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forgotmylogin

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1. Tragic
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 07:41 PM
Dec 2016

It shouldn't need to be a hassle for him.

As a workaround, I wonder if he could talk the doctor into giving him a year or six-month prescription (hopefully inexpensive maintenance medication shouldn't be a problem) and then have it auto delivered by mail. Don't script pads have a "number of refills" tick box? I know my mom's meds say things like "4 Refills before 6/31/2017"

Or even just write out several months of paper prescriptions so he doesn't have to make such frequent appointments. My mother's pain management does that for her since it's an opioid painkiller that has to be on paper, and he notates "do not fill before..." on each subsequent one.

Tragic forgotmylogin Dec 2016 #1
It's a heartbreaking piece. America in 2016 smh. JHan Dec 2016 #2
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