This appear on a facebook page… Is the DEA lying to this pt… or is bureaucrats going to take him/her serious if she calls the state and complains… this pt is in Florida … but.. I would presume that there are similar bureaucratic agencies in each state … Is lying to pts UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT ?
I’ve read Pharmacist Steve’s site for quite awhile, I know what’s going on, but do you, really??
After another fun filled adventure to Walgreen’s today where I was told, once again, about the “DEA database” that they have to enter our script information into, along with a ton of other things that they’ve said about the DEA cracking down on pain med scripts, I came home, called Walgreen’s corporate, told them they had until 3:38pm EST tomorrow or I go to the media, (I have NATIONAL media contacts with the Today Show, The Discovery Channel, and The Wall Street Journal, I was a very well known blogger up until my last surgery forced me to stop writing) but after getting off the phone with corporate, I was SO FUCKING PISSED, I called the DEA, Florida division, and had a VERY INTERESTING TALK.
Are you ready for this???
THERE IS NO DEA DATABASE AT ANY PHARMACY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, OR ANY OTHER STATE, FOR THAT MATTER.
THE DEA DOES NOT MONITOR ANY PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN AND/OR FILLED BY ANY PHARMACY.
THEY DON’T CARE.
THEY GO AFTER MUCH, MUCH BIGGER FISH THAN US PATIENTS GETTING OUR PAIN MEDS FILLED.
I WAS TOLD BY THE DEA FLORIDA DIVISION, THAT EVERYTHING, EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WALGREEN’S HAS SAID ABOUT THE DEA, THE DATABASE, ABOUT CRACKING DOWN, ABOUT PHARMACY’S HAVING TO REPORT OUR SCRIPTS TO THE DEA, ALL OF IT, EVERY SINGLE WORD THAT THEY’VE SAID ABOUT THE DEA, ARE OUT-RIGHT, BOLD-FACED LIES, SAID TO US PATIENTS.
WHY?????
BECAUSE IF WE’RE SCARED, IF WE THINK THAT THE DEA IS MONITORING OUR SCRIPTS, AND BASICALLY, US, WE WON’T FIGHT, WE’LL BE COMPLIANT.
The DEA then gave me the phone number for the “CONSUMER SERVICES UNIT”.
This is the ONLY database that exists, and it’s Florida’s own drug monitoring database, and they don’t just monitor pain meds, they monitor ALL MEDICATIONS WRITTEN AND/OR FILLED.
The DEA TOLD ME TO CALL THEM AND REPORT THE WALGREEN’S THAT HAS BEEN THE ISSUE FOR ME, AND FILE A COMPLAINT.
I called them, told them what was going on, and they were APPALLED AT THE BEHAVIOR AND THE LIES THAT WALGREEN’S TELLS IT’S CUSTOMERS.
They emailed me, before we even hung up, A COMPLAINT FORM TO FILL OUT AND FAX BACK ASAP.
They want this bullshit to end just as much as we do!!!!
The number for the CONSUMER SERVICES UNIT, to file your own complaint is:1-850-2458-4339
The number for the DEA FLORIDA DIVISION is: 1-813-287-4767
The DEA is absolutely pissed off that Walgreen’s and CVS, use the name of the DEA to try and scare people, and to also try to enforce their own company policies about filling narcotic pain medications.
They, meaning Walgreen’s and CVS, figured that people will argue about getting their scripts filled, but if people think that they might get in trouble, or be reported to the DEA for arguing at the pharmacy, that’s when they started telling people about the DATABASE THAT DOESN’T EXIST.
They’ve been lying to us to scare us into compliance.
If we think that we’re being watched, monitored by the DEA, then we won’t argue or fight.
This the truth. Call the DEA yourself and ask if there’s a database at pharmacy’s to monitor pain med scripts.
They will tell you the same as they told me.
I’M DONE BEING SCARED.
I’M DONE BEING COMPLIANT.
I WILL GO TO THE MEDIA WITH EVERYTHING I’VE BEEN TOLD, LIED TO ABOUT, AND ABOUT ALL THE VERBAL ABUSE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF WALGREEN’S AND OTHER PHARMACY.
GET THE TRUTH FOR YOURSELF, CALL THE DEA FOR YOURSELF, AND THEN SPREAD THE TRUTH TO EVERYONE.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THERE IS NO DEA DATABASE!!!!!
