To quote myself from last year. 
What happens now, treatment-wise?
Same deal as last time: blood thinners and hope it doesn’t head for my lung. I’m picking up the thinners when the pharmacy opens in a couple of hours. I should get pain relief in a week or so, which is good because it’s hard to climb stairs now. Doc offered to prescribe pain meds which I turned down because I hate them, maybe that wasn’t my best decision. I’ve got a few hoarded Norco from last time that I’ll save for if I can’t sleep from ouchiness.
So once again this happens right before an overseas trip in 3 weeks. I’m thinking that’s not a great idea. I’ll have to tell my Tokyo friends sorry. 
And hope I can get my $1700 fare refunded, ow.
My one DVT I was prescribed Xarelto and it gave relief in 24 hours. Pricey, though, and I still had to be on it for 90 days. Long haul air travel is definitely NOT recommended! I hope you have travel insurance?
No, but last time they accepted a note from my doctor saying it’s unsafe for me to travel. It took months but I got a refund. I think airlines don’t like it when someone dies mid-flight.
Wow, would it kill CVS to fill my blood thinner subscription? I realize it’s a Sunday, but I called over there 2 1/2 hours ago and very nicely (very!) asked them when I could get it. This is a life threatening condition which I also explained. They go to lunch at 1:30 and close at five and I’d really not like to wait until tomorrow.
Yes, I’m being a worry wart but I was hospitalized with a pulmonary embolism last time, so I think I’ve kind of earned the worry.
It’s not like Xarelto is some exotic drug, or schedule II cocaine or something.
Also it flipping hurts, I’d like to get started dissolving this thing.
If they can’t fill it today, I’m considering going to the ER and asking for a starter dose. I’ve no idea if that would work and super isn’t my first choice.
Whelp, the pharmacy called me back and they’re out of stock. I’m off to the ER.
Bummer–I’ve got about 25 tablets left if you want them…
Is there another CVS close enough to you that does have stock?
Dude.
Seriously.
Cut the shit.
[Man, I’m sorry. You recover from the ‘left’ and life throws you a ‘right.’ Hope this thing busts up silently and without incident, and that you’re better for a long, long time.]
I didn’t know that might be an option. I’m at ER and we sent the scrip to a Rite Aid near me. They could only give one dose on site, and it’s two/day
(That was directed at Dewey)
I’m glad it worked out for you, but I think it is an option. My understanding is that prescriptions can be filled at any location of the big national chains.
Thanks @DavidNRockies
I’ve had a different experience back in the day with Walgreens. You could transfer a prescription to another location exactly once. Like ever. I remember I wanted to fill my prescription in another state, and that was irrevocable in the same chain. But this was like 15 years ago. Pharmacies are kind of stuck in pre-internet times. For maybe good but quite annoying reasons.
I haven’t had any trouble transferring prescriptions. When my local pharmacist was out of one of my scrips, he suggested i call around and said he could transfer the prescription to anyone who had the drug in stock. But i didn’t need it immediately, so i waited for him to restock in a few days.
FWIW, I lucked into an ER in the SF area before a 49ers Superbowl. The place was dead. I was in and out in 30 minutes. I mean, with one pill for $169 dollars, but still. Wait time was zero. I bet during/after the game they’ll be quite busy.
It may have changed since then - or it might have depended on the specific chain or location. My husband has gotten a couple of pills when we were traveling out of state from another location of the same chain we use at home - but they were blood pressure pills, not pain meds. If you’re talking about filling the entire prescription though, I suppose that could be an issue with the doctor’s license - I’m sure it’s not an issue near borders where a person might live in state A and go to doctors in State B but it might be an issue if you try to fill a prescription from a PA doctor in California
I thought he wanted blood thinners, not pain meds. I don’t think those are especially tightly controlled – no one takes blood thinners to get high.
I just thought of a consequence of stupid decisions I’ve made today: I now have a prescription outstanding at both CVS and Rite Aid. The insurance company must cancel one of them – I don’t know which one. Tomorrow may be interesting.
I thought I was being smart: CVS failed me. Fine, let’s go to the other pharmacy. Oops.
Ouch. Good luck.
I was replying to the post about being unable to get a prescription filled at another location some years ago which didn’t mention what that prescription was for. Just mentioned it as an example of why experiences might be different.