Walgreens Oxycodone Filling Tricks (Page 5)

I have read all the posts and found that the best way i found is on the 29th of aug i talked to the pharmacy manager and explained the dilemma i was facing and she told me just to transfer all my other scripts to her location and then drop off my oxy script and methadone and that they would order them for me if they were out.Bam ten days later i got a call yesterday that they had my script filled and to come pick them up.Hope this helps those having problems getting their meds filled.Good luck and god bless.

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Now I agree with using the one pharmacy for your meds. However if you use Walgreens and one location don't have something and then you go to another location, I don't see where that would be a problem since they can see when and where you had your meds filled. The problem I have with waiting until the day you need your meds(lately) is you find yourself running all over town finding one that has it in stock. Now I have filled my on the 29th day and the next month on the 31st day to compensate, but somehow that don't matter when you are a day late, just when you are one day early. If it's a written script that doesn't specify it can't be filled then I don't see where a pharmacist at your local Walgreens can scrutinize. They obviously are tied in with the DEA more lately and it's nothing but a hassle to wait unitl the day you are going to be out and not able to find one with the quantity you need. That's what I get more now for an excuse is "We don't have the amount you are prescribed" It's ridiculous and the prescription money train is all backed up by the government anyway, so WTF!

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Sherry-
If you are reading this and the pharmacy you spoke of is still alive and kicking. Please let me know how to contact you.
I was a 8 year customer @ CVS I've been at the same pain doctor 10 yrs and then the pharmacy manager refused to fill my 6 scripts. Only 2 are narco! My wife and just spent 6 hours just trying to get them filled at another CVS. Yesterday between my pain appt and trying to find a pharmacy (again I've never filled early out of fear and same CVS 8 yrs)I spent 8 hours.
I'm on methadone and for some magical reason it can only be found at the place who refused me.
I even called corporate trying to find out what happened. And all I get is it's all up to pharmacy manager and a big wig named Cathleen in corp.

Since when did pharmacist get to play GOD with my life? I never wanted any of this. I have a dying wife and son with multiple health problems. Money is tight and last month I had repeated seizurs from methadone while the CVS I always went to decided to fill one last time.
Now where do I go?

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Sherry, I would greatly appreciate the name of that pharmacy. I live in Hudson so it would be convenient for me. My number is {edited for privacy}.

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I can't wait until the day you have deadly pain where it takes your qualify of life right out from under neath you and now your stuck in bed because the pain is so bad. No amount of exercise, can't even do physical therapy because your bones hurt so bad or you don't have any discs left in your back with a metal rod going through it.....please give me herbs or anything else that will help please Dr fu of I don't know what I'm talking about

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Unfortunately that's what it is establish yourself with a pharmacy..or pharmacist..

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i am in clearwater,fl and have same issues....and after 30 yrs as a pharmacisst to me they are taking it all too far

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After 10 years of oxy's including the new regulations in the past 4 years in south Florida, I have found that by getting to know the head pharmacist in a CVS and a Walgreens across from the CVS, and by contacting each of them 7 days prior to my refill date (28 days), I have had no people say. I did find that splitting my non-controlled prescriptions between the two was helpful. Also a heavy dose of honesty goes a long way

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I would try a CVS they are always helpful. I get my scripts there every month but when they're out I go to Rite Aid. Never had problems.

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Hi I've been trying to get my scripts of methadone and oxycodone filled and can't find nooone will do it the problem is I have to go to see my Dr in central Florida and I live north florida

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I live in south florida and used to travel an hour south to my dr who i had ever since i started pain management buttt even though he was a good dr i had to change to one closer because i could only fill at one place and he took full advantage. I spent my whole savings paying close to 2 grand a month for my 7 scripts (2 controlled)... i changed to a local dr and still had a hard time finding a place but after a week i finally did. Im scared to change drs even though my meds were greatly decreased and arent sufficent. I would find yourself a local dr. Its hard and i feel its going go stay this way. Its not right that legit pain management patients are being punished and i wish something would change but it wont. Good luck

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I'm sorry, that unfortunately is NOT true, and a disclaimer is posted right on the pharmacy counter (at Wal-green)

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Just saying, what is not true???