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Hi All, here’s a good one. I am a pain med patient and I go to a doctor that doesn’t subscribe to medicare, I submit payment information to Medicare and I’m re-imbursed. For three years this hasn’t been a problem at Walgreens, they’ve accepted my part D. Now, out of the blue they won’t won’t accept my part D insurance because my doctor is a “cash” doctor. Now, my part D provider doesn’t have a problem with this, Walgreens does. And, they won’t allow me to pay full price BECAUSE I have part D. The pharmacist gave me some song and dance which I couldn’t refute because I’m not privy to all the legalese. Our bureaucracy is going to be the end of us all.
What a conundrum! As you know Florida is the Mecca of so-called “pill mills”. The lawmakers in Florida will NOT amend the laws making it more TIME CONSUMING OR HARDER to procure controlled Rx’s. IF YOU HAVE A ID AND CASH. I vacation in Mexico on a cruise ship. Ashore, filthy pharmacias fill all the benzodiazepines you can carry. Codeine too. If you wish for more OCTANE, ask and you will be directed to a friendly Dr. Who is glad to help.
One person in a pharmacia asked ” Do you have Oxy 80’s? “Yes, how many?” Oh well,” Mexico oh Mexico, don’t ask why, I just gotta go” -James Taylor.
As far as my experience in IN if a controlled substance is ‘on file’only it does not show up on the state monitoring program (INSPECT in IN). Unless there is a discrepency with the presription such as an obvious alteration I cant verify with the doctor or the doctor tells me not to return the prescription back to the patient, I cant keep it without cause. I have made a note of when it can be filled next if it is too early, but when I last did retail I gave within 5 days to include weekends and holidyas depending if they took it elsewhere. So why these RPhs are outright keeping them without cause is beyond me, IMHO, its yours
I don’t get it their is a data base in New York when you go to a doctor he can pull up what you get filled and what doctor wrote it .., so this is new who is doing it the state? And the new law it’s a federal law that hydros are now a section 2 control med
I don’t believe the DEA has databases at pharmacies, but I also do not believe the DEA is unconcerned about patients who require pain medication. I believe they are behind the entire push to rid our country of these meds, leaving those of us who need these meds to suffer. There has always been an issue, as far as I am concerned, regarding pharmacists who refuse to fill pain medications for whatever reasons. I had gone to the ER one night, many years before all of this began, and was given a prescription for TEN Percocet. I didn’t use narcotics regularly and this was a prescription out of the blue for an injury. My husband went to the local pharmacy to fill it and although they had all of my medical and insurance records on file, they refused to allow him to fill it. Instead, I had to break doctor orders of bedrest and go to the pharmacy myself. I was really mad, of course. I asked the pharmacist to please fill my prescription and after about a half hour of waiting, we were the ONLY customers in the store, he came out from behind the counter and started DUSTING. I asked if he was going to fill the prescription or not and he told me he was not. Why? BECAUSE MY HUSBAND WAS GIVING HIM THE EVIL EYE. I could not believe it. I asked for the prescription back and had to go out and find yet another pharmacy open at that time of night. The pharmacist at that one did fill it but not before checking with the ER to make sure it was legitimate. All of that for TEN Percocet. Yes, I did report the evil eye guy but to no avail. All I am saying is I think everyone involved lies to us. From those doctors who don’t want to treat us, to the pharmacies who don’t want involved, to the government who, for whatever reason, has decided to make narcotics a big issue. The media also plays a big part in the scare tactics being used on an already fear filled country. Please take a half hour of your time to view this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UyPlF66KME This man puts everything in perspective. God Bless.
Thank you for sharing that video, it was moving and you were right, well worth the time invested I think Ken made a mistake when calculating his figures* but that did not detract from the message he was trying to get across and he did that well and it was truly from the heart and one of the best assessments of the current situation using analogies that I have seen.
*[He used the overall OD figures but only calculated them against figures for Fibro and IBD sufferers. The percent should have been much lower than 2% if given to include all pain conditions (not to mention that a good portion of the OD cases didn’t even have a medical diagnosis or a valid Rx].
I will NEVER step in a wlagreens again!
Kat C,
I am truly sorry for what you went through but after a day or two why didn’t you have your doctor notify a pharmacy, (any pharmacy) of your condition and get something, anything filled even if not your regular medication or dose, to avoid a protracted withdrawal. Those of us with disease(s) that cause more problems than just pain cannot afford to tough it out or try to prove a point we are taking our lives in our hands if we do this. And what was the obsession w/ Walgreens? Why keep trying to get it filled there? There are other pharmacies out there.
