07-11-20, 08:01 AM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Colorado Springs
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Usually you have to get your doctor or PA to okay a 90 day prescription supply. It seems very strange to want to reduce it to 30 days unless you know that's all you'll be needing. That too, should come from your doctor or PA. I wonder if the pharmacy makes more money if they refill more often. The whole thing seems very strange.
Refuse to deal with any financial issues over the phone, unless you initiate them, and even then be careful.
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07-11-20, 09:19 AM | |
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: NJ
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I was getting texts and calls from CVS about 90 day supplies too. What's weird is I don't take any prescription medications so no idea why they were bothering me, but it was very persistent, so I blocked the number for a few months and then unblocked it and haven't had any issues since. The number was my local CVS. I never answered the phone or responded to the texts. I have no idea if it was a scam or not, but it is strange that it seems to be coming from a local CVS.
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07-11-20, 10:05 AM | |
Join Date: May 2006
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Perhaps it is a scam but actually initiated by CVS. Pharmacies can innocently appear to ask if you approve 90 day refills so that they can seek other profitable and sometimes inappropriate refills on your behalf. Many medical offices are busy and receive numerous contacts (pharmacy calls/faxes per day). A doctor can be "tricked" into filling prescriptions just as patients can be tricked into allowing the pharmacy to ask for refills on their behalf.
Something like this. The comments below the main post will give you the idea as well. Don't assume you are safe if you avoid giving insurance/payment information. Approving any refills can give the pharmacy the loophole they need to start filling unnecessary, outdated etc prescriptions. It's sort of like authorizing a blank check.
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07-11-20, 10:10 AM | |
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Most likely was CVS. My health insurance at work is partnered with CVS/Caremark and I am pestered regularly with calls from RNs wanting to talk over my "health concerns." I've started to think they must have quarterly quotas of phone calls to make. I even called my plan provider and they said the calls are not from my insurance but from "our partnership with Caremark." Other than that, my plan provider has no info to offer on the calls.
It's all fuzzy and I wish it would quit. I let all unrecognized numbers go to voicemail now. Big Pharma! |
07-11-20, 04:04 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Boston, MA
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I don’t take any medications regularly but had surgery in November and came home with a bunch of prescriptions. My husband filled them for me at CVS and must have given them his cell phone number although he doesn’t recall doing so. After that he would get calls and texts regularly from CVS saying my prescriptions were ready or asking if I wanted them to fill my prescriptions. He just deleted them because by then I was off all meds. One day when we were together he got a call and mentioned it to me. I called CVS and very sternly told them to remove my husband’s number from my account. He hasn’t received a call since and neither have I.
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