View Full Version : Drug stores...get with the program


Draga
11-04-07, 06:14 PM
Since I have been taking vyvance I have to go out on a scavenger hunt for pharmacies that carry the meds like Rite Aid & CVS, well known pharmacies like this, dont even have them in stock...luckily walgreens had em...but still why are drug stores not getting this new drug unless it's ordered from person specifically? :confused:

obbligato
11-04-07, 06:21 PM
Did you try Target? I know I can either get meds like that same day or within a couple of days.

JR1973
11-04-07, 11:42 PM
I hear ya. It took me almost 2 weeks after getting my first script before I found a pharmacy that had it in stock. Many of the pharmacists had no clue what Vyvanse was.

Give it time. Six months and every pharmacy will be getting the hint as more and more doctors send patients with Vyvanse scripts. My local rite aid cannot keep Adderall XR in stock but they are now getting a few Vyvanse requests.

J

QueensU_girl
11-05-07, 01:41 AM
You could phone your drugstore ahead of time and ask them to order it in.

ShawnB
11-05-07, 02:57 PM
I've been lucky that CVS has had it in stock for me. The other day I went in for a full month's supply at 90mgs. They looked it up before filling it to see if they had that much and the shipment was there, I just had to wait an hour 1/2 for them to unpack it and for the Pharmacist to fill it. Other than that it's not been a problem yet for me.

Perhaps ask them if another of their locations has it in stock before driving all around. I've had CVS be out of stock of some meds.. but they'd order it and have it there the next day for me.

Matt S.
11-05-07, 03:27 PM
You could phone your drugstore ahead of time and ask them to order it in.
That's what I always do, I take dexedrine spansules and that seems to be the way I do it. I have the brand name DAW on mine this month so I call before my proctologist (my slang name for psychiatrist, well this one) and I have the appointment so I don't get the generic.

It works and if you have it on the file there should be no issue. Like 'pharmacy casing' for example.

Draga
11-05-07, 09:27 PM
proctologist??? now aint them the doctors that FEMA send their employees to for labotamies??:D

msam76
11-05-07, 09:38 PM
You could phone your drugstore ahead of time and ask them to order it in.
Won't work in the US, stimulants are a Schedule II drug (controlled substance) and when you call most pharmacies they will not give out that information. They didn't for me anyway.

Try Target, they are the best. They always have what I need when I need it. They were the only ones within 100 miles that had 180 dexedrines on hand. Now THAT is a true pharmacy!!!

cloud1
11-05-07, 10:25 PM
Walgreens did for me with my Adderall this week they had no problem letting me know it was in stock. I always have to shop around too and I didn't want to have to run all around town or wait for it to be ordered.Won't work in the US, stimulants are a Schedule II drug (controlled substance) and when you call most pharmacies they will not give out that information. They didn't for me anyway.

Try Target, they are the best. They always have what I need when I need it. They were the only ones within 100 miles that had 180 dexedrines on hand. Now THAT is a true pharmacy!!!

Draga
11-05-07, 10:33 PM
Won't work in the US, stimulants are a Schedule II drug (controlled substance) and when you call most pharmacies they will not give out that information. They didn't for me anyway.

Try Target, they are the best. They always have what I need when I need it. They were the only ones within 100 miles that had 180 dexedrines on hand. Now THAT is a true pharmacy!!!

Wish I could but they dont have one close by and knowing my chauffer aka Mom...she wont wanna go half cross La. to find one lol

msam76
11-05-07, 10:59 PM
Another thing you could do is when you go to CVS or Rite Aid or a chain like that, you could have them call the local pharmacies and find out who has it (in case Walgreens becomes unreliable). That is what CVS did for me. They should give you that option, if not, ask them to do it. Will save you the leg work because if you call most pharmacies yourself, they usually don't give that information over the phone. It will save you a lot of running around!

Matt S.
11-06-07, 09:55 AM
proctologist??? now aint them the doctors that FEMA send their employees to for labotamies??:D
A proctologist is a doctor specializing in disorders of the colon and rectum. I dislike my psychiatrist about as much as I would dislike having to go to a proctologist.

And as far as the Schedule II comment goes, if you tell the pharmacy your drug information, they will check your record first over the computer and if the history is accurate then it is able to be ordered...

Draga
11-06-07, 11:06 AM
Mspen dawlin, I know what proctologist are it was just my way of saying FEMA got their heads up their butts LOL!!!

Matt S.
11-06-07, 11:21 AM
Oh well, part of my ADHD is that I don't get jokes at first, it's a little embarrassing

Draga
11-06-07, 11:29 AM
dont be embarrased, sometimes I really need to think bout it before I go Der de de

Matt S.
11-06-07, 11:36 AM
Well my psychiatrist has this thing about what she calls "non-compliant patients" and having bipolar and adhd since the age of eight but still going off of medications fairly regularly is something that bothers her

Zane_da_Maori
11-06-07, 11:38 AM
frig dats awesum a store dat sells drugs...mean!!!
can u get dat ova here plezzzzz

Draga
11-06-07, 11:43 AM
um dont she know u are born with adhd and bipolar? Ya just dont get it at a certain age lol...personally when I was off meds and stressed and in abusive relationship...I snapped so I kinda scared of not taking meds again...not just that... a man who was supposed to be on meds did not take his and he would do the weirdest things like dressing up in full 3 peice suit and go to a mall and shake peoples hands for no reason...but i wish that was the worst thing he's ever done ..things I would rather not say in public forums

Zane_da_Maori
11-06-07, 11:44 AM
lyk getng naked?

Draga
11-06-07, 11:48 AM
Um no...as i said...rather not say...leave it at that