CVS lost script..wow

I've had that happen more than once at the pharmacy, where each blames the other.  The PA gets quite annoyed (or my Doc will get on the phone) tell me in a very frustrated voice they already sent it.  Twice!  (And they're not keen on repeatedly sending Rx's).

Where do they go anywhere?  Same place where the lost socks from the dryer end up?

And of course the pharmacy will say they never received it.

I've gotten in the habit of phoning the doctor's office in front of the pharmacist when this happens.

But you're right.  If it happens on a weekend, after hours, or when they're closed,....we're out of luck.

And God bless any covering physician who will call in a Rx for anything other than an antibiotic.  I've had covering docs refuse to call in migraine meds....so I end up suffering and vomiting (well, they go together) for a whole weekend because the covering doc, who has access to years of my medical records and can see I've been on the same med for years,....won't do it?)

It's illogical squared.

M.

I DID have a pharmacist refuse to fill a Rx because, in his words, he did not need both medications.  (They were entirely different meds, with different release rates, one was BT, but he felt, in HIS opinion, I only needed one, and wouldn't you know, he just flat out refused to fill it, and that was the end of the story).

I can't imagine how that got reported on my pharmacy record, or what select choice words he used when calling my doctor to share his words of wisdom.....

M.

I've always picked hard copy Rx's up every 30 days, so I really don't know any different.  But I did not need to make an appointment to physically see my doctor.  I had to call to request a new Rx, be called back to tell me it was ready, and drive down to sign for them and pick them up, and then drive to my pharmacy (always had to be the same one) to fill them.

I honestly don't mind.  It's a small price to pay to see, verify and check the hard copy Rx's and have them in my hands and personally hand them over.

But if your doctor won't do that without an appointment, or won't let you just pick them up between appointments, or worse yet, if your doctor is a very long drive away, I can see where this would be problematic.

M.