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Old 08-25-2014, 06:00 PM
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I wasn't very clear about the 90 day supply on my original post. Sometimes, doctors will give a patient who has difficulty getting around three different prescriptions. One prescription to be filled immediately, the second prescription post dated 30 days, and the third prescription post dated 60 days. This is not done very often. Most schedule II pain meds are written for a few days supply. In the cases of severe chronic pain, they are written for a 30 day supply. If the patient with chronic pain has trouble getting to the doctors office , then the doctor will occasionally write a 90 day supply as I've described. Sorry for my poor communication skills. The point of the post was not to focus on a 90 day supply, but on a) the effort by the government to reduce addiction and overdose deaths; b) the impact the ruling will have on people who need the medication: c)the impact on the business of retail pharmacy.
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