IIRC, when it comes to the 'expected storm is coming' situation, a lot of insurance companies came around and allowed you to refill the medicine before they would normally.....this came about (down here in FL) after Hurricane Charley blew through. so many people were without medications that they caused such an uproar that the companies saw the error of their ways. Dougwalkabout is right....when it comes to 'maintenence' medicines like for high BP or DM....the doc's don't have a problem....anyone on longterm pain Rx (like for cancer) have no problem getting additional from THEIR docs....long time relationship.....the average person asking for 'pain pills' for a kit....I don't see many docs agreeing to that one......

For those of you that may need to Bug Out to a shelter....one thing we learned down here in FL....our special needs shelters (which have LOX for those on home O2), has the health department at them and they figured that it would be a good thing to have a PA at the shelter....the PA is able to write scripts for patients who need or forgot some of their medicines...basically if anyone comes up and says they regularly take XYZ medicine for thier BP in a dose of --mg then the PA writes the script....the health dept even went so far as to make certain that there was a pharmacy OPEN within a few minutes of the shelter so that the person could get it filled. Even if you came from the other coast and said you needed an Rx filled...they'd do it....mind you things almost come to a stop and there is GREAT SCRUTINY of anyone requesting anything that even resemble 'pain meds' of the like. I've seen the PA contact patient's doctors to verify things if patients couldn't remember the dose....but for pain meds.....they would tell you to find a family member who could get you your meds or sorry but we can't fill THAT.