Ever accidentally fill a fake Rx while acting in good faith?

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[Ackj]

Normally if you call to verify, it's very obvious when it's a fake. I've done that and had the woman at the counter's cell ring in her purse, while she stepped away to answer the call and say "oh yes, she should be at your pharmacy now, please fill it quickly, she really needs it." Other times it's a female prescriber and male on the phone, or vice versa. Many times when you ask for the DEA they won't know it, it will be completely invalid, or they have to "look for that on my desk, hold up a second."

However, if it truly seems legitimate, you're acting in good faith so I doubt you're going to be in any sort of trouble.

 

[Rxnupe]

Just curious, has anyone ever been in the situation where they find out they filled a fake script while acting in good faith (you ran a state controlled substance tracking software and it came out clean, the patient even uses insurance, you call the office on the script and they verify it [they turn out to fake call center that pretends they are a doctor's office). What would you do? Have you ever heard of a RPh who has been reprimanded/investigated by the DEA for accidentally filling one fake Rx?

Thanks

I doubt if a Pharmacist acting in good faith would get in trouble over 1 prescription unless it was something ridiculous like 300 Hydrocodones, 120 Xanax, 120 Somas all on one script or a pint of Prom W Codeine. On weekends I don't fill "suspect" Voice mail control medications if it's an entirely new patient unless I am familiar with the nurse or MD who left the rx. Crooks have become smarter they know how to create "fake" DEA numbers or may have access to an MD's DEA number and than you have the "pill mill" offices where there are legit MD's writing prescriptions for crooks.
Our company just informed us that we should refuse any prescriptions from MD's who we think are fraudulent or operating "pill mills" we have since added 4 MD's to our DON'T FILL list these are all MD's who write for nothing but street drugs.

 

[rph3664]

I left retail in 2002, but yes, I did, several times - for the same person. 😱 This was back in the days before all the tracking that they do now, and because they were good forgeries and didn't "act suspicious" (and yes, you get a VERY good feel for this), it just didn't occur to me to question it. I also had a different regular customer present what turned out to be another excellent forgery, and initially turned her away because we simply didn't have what she'd written for. She did have it filled at another pharmacy in the same town, and THIS pharmacist got the third degree after she was arrested for something else.

No, none of these were for huge quantities or suspicious combinations of meds.

It will happen to everyone if they're in the business long enough, and as long as you weren't in cahoots with anyone involved, you won't (or shouldn't, anyway) get in trouble.

 

[Sparda29]

One of the pharmacists where I work told me about how he inadvertently shut down a narcotics ring that was using stolen prescription pads and was doing construction/set-up work for new doctors offices.

Lady came in for a prescription a large quantity of Percocet. As he handed her the bag with the meds, she cracked a smile. That made him feel funny about it. He looked up the doctor who wrote the prescription and called the office and it was verified (actually this was a brilliantly set up call center where they would pretend to be a doctors office that hasn't been opened yet).

He called around a bit more and finally got hold of the actual doctor who said she had not opened that office yet.

After that he called up the narcs and they got on the case. It resulted in the entire ring being brought down. The person in charge of the ring was one of the first nurse practitioners who was a big-wig at one of the major hospitals on Long Island. This ring had connections to the mafia as well. He was given a police escort to and from the store.

There were times when people called congratulating him on shutting down the ring, but he had to just deny it because there was a possibility that the person was just trying to figure out who exactly brought down the ring and was going to target them.

 

[cycloketocaine]

One of the pharmacists where I work told me about how he inadvertently shut down a narcotics ring that was using stolen prescription pads and was doing construction/set-up work for new doctors offices.

Lady came in for a prescription a large quantity of Percocet. As he handed her the bag with the meds, she cracked a smile. That made him feel funny about it. He looked up the doctor who wrote the prescription and called the office and it was verified (actually this was a brilliantly set up call center where they would pretend to be a doctors office that hasn't been opened yet).

He called around a bit more and finally got hold of the actual doctor who said she had not opened that office yet.

After that he called up the narcs and they got on the case. It resulted in the entire ring being brought down. The person in charge of the ring was one of the first nurse practitioners who was a big-wig at one of the major hospitals on Long Island. This ring had connections to the mafia as well. He was given a police escort to and from the store.

There were times when people called congratulating him on shutting down the ring, but he had to just deny it because there was a possibility that the person was just trying to figure out who exactly brought down the ring and was going to target them.

You watch to much tv.

 

[Sparda29]

You watch to much tv.

I swear that is what the guy told me. Apparently this happened back in the 1980s so I don't remember any of it, but the other pharmacist he was telling it to is also old and she was like, "holy ****, that was you who got them?"

 

[WVUPharm2007]

The people in Philly have people that make counterfeit script pads. Security features and all. Its the damndest thing.