Publix denied me a pan med script on the day of my throat surgery for crisake.After a bunch of BS reasons the PIC finally told me it was because i was on too many narcotics already (stress on methadone) and didn’t need any more. After 3 yrs roughly as a regular customer, everyone there greeted me and knew me by name, they didn’t bother to call the surgeon, hospital, or my PM doc. I transferred all of my Rx meds ASAP and they lost a big chunk of business as I fill almost 15-20 Rx a month for chronic lupus overlap/MCTD and systemic sarcoidosis. Not trying to be obtuse but I just don’t understand why you would want to give them any business after suffering such disrespect is all.
*I hate to ask the obvious question here. NOT specifically TO YOU KAT C just in general now to anyone reading this but why in the world would anyone disabled (or not) with a painful disease/illness take any prescription. even for an inhaler or thyroid med to Walgreens at this point in time. I wouldn’t step foot in one of their stores if they were giving away free gallons of milk and a bag of cookies. I’ve never had a problem w/ them [havent used one in 6-7 yrs] but do this just out of principle and support for others @ this point.
Coonhound
Coonhound,
I’m gonna answer you question by question, OK?
My doctor DID try to help me. He called in other scripts that they also refused to fill, he called in withdrawal meds that they refused to fill, and even tried to take back scripts, and the pharmacists said NO.
We were now stuck in the Florida drug monitoring database, written scripts were there, and called in scripts were there, and a doc can only write/call in so many scripts when you’re on pain management before you and your doc, both get screwed.
Why Walgreen’s?
It’s very simple actually.
CVS and other big box stores are actually WORSE when it comes to filling pain meds, they just flat out refuse, threaten to call the cops if you don’t leave, etc. I’ve heard the gambit of excuses at CVS, Publix, Walmart, etc.
The mom and pops?
They don’t take insurance, and I’m disabled and on medicare, I somehow manage to survive on less than $800 per month in SSDI benefits.
Some months, I honestly don’t know how the hell I made it, but I can’t afford to pay cash at the mom and pops, so I’m stuck with Walgreen’s because they take my part D insurance.
And you need to know that it’s not ALL Walgreen’s, just one particular store that I’m forced to go to when my home/closest to me store didn’t get my meds shipped in.
That’s when I have to go to the “bad one”, which by the way, I was an exclusive customer of for over 6 years until I moved and a different store became closer to me.
I’m legally not allowed to drive, so paying for rides, I have to go to the closest store.
I LOVE my home/closest store! LOVE the pharmacists there!
But the bad one? I have cried in the car on the way there because I know how I’m about to be treated.
But again, I ONLY go there when my store didn’t get my meds shipped in which was the case yesterday.
My home store fills my scripts, no matter what they are, in less than 45 minutes.
The bad store?
For some reason, it always takes them anywhere from 2-5 hours to fill.
They claim it’s because of the DEA database.
My home store, has never once uttered a single word about any DEA database, they’ve never told me that the DEA is monitoring pain meds, or me for that matter, and it never takes them longer than 45 minutes to fill ANY script.
The bad store?
It took them close to 4 hours to fill just 2 scripts for me yesterday, claiming the whole time that the “DEA database” was over loaded, and that they couldn’t get authorization FROM THE DEA to fill my scripts.
Why does it take my home store less than 45 minutes, but the bad one claims they are waiting for authorization from the DEA to fill, FOR HOURS.
As for your final question about why anyone would choose to go to a Walgreen’s, again, it comes down to they take my insurance, and not all of them are bad, just this one that I’m forced to deal with from time to time.
Question for you Steve. I was unaware that unfilled prescriptions (on hold/on file) were listed in the PDMP database or counted against you. Is this really the way the PDMP in FL works or are they lying to Kat C? This has not been my experience w/ controlled meds so I’m guessing they are not telling her the truth.
I always have at least 2-3 Rx for Soma unfilled waiting on hold/on file at the pharmacy and this has not prevented me from acquiring new ones at my office visits or having them filled at any pharmacy, same goes for hydrocodone. I had one on ‘hold’ for so long (Oct) the pharmacist told me in April that I had to fill it or risk losing it as they were only valid for 6 mos. I had been filling new ones every 4-5 wks while this one was on ‘hold’. Additionally, I agree w/ LDPlacebo, I’m pretty sure that it is illegal for them to hold your Rx hostage and refuse transfer on a refill (or return your written Rx) esp If you have your doctor call or have another pharmacy agree that it will fill it for you. You might be limited to how many pharmacies you can transfer it to so knowing if they will fill it first is important. I was told you only get one transfer and one partial fill per schedule III IV or V.
