swilly2002
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I happen to be in Florida (I live in the Northeast) and was wondering if I could fill my prescription anywhere in the State? My prescription is with United in Tampa and I'm many hours away. I figured if I could do it in person somewhere maybe I could save on shipping etc.
Any thoughts on this? Am I asking for more trouble than it's worth?
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zoecece
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No, not possible, unfortunately.
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Actually, it dependsn if the pharmacy s willing to transfer it. You have to ask and find out. Then, some pharmshave policys on not letting you use their services again if you transfer an OP script, but not all of them. I have a close fiend who transfered a script from Pharmanet to Walgreens when they were still around.
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You have to consider the question as United would hear it. It would sound like, "Can I get my prescription re-filled at a fair price instead of giving you a boatload of money for it?" They might let you - for a boatload of a transference fee. They're going to get your boatload one way or the other. Generally speaking, even the best OPs are extortionists.
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swilly2002
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well, i've been a pretty good customer of theirs (that's an understatement) and all im' asking is this last refill. maybe a call over there is what i need to do.
i have been a customer for years and fully inted to use them again and should they so no, it's not the end of the world.
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Filling the meds is how OPs make part (some ALL) of their money. I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't be willing to let you use their service and not pay for it. There is a reason the prices are higher at their pharms.
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swilly2002
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United is not owned by an OP. It's different than Apthosys or some of the others. Obviously United would lose the profit on this one refill but I'm not sure that's enough for them to just say no. This is truly on one time event for me.
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My expereience is NO, My Doctor called in a script for me at a Walgreens in another state because I had just moved back to NY and she said her license would not allow her to call in a script of V to another state. She said oh it will no problem, have the pharmacist in Walgreens in NY call the Pharmacist in Fl, well they said NO we cannot transfer a controlled substance eventhough its all in the same computer system, they are all connected. Now if you want to transfer any non-controlled substance to another Walgreens Yes this they have and will do.
Thats just my experience with Walgreens!
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zoecece
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In the past united that said no, and put the blame on the DR, typically there are "orders" that scripts are not to be transfered. You can always give it a shot, but if they did it for one person, word would get out and they would have everyone asking for a transfer, and that would mean a ton of lost business, it's not just your one refill, unfortunately. Think about it, if transfers were common, who would fill at an OP (assuming out of state transfers were allowed in their state) when they could pay so much less locally?
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swilly2002
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everyone is sort of missing the question a bit. i am talking about the same state (i know that you can't change states) and not a situation where the pharmacy is owned by the op. anyway, i think i'm just going to fill it in the ordinary way. thanks anyway.
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bango
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NO, and I really think it is illegal becasue how they do it is becasue the docs (pharm) are so close with the pharm, they have a deal, were if a pharm you are trying to get a refill at, is calling to verify, the consult pharm automaticlly says that the doc had cancelled the script, even though, of course he/ she did not. I had this experience, walgreens was told that the doc cancelled my refills, and THEN A WEEK LATER I GET AN EMAIL FROM THE OP SAYING THAT MY 2 REFILLS ARE READY. Not only is this not good service but illegal for sure, becasue they are not giving the patient real information. but then again OP's are shady by nature and they are no different than IOP's in the sense that they are not legit 100 % to start with..
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Whatsnew
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Don't feel bad, you're DEFINITELY not the first person to think of doing that. If it were an option we would all be doing it. 
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sigmund
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It would be illegal to transfer a script for a Scheduled med
across state lines. With non-scheduled meds, it calls undue attention to the origin of the script and could ultimately make it difficult for OPs' survival.
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zeuzjuz
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The overall summary here, I think, is that it MIGHT happen (0.001% chance) - but even if it did - you would most likely not be on good terms with the OP anymore..... And it is also just not good for OP community in general.. It's best to keep tele-medicine and local medicine separate, in my opinion. We don't need thousands of people trying to transfer scripts from OP's to Walgreen's all over the country, it would just draw alot of attention - I mean, the scripts are completely above board and legal (ie: written by licensed doctor) - but it would just open a whole can of worms, trust me, trying to 'mix' the OP world with your local pharmacy.
For one, if one person successfully did it (the reason it is unlikely is it has to be approved first by the original pharmacy it was filled at) - If it was done, alot of people would begin trying to do it, and it would just cause a big deal I think, to all the sudden have thousands of out-of-town scripts being called into local Walgreen's all around the nation. Just something better left alone.
If you want to do it for insurance purposes - I have seen ALOT of reports of people who get their medicines from the OP Pharmacy, and then send their receipt (that comes with the meds when they're shipped) - sending the receipts into their insurance co. and being re-imbursed for the costs. I don't know what kind of insurance you have (I don't have ANY so I wouldn't benefit from this at all) - but if it is good insurance you could most likely pay full price at the OP's pharmacy, and then send in the receipt later on to insurance and get the price re-adjusted.
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zeuzjuz
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Anna,
This, that you said, is actually not true:
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It would be illegal to transfer a script for a Scheduled med
across state lines.
That is not true, at least not in my state, but that is not the reason that this is a bad idea anyway. It is just a bad idea. A scheduled med prescription can most certainly be transferred across state lines. I have personal proof. I was about 3 states away from mine, at a lake - riding in a friends' boat, partying, and whatever..... Well my friend got injured, bashed his forehead open on a rock - we took him to a nearby hospital (near the lake - which is 3 states away from where we lived) - He was treated with stitches and prescribed pain meds (hydro) with refills.... This was only about a year and a half ago. When we returned home to our state - he had the prescription transferred to a local pharmacy here to get his remaining refill. So that is not the reason - but there are LOTS of other reasons, that it is just not a good idea.... Just wanted to clear that up. Maybe in some states you can not transfer like this (I think Texas is one??) but in most, you can.
Nevertheless, it is still not a good idea to attempt to transfer an OP script to a local pharmacy..... Just try to get re-imbursed on insurance with the recipt from the pharm later, by sending the receipt to your insurance, if you want to do it that way. But you are going to have a hard time talking the OP pharmacy into making the transfer.
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Edited by zeuzjuz (12/28/03 04:25 PM)
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