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Walgreens has been my pharmacy for @ least 26 years now. They have a policy that they have to call your doctor to verify your scripts this is was fine with me. My pain doctor has me on a 28 day schedule. So last month I go to get my scripts filled and the pharmacist I spoke to tells me I have to call these into your doctor and but you won't be able to pick them up until tomorrow well this was not OK with me I ask her why and she proceeds to tell me it's our process and I say Yes I know but that's not new you've been doing this and she says no it's a new process at this point I'm very upset and she says you should be OK you're not due till tomorrow anyways I proceed to tell her no I'm not I'm on a 28 day schedule she still tells me tomorrow and I tell her this is bullcrap and she tells me I don't care to talk to you anymore so I decided to try another Walgreens close by grant it I ended up waiting 3 more hours and when I went to pick them up at the drive - thru the girl tells me they're not ready and wants me to park I have about 4 or 5 cars behind me and I tell her uh no I have a line of cars behind me and I've already waited 3 hours I finally got them. I really do believe that these pharmacists are going the extra mile to find ways of not filling your scripts. You could be a doctor or a pharmacist and know everything there is to know about pain and ways of treating it but if you don't know what it really feels like how do you have a right to judge a person who experiences it on a daily basis you don't have a clue it's OK for you to say you can wait one more day what's one more day. Take a walk in our shoes just one day I guarantee they would have more respect and wouldn't second guess their patients....

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I also am having trouble with walgreens .... I have been a customer there for over 5 yrs... I have been on disability for 20 yrs n im only 50. I have bad chronic pain n need surgery on my back n neck but im putting it off due to them giving me problems now w filling norco n soma 2gether. They say its some kind of cocktail people have discovered. Ive been on these meds meds for 20 yrs n. All of a sudden last time i filled they said "oh btw we wont fill these w 2gether anymore !" wtf is going on??? I have lupus, fibro, rhematoid, neck n back disc probs ect... On n on ... These meds are the only ones that help me lead a somewhat normal life... My pain doc has since added fentenyl n a sleeping pill.. I do not abuse these meds n i admit i have filled a day or 2 early from time to time. But by no means do i abuse them. Ive been down that rd b4 n its not fun detoxing cold turkey ! I need the soma to relax my spasms n nothing else works...beleive me as i no you all do ... I did not choose to live in this pain. Its the cards i was dealt n i get frantic close to my dr appts n fear of the pharmacy refusing to fill my meds. I even asked him if he would help me "pharmisist" come off the soma n go down a pill ea month n im willing to work w him n he said ill make that decision when you come in ...... Geeze !!!!! We cant drink, I smoke n started vaping, we all being treated like irresponsible children n at the mercy of these pharmacies who prob dont even no what chronic pain is like !!!! I hate living this way n i no the day is coming when no one will fill any of our meds n then what ??? We all need to stand up for our selves we are grown adults who live in constant pain... We need to do something to make ourselves heard.... Thanx all n we've got to stick together n if anyone knows of a chain pharmacy who doesn't have a prob with filling these meds... I would appreiate ur input. Ox

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Yeah walgreens told me the same thing the last time i tried to fill with them. They said they couldn't fill pain meds with muscle relaxers or pain meds with anxiety meds. He called it a south florida drug cocktail and then he flagged my file so that any walgreens i went to would refuse me. I was with them for years n years. Its not right and i wish there was something we could do to fight back but no one will listen. They think what they are doing is making things better but its making things much worse... then you have the small mom and pop pharmacies charging people 12 dollars per pain pill because they know you cant fill anywhere else. Its disgusting. I wish you all much luck, no one should be treated the way pain patients are treated and just because we are dependent does not make us bad people. They know what will happen if you don't have your meds but they don't care. I wouldn't wish withdrawals on my worst enemy.

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Just want to let you know that pharmacists DO have the right to refuse a prescription as it is filled under their license. They are held accountable for anything that may happen after that prescription is dispensed. So if they feel not to fill it, it is absolutely in their right to do so. Would you want a legal suit on your hands if a junky decided to overdose on the prescription you filled for them if you were the pharmacist? And no, I'm not talking about a legal suit against the company you work for, I'm saying YOU individually. Would you be able to handle paying $1 million + in fines if the suit went in the junky's favor???