If you go to Anthem (for B/C B/S), or whichever site lists your particular Part D pharm benefits and claims, there should be a list of all your filled prescriptions, I have never seen ones that I had on hold/on file listed there. Again they must have been pulling your leg. It is a shame the lying that these unprofessional people do day in and day out. Whether it stems from a Milgram experiment ‘authority’ syndrome or just power happy pharmacists getting off on having control over others, it all boils down to disrespect. File suit, that is the only thing that will get their attention.
I wasn’t trying to be critical of your experience or how you dealt with it and am sorry if I came across that way. I was just generally shocked by your story. I also wanted to know the particulars so it doesn’t happen to myself or others who read your post. I can understand your troubles arising when trying to fill scheduled meds in FL I have experienced this personally as well.
Despite being a patient of a major medical center for almost 5yrs they refused me service because I had filled for 2 mos in GA (god forbid! w/ agreement from my PM doc because dates of appts were earlier than the Rx could be filled on and it was too far to travel back just to fill Rx). This was quite contrary to the Hospital’s mission statement which stated it clearly included caring for the residents of Northeast FL AND Southeastern GA not to mention their pharmacies are open to the public so it was definitely discrimination. I had to contact patient services, then the head of outpatient pharmacies it was ridiculous so I can sympathize w/ your position and everyone who lives in or currently receives treatment in FL is in a precarious at best.
I am also disabled w/ Part D, though sitting pretty now in catastrophic coverage (joking), so I can sympathize w/ the financial difficulties you must face esp having children. I can hardly keep up w/ myself, my dog and my cat much less kids.
I would let the folks at CMS, and the insurance company that covers your Part D plan, know that this particular pharmacy is denying your legit fill and not honoring their Part D contract (you can show them where your med is listed in the formulary booklet) to fill your meds . If they are in-network providers they need to honor this.
I go out of my way past at least a dozen pharmacies to fill at a small grocery chain (which always stocks my meds from DMARDS and hormone replacements to schedule II and III). While most pharms that don’t know you wont tell you over the phone, it sounds like the people at the ‘good’ pharmacy you mentioned should be able to gain a rapport w/ them and have them work w/ you some to avoid this problem in the future (maybe they can suggest another store besides the bad one that you could use for a backup. Barring help on this front there should be some other pharmacies in your network that take Part D you could use for a backup, the lists of providers is quite extensive. A suggestion would be a hospital who’s pharmacy is open to the public. They will take Medicare Part D plans.
*Another question for Steve here.
If a pharmacy is listed as a Part D in-network provider isn’t it illegal for them to charge cash only and different prices for scheduled meds than non-scheduled meds? This just doesn’t sound legal or right to me either.
Kat C, I hope you have better fortune in the future. I would also pursue this issue to the fullest extent of the law if I were in your shoes.Best wishes.
There is a discussion in pharmacy abt when a pharmacy reports Rx data to the PMP.. I am told that some report it when filled and some report it when it is cash out at the register. However. My understanding, is that if the Rx is filled and reported to the PMP and not picked up by the pt and returned to stock.. There is no way to reverse the information in the PMP.
Second question suggest you read this https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=6164 save me a lot of typing 🙂
thanks steve. I was 99.9% sure charging cash wasn’t legal or right in those cases. Just wanted to mention/ask since Kat C had problems w/ pharmacies only accepting cash and she had trouble finding ones that took her insurance (Part D).
As far as the ‘on file’ question I was more concerned w/ those NOT filled. Kat C said:
“He called in other scripts that they also refused to fill, he called in withdrawal meds that they refused to fill, and even tried to take back scripts, and the pharmacists said NO.
We were now stuck in the Florida drug monitoring database, written scripts were there, and called in scripts were there, and a doc can only write/call in so many scripts when you’re on pain management before you and your doc, both get screwed.
Again 99.9% sure she was being misled. My point I was trying to make was that if her Rx wasn’t being filled then it shouldn’t matter how many were ‘attempted’ because they can’t count against you. Being kept by pharmacy either illegally as appears in her case or being held at the patients request as I do on occasion, either way it would be ludicrous being told the pharmacy is refusing to fill but placing them on the PMP all the same. Being a patient @ PM clinic shouldn’t matter in any way either because her doctor was obviously ‘on board’ trying to get her the needed medication.
