Refilling My Valid Xanax Prescription Early (Top voted first)

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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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to "anonymous" (good reason for this i'm sure)

You are wrong. Opiates are not the only preparations that are considered "narcotics". I suggest you do your homework before you attack others.

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I JUST GOT IT, IT'S 7 DAYS EARLY, NO ONE WILL FILL 7 DAYS EARLY, BUT MAY REFILL 3 DAYS EARLY.

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Wow, you really buy into that government propaganda don't you? Personally, I'm not so stupid to believe all the bulls*** rules and regulation FOR OUR SAFETY..it's ALWAYS about the money dear. Please learn to think for yourself.

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SW, in your case, your doctor needs to write a new prescription for the new dosage, this will show the pharmacy that the dosage was change, so a fill can be authorized earlier.

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not only opiates are narcotics. lol

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If they changed anything about your prescription, dosage, strength, ect the pharmacy has to fill it, take it back to them and point out it was changed.

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You say "you know an increase in one mg's of Xanax can help"?. You are already taking 6 mg a day, a huge dose, and should look at a reduction, not an increase?

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Nowhere. Each state keeps a log via DL#. The DEA has cracked down on prescriptions since these drugs have been flooding the market. Some people are "doctor shopping" and getting the same drug from a few different doctors. This is how they are trying to put a stop to it. Unfortunately for the people that actually need their medicine filled a little early for whatever reason, there is no way to do so.

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have your doc write the script 3 a day or as needed and they will refill early

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They have made some very strict laws now because of the abuse of prescription meds. In a way it is good but giving people who work in a pharmacy that much control over your meds is not right. Maybe they should focus on the criminals instead of the sick but they love their drug war. I've had many times where I have made them call my dr because they claim I'm there a day early and it is ridiculous. Our government has given basically anyone who works at a Walgreens the ability to override our Drs. That is not right.

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@Concerned:
If you were told by a Pharmacy or Pharmacist to take Benedryl and then wound up in the ER, I would think of suing the Pharmacy?

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Xanax is a Benzodiazepine and a controlled substance, thus prescriptions are tracked by the government and every pharmacy is going to tell you the same thing. It is all computerized and would be illegal for them to fill it early.

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OH SHUT UP!!!!!! Her friend's husband DIED!!!! You must be a HORRIBLE 'friend'. My god. With friends like you, who needs enemies?

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i picked up my rx today for sub oxone and zanex 3 days early my friend who went on the same day as me last month was turned away yesterday and told to come back at the same pharmacy in 3 days ! And SHE had an increase in dosage which should have been filled immediately it was a dif rx an increase. So I got mine 3 days early and she gets told to come back in 3 days same doctor same phamacy So either its the Insurance company I dont know who she has I have Aetnaor the pharmacist and they have her flagged her OR some one was ws just being a B*tch I f i were her I would take it back tomorrow am and demand to have it filled it woud be 28 Days out or Swtich to CVS who in NJ Apparently is not participating in the this tracking ( good for them)

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NC will fill a Xanax script 7 days early. They do mine anyway.. but VA will if only do 2 days but this is with RiteAid... other pharmacies are different. I have been looking for the laws on Xanax refills in VA and can not find them. I need mine filled a bit early this time because my pain management Dr took over my Xanax and shouldnt' have and dropped the dosage.. wrong! I had been on 5 1mg a day for 28 years.. then he dropped it to 3 and I went crazy.. finally got him up to 4, but still is not controlling my panic anxiety disorder.

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I recently ran out of my xanax. I called to get refill at my dr office. I had them decrease the mg. It was .5 reduced to .25 mg. Tho on my dr records it doesn't show that it was increased to .5mg. When I went to pick up my script, the pharmacy told me I needed to come back in 3 days. She was rude to me. I told herI was going thru a rough time and could not sleep. She told me to take bendryl. Which was a night mare. Hate that stuff. A day later at 3:30 in the morning I ended up in the E.R. my body could not handle it no more. I have been on xanax for 6+. My blood pressure was pretension. Very high. I was shaky and scared to death. My er dr gave me valium to calm me down. He perscribed more for one day. I had to call off work that day. And I did not get paid for it. That being said, I had a bad panic attack, missed work had to go to er. All because the pharmacist would not give me my perscription, which was lowered and should have been despensed to me. Knowing that I have been on it for so long, don't they know, stopping it abrubtly could kill you.

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Parent and law enforcement groups are cracking down on almost every prescription that could possibly be abused now. Due to new laws I have to see my Dr once every two months now even though my prescription (Xanax) hasn't changed in 10 years. The DEA is cracking down on things like this where people truly need their meds far more than anyone buying them illegally. Every time I go into a store now and am told I have to show I'd if I want to clear my stuffy nose and am only allowed to buy 48 sutafed at max. My whole family has taken these our whole lives (the only thing I have found which truly works) so if we get sick they start actually questioning why we are buying so many. It's not right.

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I decided to add my personal experience to this to maybe help or gain advice.I get a 3 refill each time I visit my Dr.I travel as my job requires me to, you can 1 transfer per the 3 refills or they have to call your Dr. Who mine is notoriously slow which leaves me waiting at a pharmacy for hours.Even if I point out the date and dosage that shows that its accurate, nothing at all is out of the timeline for refill, I am as polite and understanding to the fact it's there job to follow policy, the fact that others abuse xanax isn't reason enough to me to treat myself and others with all the bs extra precautions , especially when your cards are on the table and as I politely ask a pharmacist once, what is it that you see as a sign of abuse, refill date is correct.I have I.D. prescription bottle and insurance card , It just blows my mind that they cant tell legit from, fraud, and if so the answer is to treat everyone as more of abuser despite the everything in front of them is in line time wise.I think there little war on prescription drug's has the industry so paranoid they can't function with common sense.

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I was seeing a NP who increased my Benzo scripts over time to an extremely HIGH amount. I AM a VERY anxious person and I've been prescribed benzos for about 10 years with a few gaps due to lack of insurance, etc. ANYWAY, I'm seeing a new Doc (an actual MD) and he's titrating my 2 mg Xanax TID DOWN over the course of a month 1/2 mg a week and keeping me at stasis with my Diazepam (Valium) 10mg tid. Here's the crux: I went to fill the scripts he wrote me and I was worried that the Xanax was extremely early but instead at Walgreens they said I still had a refill (from my old NP) and they filled that instead. SO, I still have my new doc's Rx. Will any pharmacy fill that? Since it's only 2 weeks later and it was for a 30 day supply, I imagine they would cross-reference and deny. I am uninsure, btw. The Walgreens shouldn't have filled ANY Alprazolam Rx in the first place because it was extremely EARLY, same dosage, etc. I just want to get off of such a high dosage but even THIS is making me extremely anxious. I want my new Doc to trust me and I probably should've told them to NOT use the refill I had left over, but the Tech actually encouraged me-- saying "Why fill a NEW script if you already have a refill?"

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If you needed more, why did you take less? Perhaps you post is just written wrong? In any case when a Doctor changes your dosage, the pharmacy is no longer allowed to dispense what you have or had if it is a different strength. Sure the Pharmacist sounded snooty but the new state laws now call for this. I have had a pharmacy give me a hard time, and that is why I always tried to collect Xanax. I will NEVER run out by having 2000 extra bars available, and the last thing I will ever do is take additional amounts of this medicine as I almost died once from discontinuance!

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