nurso52 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 I am now retired and we want to travel but one problem my husband has to take narcotic due to his pain from hydrocephalis. He has to get a paper prescription from his doctor every month. Does anyone have any ideas about what others do or what we can do. I guess maybe we just can not travel. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandsys Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 I have not had to deal with this but it has been discussed here before. What I understand to be the best solution is for you to see if you doctor will write a postdated prescription for each of the months you will be gone. If you then use a pharmacy that is pretty much nationwide like Target or Walgreens or Walmart, they will have you on file so getting those prescriptions refilled will be easier than if you look for different phamarcies in various locations. Talk to your doctor who may also have other solutions to propose. Linda Sand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gell Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Last Winter I was discharged from a hospital in Florida with a written prescription for a narcotic painkiller. We went to several pharmacies and got turned away then called a couple more before we found one that would fill it. They said something like - Florida regulators, or drug enforcement?, were going after doctors and pharmacies who were writing and filling numerous prescriptions for people who didn't really need them. They said they had the pharmacies so paranoid they would get caught up in it and lose their pharmacy licence, that legitimate customers who were dying from cancer could not get the painkillers they needed. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobi and Dick McKee Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 We started using Target last year. When we left for our summer travels our pharmacist said they could transfer any prescription except narcotics, luckily we didn't have any. I don't know if has changed since CVS bought the Target pharmacies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC and Angie Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 There is no way to get a narcotic filled across state lines. Non, not going to happen. You have to fill it within state lines. So,your options are to get a local dr (not going to happen) or do with out. Thank the Florida doctors for this btw. They used 80% of the total volume sold US wide and forced this change. Sent you a private message. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieere Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 We can Thank the druggies for illegally acquiring prescriptions!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuffMan Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 And now that they can't get their painkillers they are forced to switch to heroine. Time for some reason in the whole drug scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurso52 Posted November 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Ty I called all the doctors where we were going to travel and can not get the drug we need refilled. My husband doctor put him on methodone for long term pain control. So if you are heroine addict you can get it but just for pain control you are out of luck. Guess our travel plans will not happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk W Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Make shorter trips, passing back through your home once a month or so. It may not be the ideal answer but it sure beats sitting at home and you could still see a lot of the country. You can travel quite a distance in a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarome Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Make shorter trips, passing back through your home once a month or so. It may not be the ideal answer but it sure beats sitting at home and you could still see a lot of the country. You can travel quite a distance in a month. X2! I wouldn't let that hold you back. You might also find that getting away from home on month long jaunts in itself to be somewhat therapeutic for your husband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeomelia Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 We had to learn to plan our trips based on the pills we had on hand. We have carried a post dated script, but the rules vary by state so that is not a sure bet, in Lousiana they would only give a 10 day supply. We are part timers and have reached that point in life that we are slowing down and this is just something else we have to deal with, if we are going to travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttruck Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Our MD can and does write a prescription for schedule 2 narcotics for a 2 month period due to vacation travel. Insurance company approves and the pharmacy fills. May not be able to do this 6 times a year, but a couple of times in a row so far. Filled at our local, regularly used pharmacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Z Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 There is no way to get a narcotic filled across state lines. Non, not going to happen. You have to fill it within state lines. So,your options are to get a local dr (not going to happen) or do with out. Thank the Florida doctors for this btw. They used 80% of the total volume sold US wide and forced this change. Sent you a private message. JC With all due respect...This just isn't the case. I've refilled my meds in three different states at Walgreens. Your Dr. needs to write prescriptions for the months your gone (3 in my case) before seeing him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay L Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Our doctor wrote six months worth of postdated prescriptions and sent them to a local pharmacy that knew us well. Once a month we called and they filled the prescription and mailed to us in AZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch&Di Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 You might also check out a reliable prescription mail order service. Escapees used to have one but since I don't use mail order anymore, I don't know it's current status. If your doctor would fax the scripts in to the mail order service each month that you will be gone, you could then call them with your "current" address if your traveling takes you to different places. Just a thought. Good Luck and let us know how you make out. I would hate to learn you could no longer travel because of meds. Hugs, Di Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don&penny Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 There is no way to get a narcotic filled across state lines. Non, not going to happen. You have to fill it within state lines. So,your options are to get a local dr (not going to happen) or do with out. Thank the Florida doctors for this btw. They used 80% of the total volume sold US wide and forced this change. Sent you a private message. JC As Big Z mentioned above, your statement is not entirely correct (but in most cases your point will be the case). There are still a few doctors left that have a "national prescription license" that allows them to prescribe any and all drugs at any and all pharmacies (across state lines). It is difficult to find Dr.'s with such license because the government quit issuing them about ten years ago, so no new Dr.'s can get the national licenses. I know this because my Dr. is one of the few left to still have the national license and we have no problem getting any of our prescriptions filled, narcotic or not, in any state. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlvillestu Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 There is no way to get a narcotic filled across state lines. Non, not going to happen. You have to fill it within state lines. So,your options are to get a local dr (not going to happen) or do with out. Thank the Florida doctors for this btw. They used 80% of the total volume sold US wide and forced this change. Sent you a private message. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlvillestu Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Not true. Last week I had a Norco prescription written by my Illinois doctor filled at a Walgreens in Wisconsin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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