I agree with u about a lot of what u have said. I think the lies are disconcerting especially since these pharmacist on power trips are dealing with peoples health/lives. The other problem is that it’s not just power trips but also discrimination or prejudice. I’ve been turned away immediately because I look young or 35 yr old people they think shouldn’t b prescribed what I am. They don’t look n the computer to see if I’m a regular customer or not, they don’t try to call my doctor, nothing. Just immediately rejected because I must b a junkie /drug addict since I look young.
Since when did pharmacist go get the yrs n school /education & don’t forget licenced to b able to do a doctor’s job is what I want to know?
Pharmacist/pharmacies are supposed to fill Rx that doctors are licensed to prescribe after doing their job of examination & tests that come to a conclusion of what they think will work best for that patient.They are not licensed or educated enough to tell a customer that their doctor is wrong & or refuse/reject for any reason if it’s legitimate & verified. How do they know anything about how your doctor decided/recommends those specific prescriptions without doing examinations & tests, by only looking at your Rx?
I’ve been hospitalized because I couldn’t find anywhere that would fill, kept being rejected, which n return has made my cancer worse.
I’m battling 3 types of cancer & have been for 10 yrs now. I’m 35 yrs old, single mother, & unemployed because of my health. Majority of the pharmacies & pharmacist are on power trips as well as discriminating. Its not right. They also have the pharmacy technician’s lie, refuse, & reject u so they don’t have to do it personally. It’s out of hand.
I’m sorry, I just had to say something about the issue too. I understand completely & something definitely needs to be done about it & soon.
My reply to this situation would be. Explain the issue to the doctor. Get the doctor to intervene. Initially, the script belongs to the patient. If they decide they don’t want the pharmacy to fill it, they ask for it back if it’s an original fill. If it’s for a refill, then the client can request the script be transferred.
My issue is with the non-pharmacist middle-man at a mail-order pharmacy. The patient might be required to have scripts filled vial the mail-out warehouse. There is sometimes very little recourse if the patient has questions about it. I work in a hospital. Trying to obtain an accurate reconciliation for a newly admitted patient, sometimes not altogether ‘with it’ (as a matter of fact, very rarely do the patients admitted to my hospital have ANY truly accurate record of their current medications), is like pulling eyeteeth.
The mail-order pharmacy website MAY say members have access to a pharmacist 24-7, but it is a lie. Bald-faced web lie. When I call a mail-order service during business hours in the eastern time zone, it is rare that it takes less than half an hour–sometimes it takes hours to reach a pharmacist that can tell me what, who, where, etc. about the meds a patient had filled.
More often than not, I get the person that (sweeps the floor–joke, but just as bad, it’s an insurance CLERK with presumably a high school diploma) nosing through the files that can tell me a patient with that name and birthdate had an order for “M-E-T-H-O-T-R-E-X-A-T-E” sent out on June 7th for 28 tablets for a 30 day supply. “Here, let me open up the file and see if I can see the directions, Hmm, it says 4T Q wk, whatever that means.” Yea, really professional.
Pharmacists are those whose duty in society keep the gate for poisons and prescription medications? Seems to me, a lot of different types are getting their hands in the till interfering with the business of pharmacy.
There is a lot of misunderstanding out there among pharmacy employees. I’ve had technicians tell customers that it’s Obama’s new policy that we can’t fill control substances more than 2 days early. I’ve heard the DEA line too.
My explanation is that it is a corporate policy that we don’t fill controlled substance Rxs more than 2 days early unless we have explicit authorization from the prescriber. I also explain that the primary impetus for the policy was the DEA fining several pharmacies in Florida millions and millions of dollars lax filling standards for controlled substance Rxs.
In the area I work, we are not denying or refusing to fill Rx for controlled substances. If the patient is not a patient of record at the pharmacy, we tell them we must verity the Rx with the office. We also will not fill for out-of-area prescribers unless we are provided with a reasonable explanation for the script.
Customers get the medications they are prescribed. They just can’t get another Rx filled unless they should only have 2 days remaining of their current supply.
