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Yes there is a lot of gatekeeping happening across the board. From my wife's experience living just outside of Portland Oregon: - Prescription has been cancell
by LostLocalMan 3y ago
Yes there is a lot of gatekeeping happening across the board. From my wife's experience living just outside of Portland Oregon:
- Prescription has been cancelled twice for no real reason.
- Pharmacists have refused to give more than one month at a time more than once.
- Even if everyone is on board and not hostile she's only able to get a few months at a time so she has to do this multiple times a year.
I can't imagine how it'd be if we lived in a more conservative state or in a more rural area.
- giantg2 3y agoI've had some prescription issue for other meds as well. Usually an issue of the insurance or pharmacy, not a political motive. They don't like to give long term supplies given the expiration is 1 year from manufacture.
- LostLocalMan 3y agoAt least once she's been lectured about starting a family by pharmacists when trying to pick up her prescription which caused us to switch to a different pharmacy. It's possible it's all imagined, but I don't really understand why a pharmacist would only give one month when the prescription is for multiple months, or why the prescription can't be for longer as to require less doctors visits / bills. We certainly haven't had the same experience picking up other prescriptions.
- giantg2 3y ago"why the prescription can't be for longer as to require less doctors visits / bills." They aren't just renewing your prescription? Most places see you once, or once per year, and then just keep renewing it. Most insurances/pharmacies even have partner mail order services where you can turn on auto-renewal and auto-refill. That might be a good option to look into.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoYour original question was whether there were barriers. Now you're clarifying you mean political barriers determined by the intent of the provider, which is of course opaque to us. Is it possible under these constraints to describe a barrier you'll accept?
- giantg2 3y agoGeneric issues are not barriers, especially if they are not universal. There are online services that can cheaply provide these services conveniently. Just because someone uses a provider that provides poor service is not a barrier when alternatives exist.
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- hombre_fatal 3y agoWell, yes, that's the point. They don't want kids at this time, though. Stopping contraceptives when you want kids isn't a eureka moment for most couples.
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- dboreham 3y agoThe one month at a time thing is coming from insurance companies not the pharmacy.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoNot necessarily. Pharmacies have arbitrary power. My doctor gives me a three month prescription for a scheduled substance and I've had a couple pharmacies reject it because it's "sketchy". Of course, they never offer to call my doctor to confirm anything. They just smirk and cross their arms.
- giantg2 3y agoEven OTC amphetamines have purchased limits, some imposed by law depending on the state.
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- hombre_fatal 3y agoI guess you're suggesting that they rejected my prescription because of supply issues, they openly said it was because it was suspicious (3-mo in cash), and also Vyvanse hasn't had shortages like generic amphetamine in 2022-2023. Also, I think you mean OTC amphetamine alternatives since amphetamine is sched I.
- giantg2 3y agoNot supply issues, meth manufacturing suspicion. Yeah, precursors to their manufacture.
- CydeWeys 3y agoThese pharmacists have very real personal liability if they end up getting fingered as being a supplier of components used to make illegal drugs. That's why they look askance at this prescription.