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[bananas]

19. That can be a real pain-in-the-b*tt

Google your doctor's name, call him at home if necessary.
I'm serious.

They keep tightening restrictions on these medications, doctors can't keep up.

They used to allow prescriptions to be faxed in, now they don't accept that for many medications.
Because the fax could have been photoshopped and they can't verify where it was sent from.

You might have to have the pharmacy call him at home, or you might have to drive out to his house to get a written prescription. It's f-ing ridiculous.

For future reference, a lot of pharmacies have automated services.

For example, I know someone who uses CVS, their service automatically refills prescriptions and telephones to say they are ready for pick-up, and for controlled substances, it telephones a week ahead of time and warns them to get a new written prescription from their doctor.

And sometimes it says, "This wasn't refilled because your insurance company no longer covers this drug."

So then he has to call his doctor to find a substitute which is covered by that insurance company.

And I say, "Hey, why don't you check with Costco or Target or Walgreens etc", but he's basically been terrorized into sticking with a system that gives him one week warning.