# Prescription Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-question/603473>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-question/603473 "2011-11-19T18:30:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-question/603473/1 "2011-11-19T18:30:15Z")

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When I had my doctor renew my Ambien Prescription the pharmacist said he could not fill it as there was s 3 month old filled prescription waiting for me to pick up. I said fine and picked it up. I travel out of town quite a bit and it seeks that since this prescription I did pick up was filled 9/10/2011 I should be able to fill the refill just about any time I want to, since the thirty day fill is long past, and I do not believe the pharmacy notes when a prescription is picked up but simply when it was filled. and use that for when I travel on trips and have a tendency to forget stuff

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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-question/603473/2 "2011-11-19T18:37:10Z")

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> [@dauerbach](#):
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> and use that for when I travel on trips and have a tendency to forget stuff

Stuff like including a question in your post? 😉

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-question/603473/3 "2011-11-19T18:46:12Z")

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> [@psychonaut](#):
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> Stuff like including a question in your post? 😉

Maybe the Ambien kicked in.

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**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-question/603473/4 "2011-11-21T19:25:17Z")

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Been there, done that, forgot watching a whole movie (Sweeney Todd; don’t remember a single scene).

Yes, you should be able to refill it any time after the 30 days, if it was a 30 day script. I have one that’s 90 pills / 90 days, and I have to wait 3 months to fill it.

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-question/603473/5 "2011-11-22T01:33:11Z")

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Oh, and a pharmacy definitely knows when you pick up a prescription. You gotta sign for it! You either sign an old-fashioned pen-and-paper log book, a paper slip (which is also dated) and retained by the pharmacy, or you sign an electronic pad.  
~VOW