Originally Posted By: IzzyJG99
The unfortunate thing I have noticed with my own experiences is this..

My insurance, and according to my friend who is my pharmacist, don't let you get a refill unless you are 3 business days from the last refill date being 30 days ago. So you can only refill your prescription every 27 days. Which is kind of difficult if you have to leave town let alone any kind of looming disaster coming and you want to refill early incase of a "long term situation."

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The unfortunate thing is a lot of Doctor's in many states are being watched closely by the DEA (FL, GA..etc) because of overprescription of controlled substances. And evidently unless the physician has a "legitimate medical reason" for giving out more than the "normal" 30 day 'script...they can be charged which is total crapola if you ask me. So you have other Doctors not wanting to get bothered by guys in DEA jackets walking into their waiting rooms and ruining their often clean reputations.


Izzy,

You need to find a new doctor (I know that you are trying). I live in FL and most of our doctors have no problem giving you a extra refill, especially if you travel. Even when I lived in Canada it was not hard to get an extra 30 days. Most of the Insurance companies are fine with a 90 day supply (as others have mentioned) - they prefer it.

Classed substances are the exception to this but most of the meds the majority of us are using have no problem. For those classed substances the problem is somewhat greater, but the doctor should still not have a problem with extras for all but the most serious. Even the pharmacies and all the insurance companies I have had (most of them) want you to refill your prescription when you have a week left.

Respectfully,

Jerry