Prescription Meds

it would cost me, out of pocket, over $700 for our scrips. Can't do it. Thanks for the info though. I hope others can do this.

Good suggestion Albert,

If you get your meds through the VA reorder your 3 month supply as soon as you receive your refills. They won't send it immediately but you'll find you will have some overlapping to give yourself a buffer.

Private insurance has a real problem with 90 day supplies. Maybe your physician can help with a special request or ask for an "exception" from your insurance carrier.

 

Medco, a reputable U.S. mail-order pharmacy, routeinly provides  90 day supplies (with physician's order) through our benefit plan.  Most of our Rx costs us $36/3mo/Rx.  None of our physicians have blinked an eye when we've asked for a 90 day supply for regularly used Rx on the basis of finances.  We have the benefit of going through a large company for reduced rates.  I don't know what one would be charged on an individual basis but I know Medco works that way too.  If you want to check them out:

Standingfirm...I got my dad's doctor to give us a 30 day supply of his meds in sample packs. He did it on the spot. They get them for free and if you ask they might say yes, it can't hurt. He gave us Niaspan, Lipitor, Cozaar, Altace and a new type of diabetic medicine my dad just started that is in a pen. I got my daughter a free month of Adderall XR, they had a coupon for it on their website. It is worth looking at the websites of all the meds you take. Also, insurance only let's me refill my prescriptions once a month...BUT you can actually get them filled every 3 weeks. If you keep on it and fill every three weeks you will have a weeks worth of back-up meds every month. Try getting the refill on day 22, if it doesn't work call every day after that until it goes through. Then you will know how early you can fill every month. Even if it is only 4 or five days, it is better than nothing and will add up. Good Luck to ya!
   

Your welcome. I hope you are able to get some surplus of meds. I've started getting a bottle of wine here and there. Maybe I'll start buying it by the box and won't need meds!!   

  my insurance requires that we purchase from their mailorder pahrmacy, and we must order 3 months at a time.  my md didn't have any problem writing us for tamiflu either.  our insurance won't pay for more than one tamiflu scrip in a year for each person, but since i had refills on thescrip, the phar ordered it in and will let me pay out of mt own posket.
  pat

My meds were written as #30 with 11 refills -- however after filling the first Rx locally, I hopped on DrugStore.com and transferred the Rx to them.  Then I "purchased" 90 days worth of the med and they sent it without a problem!  Piece of cake.  You can also reorder early from them, so by the end of next month, I'll have a 6 month supply in the house.  Pricey but worth it.

What bellabecky said works.  I refilled my scripts every 3 weeks.  After 4 months you have a whole extra month.  Keep doing it 3 weeks after the last time you ordered them or just 5 days before the 30 day refill etc.