Dear Smile E.
Is there a trick to getting medication refills for vaccination? I hate to have to mess with it while traveling, or do I have to? Your thoughts!
Signed,
PCD Vacationer
Dear PCD Vacationer,
You can absolutely get your medications refilled prior to a vacation, so that you don’t have to mess with it during your vacation. There are just a few things to keep in mind. First you are only permitted to get one vacation early refill in a rolling twelve month period. So basically if you request on you can’t request another for another twelve calendar months. Knowing this be sure that you request refills for every single one of your nonscheduled medications at the same exact second with your pharmacist. Scheduled narcotics and or other regulated medications can not be filled early even with a vacation waiver, those will have to be filled during your vacation and are almost impossible to even do that. Unfortunately scheduled or regulated medications are virtually impossible to get outside your regular pharmacy and days early. To get a vacation refill contact your pharmacist and ask for a vacation waiver/ early refill due to vacation, every pharmacy has a different name for it. Your pharmacist will contact your insurance provider and submit for a vacation waiver approval to get your medications approved early for reimbursement. It’s then up to your insurance company to decide if you qualify for early coverage refills, you should if at least 365 days have passed since your last vacation waiver. Also, and I can’t stress this enough, when you ask your pharmacist for a vacation waiver be sure to include every prescription that you need early at that time. Once the waver is submitted for by the pharmacist you can not modify the order. So be sure that you include every medication that is eligible for refill. Remember narcotics and other scheduled/ regulated drugs like Ativan can not be refilled early even if your doctor agrees to it, per DEA enforcement rules. I hope that you have amazing time on your vacation!
Yours Truly,
Smile E. Turtle
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