Your physician would have to approve of that (or should esp if pain meds involved). Otherwise you could find yourself on a drug seeker list at the pharmacy and cause yourself problems.
Not so. Including controlled meds such as Lortab, Darvocet, etc.
In fact, were you to get an "extra" controlled prescription (Lortab, etc.) written by the doctor while you were taking the regular Lortab prescription, *that* would show up on the controlled substances database as suspicious.
The Code of Federal regulations states that 80% of the time must pass before one is allowed to refill a controlled prescription. Most insurance companies follow this allowance in the law. The safest way is to refill a 30 day supply 6 days early and make sure the insurance pays for it. It will come back as a "refill too soon" and the insurance won't pay if you attempt to get the refill before 80% of the time has elapsed. But it will pay once 80% of the time has elapsed. There are some drugs that some insurance companies exempt from this, like Prevacid and a few others. For those, you have to wait until the very day they are due. Dumb! We like to yell at those insurance plans.
Uncontrolled meds (non-narcotic) can actually be refilled as early as you want, except that the insurance won't pay for it unless it's 80% time elapsed. Just wait for that magic 80% time and save lots of money and create your own emergency supply!
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