid Xanax Prescription Early (Page 23) (Top voted first)

I only see one doctor and he gives me a 3 month supply of xanax. When I went the last time he wrote me out a prescription but I still had two refills. I had a friend and her husband passed away and I gave her some of mine thinking I would have no problem re-filling the prescription. I had sense enough not to go to the same pharmacy and not to give my insurance information. So I go to this small drug store by my house and I had to fill out paperwork such as dob, name and my DL #. Well they paged me to the front of the store and advised me that it was 7 days to early for them to re-fill. So my question is where can I go to re-fill a prescription that is valid written by the same doctor. I only tried one place, I'm guessing they must have a data base if you try and refill your prescription early (even without your insurance) does anyone have advice on where I can go to get this filled?

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I'm needing my xanax refilled. I get 75 1mg pills (up to 3 a day). The last time I refilled was on 06/26/17, but I ran out due to strong lasting panic disorders. How early can I get my script refilled?

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Deff do not take to walmart it is linked in to the controlled substances data base

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Jason, speaking for myself you are wrong. I know what it's like to be dependent on opiods. I think people are offering their advise to others to reduced their dosage because they know what's it is like to be hooked. Addicts helping addicts. Isn't that what NA is all about. Also, by now everyone knows that it has become an epidemic with people getting hooked on various drugs after being legitimately being prescribed them for legitimate illnesses and chronic disabilities. For me I never got dependent on Xanax. I take 1mg twice a day as needed for anxiety. So, I get 60 pills a month. I see my psychiatrist every three months and get a script with two refills to last me until my next 3 month visit. I never run out of the Xanax before my next refill. In fact, I usually have leftovers. Now Opiods I don't mess with because those were what almost caused my destruction. So, don't get offended because IMO most of the people here have either gone through it, or is going through it.

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Hi BL, I don't know anything about it being a law. But I just checked with Walgreen's the other day for my own informational purposes. This was before I even read this thread.
Here is what the pharmacist said: If a patient holds on to a written script for control substance it automatically becomes invalid after 30 days.
If they submit the script to the pharmacy it is good for 6 months. That means even if they don't use it right away the pharmacy will store it in their system for six months. If they don't use it within six months the script becomes invalid and get closed out.
IMO, it is more prudent to submit any control substance script to the pharmacy rather than holding on to it. I did that once and the script expired on me, lesson learned.

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I believe that the 6refills on xanax is allowed so that's something with your Dr. Also it depends on what state you live in. My state sucks now because everything is done electronically, even my adderall which always had to be written out and brought in to the pharmacy each month. So, what I would do myself , call the medical board of the state you reside and ask if your provider is under investigation or why has that changed.

Good luck!

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I get a prescription for alprazolam. 90 a month. 1 mg. I took my last one the other day. My last script was filled on Aug 1st. I have a brand new script, just written. When can it be filled?

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I have been taking Xanax for years, used to get a 6 month supply....then it went down to 3 months, then two months, now I have to go in every 6 weeks, they are only giving me 45.....the reason??
They are cracking down on meds, since so many people seem to be abusing this drug and opiates, and dying.....

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Your insurance probably won't pay for two. I filled a blood pressure medicine and couldn't find it. Knew my insurance wouldnt cover it right away so I called the doctor's office and told them what happened. They called me an another one to Walmart and I went and paid for it myself. As it turned out it was $1 cheaper than my insurance paid.

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I also live in California, and they changed the rules, to get a prescription refilled, you can't just call on the phone, you HAVE to go into the doctors office.....that's been in effect for about 3 years now......so I make sure my appointments are every 45 days, since that's all they will give out now......

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If you get your medications through insurance, the Insurance people are the ones who keep track. I have had similar incidents as well. Nothing to be ashamed of. Although I do have severe memory problems. If I am taking my meds for a short time, I get them through my local pharmacy. If it's long term then I do mail order, it really is cheaper. Ask your prescription people if that is an option, it saves me a ton of money. Another option is Canadian pharmacies. *Some* prescriptions are cheaper from them, but make sure you find a reputable one. Don't pay any attention to ads you see for XXXXXX med, usually, they are rip off people. Better to stay with a named pharmacy than loose your money to these con artists. As a side note, I have seen ads for medications from places like Turkey and I personally would not buy any medication from a 2.5 world country. Remember these countries do not have anything like the FDA.

-----------------WARNING: Political Comment-------------------
Speaking about the FDA, our President is ruining it and I am pretty sure in a few years our medication will no longer be safe.

