dual prescriptions

[Dolo]

if your getting a vyvance script from one doctor and adderall from the other whats the legal actions when they notice that and the pharmasist call s the doctors?

 

[Proserpina]

if your getting a vyvance script from one doctor and adderall from the other whats the legal actions when they notice that and the pharmasist call s the doctors?

Please list your state.

 

[Dolo]

I'm in MIssouri.

 

[Proserpina]

I'm in MIssouri.

If both prescriptions were obtained legally and you try to fill 'em at the same pharmacy, all that will usually happen is the pharmacist will alert one or both physicians if they think the combination is going to be harmful.

Some patients do take both meds at the same time.

 

[Dolo]

The doctors don't know about each other's prescriptions do I need to fear any legal backlash? From them or the issurance company?

 

[Proserpina]

The doctors don't know about each other's prescriptions do I need to fear any legal backlash? From them or the issurance company?

May I ask why you haven't told the doctors?

You NEED to protect yourself - this isn't about legalities or insurance, but about making sure you're not actually causing yourself harm.

 

[Dolo]

im not taking them all myself ive heard the insurance companys get upset and i didnt tell the doctor because i need more than is prescribed

 

[Proserpina]

im not taking them all myself ive heard the insurance companys get upset and i didnt tell the doctor because i need more than is prescribed

Apparently that's not what your doctor thinks.

Sure, insurance companies can get upset. But that's nothing compared to how upset your body might get.

You need to speak with your physicians. Seriously.

 

[Proserpina]

im not taking them all myself ive heard the insurance companys get upset and i didnt tell the doctor because i need more than is prescribed

And what exactly does that mean?

If you're not taking them - who IS taking them?

 

[justalayman]

im not taking them all myself ive heard the insurance companys get upset and i didnt tell the doctor because i need more than is prescribed

what do you mean you aren't taking them all yourself? It is illegal to give or sell a prescription to any person it is not prescribed to.


and no, you do not need more than what is prescribed,

bottom line; yes, what you are doing is illegal. It's commonly referred to as "doctor shopping" and you are obtaining prescription drugs under false pretenses.

Fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance, penalty.
195.204. 1. A person commits the offense of fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance if he obtains or attempts to obtain a controlled substance or procures or attempts to procure the administration of the controlled substance by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or by the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any written order; or by the concealment of a material fact; or by the use of a false name or the giving of a false address. The crime of fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance shall include, but shall not be limited to nor be limited by, the following:

(1) Knowingly making a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record, required by sections 195.005 to 195.425;

(2) For the purpose of obtaining a controlled substance, falsely assuming the title of, or representing oneself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacist, physician, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or other authorized person;

(3) Making or uttering any false or forged prescription or false or forged written order;

(4) Affixing any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing controlled substances;

(5) Possess a false or forged prescription with intent to obtain a controlled substance.

2. Fraudulently attempting to obtain a controlled substance is a class D felony.

3. Information communicated to a physician in an effort unlawfully to procure a controlled substance or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug shall not be deemed a privileged communication; provided, however, that no physician or surgeon shall be competent to testify concerning any information which he may have acquired from any patient while attending him in a professional character and which information was necessary to enable him to prescribe for such patient as a physician, or to perform any act for him as a surgeon.

4. The provisions of this section shall apply to all transactions relating to narcotic drugs under the provisions of section 195.080, in the same way as they apply to transactions under all other sections.

(L. 1989 S.B. 215 & 58, A.L. 1997 H.B. 635)

 

[Proserpina]

what do you mean you aren't taking them all yourself? It is illegal to give or sell a prescription to any person it is not prescribed to.


and no, you do not need more than what is prescribed,

bottom line; yes, what you are doing is illegal.

And stupid.

Incredibly stupid.

 

[Dolo]

Your right. I will try not to be so stupid.

 

[Proserpina]

I haven't told the doctors because I need more then one doctor will prescibe, and I dont take all of them myself.

Then what you're doing is illegal.

Why do you think this is ok?

 

[Antigone*]

Your right. I will try not to be so stupid.

On top of it being incredibly stupid, it can be incredibly dangerous to give medication to someone else.

You could get yourself in some serious legal trouble. It is called drug dealing

 

[justalayman]

take note. I added the statute in my previous post