Since drug dealers were purchasing Sudafed/Pseudoephedrine to make speed, federal law now requires tracking and limited purchases.

Pete

Yes, you can thank your local meth-makers for the Pseudoephedrine limitations. And the greedy I-didn't-know-it-was-against-the-law merchants who were selling it to them by the shipping boxful.

If you need it regularly during certain parts of the year, just buy it regularly even when you don't need it. It's the only thing for me that works and doesn't make me drowsy. Naturally.

Sue

Ack Pete. I wasn't going to go there. But its BS that because of a small percentage of tweakers (who do cause significant crime) that the vast majority of Americans who on any given day have a cold or allergies has to be burdened. And I do think regressing from on the shelf to over the counter w/ ID and signature is a burden, because it makes me the potential bad guy.

Ive watched shows on what it takes to make meth, speed, etc, and for the govt to burden the public by limiting Pseudoephedrine when they could have just as easily put that burden on not as mainstream an item as windshield wiper fluid, battery acid or phosphorus, its ridiculous.

How many times have you the reader bought Sudafed, et al for a stuffy nose or cold, in your life? Probably quite a bit.

How many times have you gone into an auto parts store to buy 5 gallons of battery acid or windshield wiper fluid? Probably never.

>>>End of Rant<<<

Mostly

There are schedule II drugs you just are NOT going to get ahead of time. My son is on one, yeah, they'll fill it 3-4 days early, but the next refull will be 30 days from that, so you remain with those 4 days grace. Yes, he has to see the MD every month

Just like the hoops you have to jump through to get on an airliner.

Just like having to be searched before you can enter a courtroom.

Just like not being able to carry a folding pocket knife with a 3" blade after having the right to do so for over 200 years.

Just like not being able to trade a packet of seeds with someone outside the U.S.

Just like having to get a passport to reenter your own country after visiting Canada or Mexico for a day.

To the people who run this country, WE are The Enemy.

"Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." — Thomas Jefferson

Sue

As always, well said sue.

And once again a toe slips across the line. We're here to learn how to prepare, not to vent our spleens.

-Blast

In some cases it might be possible to very slightly extend the time interval between doses of medication.
For example if a tablet must be taken every 24 hours, I doubt that much harm would come of taking it every 25 or even 26 hours.
No good for something that must be taken at a certain time of day, but for some medicines this would give an extra dose or two every month.
After a year of so doing, about an extra months worth could be obtained.

If one was so unfortunate as to be a victim of street robbery, burglars, a house fire, or a bad auto crash, it might be tempting to claim that ones medication was lost or stolen in the incident.
To keep making such claims would be very suspicous, but just once might be tempting.

While there is much I'd like to say about gov't regs on script medications, I will content myself with noting that there are a few things you can do. One would be to see another doctor or nurse practitioner and get a separate script, filling it without insurance at a drug store you haven't used before. I see a specialist and also a nurse prac. I got scripts I need from both. It IS a non controlled substance. Don't even try fooling around with that stuff. Another would be using overseas pharmacies. Risky in some sense, but I've got a stash put away for both my wife and myself. Another would be the suggestion to refill your scripts a couple days early, and save a couple of pills every month.

Tim

Yep, Jerry is correct.

Although there are a few insurances that do not allow the 80% rule, most do, and this allows six doses saved up every month. Do that for five months and you have your month of emergency meds saved up.

They allow this on even controlled substances, and the law allows this as well, and if it is written in the law then you should have no problem if people ask you about it.

It is the cheapest way to do it (just two extra copays in a year!), unless it's one of those 4 dollar meds, then just get an extra prescription from your doc or just get the refill and tell them you are paying cash. Don't try the extra refill on a controlled substance, though, it raises red flags. For that, stick with the 80% rule, i.e. 24 days must pass in a 30 day supply.

The mail order option is actually not that great because you only have the extra meds for a couple of months, then you still have to wait the alloted time before you get more.