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Patient has been taking diazepam 5 mg four times a day instead of Q day as written on the script since the first day he was dispensed the medication (he was given 120 tablets 18 days ago on 9/22/16 at another pharmacy, where he paid cash for them). Patient gets a new script for diazepam 10 mg QID today from the same doctor, and wants to pay cash.
Can this new script be filled? Isn't he still 12 days early? Should we call the MD to clarify how and why the patient has ran out of his med so soon before we fill it? I'm just concerned the prescriber doesn't really know how the patient has been taking it either and just prescribed it on a whim based solely on the patient's claim that he has ran out early.
Can this new script be filled? Isn't he still 12 days early? Should we call the MD to clarify how and why the patient has ran out of his med so soon before we fill it? I'm just concerned the prescriber doesn't really know how the patient has been taking it either and just prescribed it on a whim based solely on the patient's claim that he has ran out early.