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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
Mrs. Lee and I have both had Vicodin, Codeine or other similar things prescribed for post-procedure pain relief, and we never touched them. I highly doubt our docs would have agreed to refill any of them without an office visit to see why the pain was still present. If people are getting multiple refills for this kind of stuff with no attempt to find the source of the problem, I would think someone needs to look into that. But it would be on the prescribing docs, not the pill producers or pharmacists who just fill orders. I wonder what would happen if a pharmacist refused to fill a script just because he thought the patient had been there too many times and he disagreed with the doctor.
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I dunno about refills Rick...the single bottle I was prescribed was enough to get one hopelessly addicted....easy. I do know of one particular local doc from decades ago...reknowned for his "script writing"....he was jacked up against a hospital elevator wall by an irate husband and told "no mas"...the husband put his career on the line, but he meant business.
Around here, I think it's CVS, they have begun limiting fills to seven days (I think it is) for some pain meds...regardless of the script.
They are attempting to save people's lives....or maybe it's good
PR....who knows?