Get your facts straight.

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He should not be a pharmacist or in that field if they have a problem filling a prescription that he feels is against his beliefs. I find we are going backwards in our care. I am no young chicken and would not be doing anything if it was not for pain management medications. I have no idea how long I will be on them either. I did go to another MD a specialist in rheumatology for inflammatory medication to help me. We have made so many great discoveries in our country and have sent it to other countries. When we could use this new medical treatment it is denied. You tell me do we have a problem. Where do we stand in the world of our medical treatment and care not good I will tell you. Problem is we have the greatest minds too here, so what are they trying to rid off the ill and elderly here. Everyone here is to make money. I got mine well too bad you do not.

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The problem isn't with the pharmacists as much as it is with the D.E.A. It is our government that is ultimately doing this!!! Of course it is at a pharmacist's discretion whether to fill or not... but think of the weight on their shoulders. They've got the DEA, they've got their company.... it's absolutely ridiculous that this is happening. I just wanted to add that the crux of the problem lies within our government and this "crackdown." Granted, they did a GREAT job getting rid of the shady pill mills in FL (so obviously I'm referencing my state, but I see other people have problems ni other states too)....but now they have created a crisis for people with legitimate, debilitating issues. My neighbor just had surgery. She has terminal illness. She cannot take percocet because of the tylenol in it (this was discovered recently when blood tests showed elevated levels of it in her organs, damaging them further). So her dr. changes her prescription to oxycodone with no tylenol. NOBODY will fill it. I had to drive around for her (she can't drive! She had to stay home) and look for a pharmacy for her. And nobody had it in stock. And the one pharmacist looked at it and didn't even bother to look in her computer, said they couldn't fill the script. Just flat out refused with no reason given. I hate that this is happening. It is going to have to take more of us yelling and screaming for the media to take notice of the problem that has taken place. That they not only stopped all the abusers - they have created an epidemic where people who have legitimate need are treated like they are criminals. That people with legitimate need are being left without, or to drive to hither and yon to try and get their prescriptions. I hate that this is happening. It needs to stop.

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The exact same situation happened to me. I live in South Eastern Michigan. Same elevated lived enzymes, also chronic, debilitating illnesses that began with a shoddy gastric bypass in August of 2005, followed by 19 surgeries in an attempt to rectify the problems, and due to severe malnourishment, a feeding tube for 3 years, a severe blockage where my esophagus and pouch met, I now have degenerative disc disease in my neck, bulging and herniated discs all down my spine, scoliosis, arthritis, osteoporosis.... There's more, I'm not even touching on the mental anguish, PTSD, etc etc... Pardon my tangent. My point is, my doc did the same. Put me on oxycodone to lesson the Tylenol I was taking, but I could not fill the script. 2 days of phone calls (that was a joke) and unbelievable mileage... And I STILL was unable to fill the script. My doc reluctantly had to prescribe the norco after all... No other option worked as well...

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OK WHERE ARE You FROM BECAUSE ITS BEEN OVER 36DAYS AND I STILL CAN'T FIND ANYONE WHO WILL FILL MY PRESCRIPTIONS OF METHADONE AND OXYCODONE IM DOING N SO MUCH PAIN, I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE SAME DOCTOR FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY PHARMACY GOES OUT OF BUSINESS AND I CAN'T FIND ANYONE WHO WILL HELP ME, I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO BIT IT REALLY HURTS TO MOVE AND IM HAVE TO DRIVE ALL OVER FLORIDA JUST TO GET TURNED DOWN EVERY TIME IF ANYONE OUT THERE HAS BEEN IN MY SHOES AND U HAVE A KIND HEART PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME, LIKE I DAID I LIVE IN NW FLORIDA BIT MY DR IS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ,PLEASE IF U KNOW OF ANYWHERE THAT WILL HELP ME PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I CAN ALSO GO TO ALABAMA IF THEY WILL FILL OUT OF STATE SCRIPTS, THATS WHERE MY OLD PHARM WAS,THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS

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