Re: Sharing RX medication to save $

elgoog wrote:
> Without a crooked doctor to write the script incorrectly, it would
> never get past the Drug Utilization Review (DUR) alerts.

Many medications have a sufficiently wide range of dosages to not
trigger an alert. For instance, I take a BP med, avalide, (FYI, I'm
not sharing it) and get 60 pills monthly. Going from 30 to 60 is
within normal dosage.

> When the
> pharmacy receives a script, they verify the prescription with the
> prescribing doc,

I'm sure mine doesn't. It just gets keyed into their computer. They
get it wrong often enough.

> they enter the patient's insurance information, the
> Rx, dose and prescribing provider's ID: the payer's claim payment
> system would immediately detect the error, and the pharmacist would
not
> fill the Rx.

> Either you have a crooked doctor, or a crooked pharmacist.

You jump to an erroneous and dangerous conclusion. I did not say I do
this. I don't share my meds.

> Why would
> they risk their licenses, their practices, their livlihoods and
> families for someone to save a $2 to $20 copay?

For some people, a second $20 co-pay is the difference between getting
the presciption filled or going without.

> I admit, you could be right. I just don't get it.

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