I was at a meeting last week at a round table discussion on controls and the discussion leader was a BOP member.. who works for that place that has “health” in their name now… I asked the pointed question.. that it appeared to me that some corporate policies seem to interfere or override a Pharmacist professional discretion and actually gets into basically rewriting the practice act… and/or practicing pharmacy without a license. The response was that the Pharmacist is always responsible for what is done.. So if you do something that benefits the pt… and violates the corp policy ..your get fired… you do something that follows corp policy and the pt is harmed… the BOP could fine you… But with the majority of the BOP’s loaded with corporate pharmacists – mostly non-practicing Pharmacist… it is no surprise that the corporation is more important than the public’s health and safety..which is the BOP’s primary charge..
Before the 2 day policy was implemented, I would usually fill an Rx if insurance would pay for it. When an earlier fill becomes an issue, I also explain it is a corporate policy because it is. As a said before, other pharmacy employees blame it on the government or the DEA. Most people understand now and are used to the policy.
DareISay,
The 2 day policy is not a problem at all, for myself anyway, I take no issue with that.
I take issue with the outright refusal to fill because the pharmacist says that they “don’t feel comfortable filling that”, and the lies being said to scare patients into going somewhere else, or just plain old going without their meds until a different pharmacist a the same exact Walgreen’s, decides that they ARE comfortable.
If it’s a valid, on-time, legally written prescription, what is uncomfortable about it?
I’M DYING TO KNOW!!
Steve,
EXACTLY!!!
If the pharmacist actually helps the patients, they risk their jobs because it goes against corporate policy.
If the pharmacist refuses to fill/help the patient, and something bad happens to us, then the pharmacist only gets slapped with a fine.
THAT’S RIDICULOUS!!!
Why is the health and safety, the well being, of patients, not a priority?!
I understand they have to/want to, make huge profits, but when it actually causes physical harm to come to patients because of those policies, who is then held accountable?
A fine to the pharmacist does NOTHING to help the patient who has been harmed, NOTHING.
After another trip to Walgreen’s where they refused to fill my meds, held me off my meds for 2 weeks, I had to be hospitalized.
I was so so sick, I was in horrible pain, and my blood pressure was so high from all the stress and anxiety the ordeal caused me, my sons called an ambulance who rushed me to the ER.
I had a heart attack due to the abrupt stopping of my medications, which as I’m sure you’re aware, sends patients into massive and horrible withdrawals, but it caused my bp to skyrocket.
I argued with my sons for days and days to not call an ambulance, but they finally did after watching me be sick, in pain, and pass out from the stopping of my meds.
I had a heart attack after just 4 days of the abrupt stopping of my medications, and finally after almost a week and half, my sons called an ambulance.
But every day during the time I was at home,I went out every single day and tried to get Walgreen’s to fill my meds, and they continued to refuse.
After my sons called the ambulance and I was taken to the ER, I spent 9 days in the cardiac unit because of a heart attack I had on day 4.
Do you think that Walgreen’s gave two shits about my heart attack?
Do you think that they’ve offered me any kind of financial help, or compensation for what they did?
NOPE.
They didn’t care then, and they don’t care now.
Ive looked though our state law and im missing the specific citing on our practice act. Maybe im just looking too hard or looking for an exact wording. Knowing that person I should download a current copy. They haven’t posted any meeting minutes in an very long time so they can change it and no one will know until they’re hauled before the board to have their license probated suspended or revoked for something we were always taught in school…take care of your patient…It’s now you’re damned if you do and damned if you dont.
you have got to be kidding me that is not true there is a prescription monitoring program in Florida is used I’ve been to a pharmacy that’s giving me a printout of all my prescription medications especially the ones that are controlled what is being said here is not true at all whatsoever is a prescription monitoring program in place it costs about $400,000 to so you can take it to the bank and cash it at Walgreens fully of Mines by the prescription monitoring program you get a narcotic pills at CVS and the next day you take another not contact the Walgreens they’re going to say I’m sorry that you just fill this medication yesterday..and they won’t fill it..however CVS barely sewells tylenol number three and hydrocodone products if you take CBS access or percocets for methadone for fentanyl they will not fill it they are complete jerks where is Walgreens will fill anything that you want anything that’s written by a medical doctor with legitimate that they can verify they will fill in if they have it in stock go to Walgreens and stick to them as they are the best
Yes, a prescription monitoring program oes exist, but it’s the state of Florida’s program, NOT THE DEA’S PROGRAM.
The DEA does NOT MONITOR THE PHARMACYS HERE IN FLORIDA.
FLORIDA HAS IT’S OWN PROGRAM.
THE ONE STATED THERE, THE CONSUMER SERVICES UNIT, IS THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM.
BUT THE DEA???
NO SUCH PROGRAM EXISTS.