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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2012 12:33:06 GMT -5
A cursory look around the 'net and the consensus is they are good for a year.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2012 12:48:37 GMT -5
I think if the pharmacy had a problem with it, they would just call the doctor when you tried to fill it.
I always put mine on file with the pharmacy but ask them not to fill it yet. I'm on maintenance drugs, and I get a year's worth of refills whenever I happen to go to the yearly visit.
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Post by thyme4change on Dec 17, 2012 12:51:03 GMT -5
Weeks - no - you are fine.
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Post by Bluerobin on Dec 17, 2012 12:58:50 GMT -5
A year for most. Some are only good for 6 months (like nitroglycerin and some narcartics).
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Post by justme on Dec 17, 2012 13:06:49 GMT -5
Controlled substances are good for 6 months. I don't know the hard-and-fast rule, but I know I've filled an rx up to a year after it was written (either had it put on hold or just kept a hold of the rx the whole time) and then the year-refill clock started when I filled it, not the date the rx was written. So, it would seem you have at least a year to originally fill it, and then the refill clock starts then. Best to double check with your pharmacist though, I haven't gone that long filling the original in a while so things might have changed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2012 14:54:58 GMT -5
Depends. I've received some pain prescriptions from the dentist that elite in two weeks.
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