2d ago

New Adderall road block just dropped

Half the pharmacies in town are refusing to dispense my sister's lisdexamfetamine prescription because she doesn't have an existing "maintenance prescription" with that pharmacy.

They (presumably) don't want any patients who receive only a controlled substance from them for fear of the DEA accusing them of being a pill mill.

What if someone doesn't have any other prescriptions? Or they do but their regular pharmacy is out of stock? Every year it's some new bullshit.

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I didn't even know pharmacies could just straight up refuse to take a prescription, that seems like, idk, something they should be legally barred from doing
- Ok but did you consider that the pharmacist wouldn't want to bake a prescription for people like that because of his religion?
- Oh yeah, I've had my own difficulties.
- But how else are they supposed to help perpetuate the very successful War on Drugs? Won't you think of all the people at the DEA who would lose their jobs?

i stopped taking adderoll cuz i have way more pride than i got sense and i can't abide having to take a drug test to prove I'm taking their shitty speed. plus all their bullshit acting like i can't have a 3 month supply cuz obviously id sell it or something.
im not gonna take that attitude from a drug dealer. fuuuuck.
but i am as i said very stupid

This makes me so crazy.
If it were easier, I'd start making my ADHD meds for myself, but nOoOoOo what if a neutotypical wants to use it to get hiiiiigh? We can't have that!
Argh!

The idea that RFK Jr thinks he knows better about my health than I do is comically absurd y'all
- IDK if he's responsible for this policy. The DEA has been breathing down the neck of pharmacies for years.
  
  Yeah just made me think of all his anti adhd med BS

Are you sure you don't have more than one diagnosible, prescribable condition?
Are you absolutely sure? We offer great deals.

Or they do but their regular pharmacy is out of stock?
This might be part of the reasoning itself. They want to preserve stock so they don't send their regular customers elsewhere and potentially lose the other prescription in the process.

My brother found that sourcing his ADHD meds from Sam Club has been super hassle free. If you didn't know, they legally must allow anyone to use their pharmacy, regardless of membership! Most states also require them to sell booze to everyone too. But hopefully your sister can give this a shot and she'll get similar results.
- Sams is alright but subject to the same corporate policies as Walmart, and OP's situation smacks of big chain corporate BS. Worth checking out for sure but with tempered expectations...
  
  Well said! We figured it all came down to the membership aspect of the business, as well as their huge breadth of services offered. This results in them just wanting to get people in and out rather than fight customers over "trivial" transactions.

Sorry to hear of the struggle. Has she tried smaller chains or independent pharmacies? That policy reeks of national chain bullshit.

what the hell
i wonder if this is partially ableism, that if you're not taking a maintenance prescription (prescription you take daily), they won't give you your treatments because clearly there's no other reason for someone to not take a daily drug but take other things if they're mentally ill/disabled
for a while i took hormones that i take once every few months for PCOS, i wonder if they wouldn't sell me that too or if it's one of the good drugs