How can a prescription i took and finished get filled when i did not ask him to?

Question:

the pharmacy called my dr. and requested a refill on a prescription that i havent taken in 3 months<i got it through an emergency room visit>my husband found it in his bag of prescriptions when he picked up his meds this also happened last month as well.

Answers:
The fax machines in most big pharmacy chains are on automatic and run by refill request. Someone either put in that you had refills or wanted one probably and hopefully by accident? It is rather hard to track down a specific Dr. from an ER to get a refill authorization so I highly doubt anyone would do it for no good reason. Did you ask your hub-bub if he had it refilled?

it is not the way it used to be where every little thing had to be done by hand. It is probably the glitch in the system.

If it is a painkiller or a CII like Oxy contin however. I would go to the pharmacy manager and make sure nothing funny is going on.

They are probably having computer problems.

probably just a mistake, he may have gotten you mixed up with someone with a similar name.....ask the pharmacist why he did it

Speak to the pharmacist about it. If it continues to happen, report it as insurance fraud.

You need to check with the Dr that prescribed it,but it could also be in the computer at your pharmacy so they keep refilling it

You can ALWAYS tell the pharmacist you do not want a prescription, even after it has been filled. You are under no obligation to pay for it and take it. Your husband could have just told the pharmacist he didn't want it, if he really didn't want it.

Could your husband be requesting the drug for himself or a friend? Think about it, who else could benefit from this? Prescription drugs are sold on the black market all the time. I would be especially suspicious if it is a narcotic.

Pharmacies only call for refills when the patient requests it. So I don't know how it would have happened unless you requested it.

I am floored that an ER doc would refill a prescription though. I've had that happen only rarely (in 18 years of being a pharmacist), and it only happens within a few days of the ER visit..not months later.

You do bear some responsibility for what you pick up. At my pharmacy, we read off the name of every drug that is being picked up for this very reason. That way you can't claim that you didn't know what you were picking up.

Reread the answer directly before mine from 'me'. They bring up some good points.

How can a prescription i took and finished get filled when i did not ask him to?

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