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I know I needed to fill my sleeping pills 2 wks.early because of severe back pain and not sleeping so I was honest with my Dr and he wrote me a prescriptions for 14 days but did mention that when u take more than prescribed the pharmacy may say something. Just note that if he writes u a script for 2 weeks it's considered a new scripts so any repeats u may have had on that medication will be gone.so after the 2 weeks.he would need to write u your regular script for that med whether it's filled every 30 days or what.

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Hi I'm in the UK and with certain medication you can't go to other chemists to get a prescription so you technically you have more than you're supposed to. They call the other pharmacy in the area but I suspect there is a computer system so people can't do this and end up with more than they are ment to have. We don't get xanax as far as I'm aware as I could benefit from them greatly. Diazepam is what I receive but getting taken off them after 15yrs approx. Anyway,sorry,I wouldn't think you could get them early but you cood try going abit further afield to a pharmacy and try. Hope you get what you need!

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The insurance people are under orders from the FDA. I take a medication that I used to be able to order online. Now, I have to call in for that once script only. I don't remember if the medication is on schedule 1,2 or 3. I have been taking this sleeping pill for probably 20 years. It used to be really expensive, but after 6 years it came down in price (now made in India, I think). The narcotic type drugs are extremely carefully watched if it is an opioid good luck. With the opioid epidemic, I expect it to get worse. The Feds generally know what they are doing and put restrictions on medications for good reasons.

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#dubnub...I realize these posts are old. But I deal with CVS & the 2 that I go to here in CA are insane. Depending on the pharmacist; who just happens to be working that day they will fill YOUR Rx WHENEVER THEY feel it should be filled. MOST of them will fill at 28 days. Then if you get a pharmacist who's there to fill in for the regular pharmacist they go by their rules. They'll say "29 days; 30 days" WHATEVER they think. I realize that in theory Rx's should last 30 days BUT anyone who deals with medication for anxiety or pain knows that NOT every day is the same & we may run out 2-3-4 days early BUT once again the pharmacists are playing doctor. I have the BEST doctor & staff. I had to call on a Saturday so they could help me with a certain Rx & a certain pharmacist & the lady in the office that Sat. went OUT of HER WAY to get it straightened out. Now, if I could get this pharmacy crap figured out. It was fine for years because I used my small hometown owner/operated pharmacy until they closed & sold out to CVS. They would fill it as soon as it would go through insurance (which was 24 days) so now I have to re-adjust which is fine but tell me if it's going to be 28 days or 29 days because I depend on that for two of my scripts.

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It is probably unique in each state. In my state (I take a controlled substance) and the script is good for 1 year. I get my drugs in 90 day supplies from my mail order. Like I said before I used to be able to order them online, and the FEDS got involved, now you have to call up each 90 days to renew it. After 1 year the doctor has to write a new script. Again I am not sure about state/fed rules. For what it is worth I have been taking this medication for over 15 years, AFAIK its not addictive. I just use it 1 a night to get to sleep with. Its the best damn sleeping pill I have ever tried and no side effects (for me).

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When mine are filled it is according to my insurance company not the pharmacy.

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I do not live in your state, but if I did I would have to bve in my drs office at least once a week just on refills. The Dr would make out like a baandit having to have all these extra appointments. Are you sure this is for all perscriptions amd maybe only for narcotics?

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Ed, getting you meds through the mail is different than getting them filled in a drug store. Each state decides how long prescriptions for Schedule II meds are valid. In some states those prescriptions expire in 30 days in others it is 6 months. Prescriptions for meds that are not Schedule II are valid longer than those that are.

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I believe doing what you did is illegal. I am not a lawyer, but I sure wouldn't do it.

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I am getting *some* of my meds from mail order. For others, it's the local pharmacy. I also *know* that when/before they fill my prescriptions they have to check with the company that is paid for by the company I work for. I have gotten into some long (1+ hour conversations) with them. Once in a while when I get turned down, I have to appeal the claim. Then my doctor has to get involved, the last one being PRADAXA, they thought they could just substitute with their flavor of the month medication. My doctor wrote a letter saying it was a medical necessity because the one they wanted to stick me with, was contraindicated because of another medication. Almost all of the time when I have the conversations with these people they are let's say average, and it takes time to get through to these people.
Another example is LUNESTA, that is a controlled substance, my doctors' office (since he changed offices) was good at handling renewals, the new one not so much. For them to get a renewal done takes 7 (or more) days. The old office was one day. There was a screw-up someplace I never did find out where, and I was running short of the drug, the doctor called (the local pharmacy) and got me enough until the mail order people could get the pills out to me.

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