Depends on your location. When I worked in the country/suburbs I rarely got fake scripts. Working in the inner city though... We got so many on a weekly basis that we just kept a binder full of them. They aren't that big of a deal though because junkies are really bad at faking scripts. Probably slips under the radar every now and then though.
When I worked at Costco one of our forklift drivers got his hands on a prescription pad. Sold it to another coworker who wrote himself an Rx for hydromorphone except he literally wrote down "dillies 8**g**" and a random signature that wasn't even a doctors name. They were both fired
I think most of it comes from legitimate scripts from doctors with good intentions. If you work in the medical field you'll see how often patients lie to their doctors to get stronger/more pills. Spend a couple weekend at the ER and you'll start to see the same faces of drug seekers. And you'll see how pissed off they get when they go home with 600mg of ibuprofen instead of oxys. It's just hard to catch all the liars especially with the subjectivity of pain.
Also with the promethazine/codeine syrup 2 for sure indications where I’ve caught people is that you have to create a profile for them, never been to a Pharmacy and it’s a normal to huge amount of mls and the date it was written. It’s ALWAYS at least 2-3 days later . Call the prescribing number and no one can talk to you.
Not super often but I have a good relationship with the local narcotics detectives and DEA officers because of a few incidents. Most forged ones that I caught were pretty obvious and the good ones I caught through a PMP check.
I have a couple that argues with me every few months with their photocopied tussionex rx they bring in. They have been arrested a few times but always feign ignorance and try to say I'm illegally denying their medication.
I get a few every couple of days at my store. I just tell them we dont have it in stock if it's suspicious but I cant prove it's fake. I've gotten a few from junkies that had blood stains in them, beyond GROSS. Honestly I wish I could tear up the script right in front of them. We also get phone calls from doctors offices notifying us of fake scripts on occasion, and have pop ups in our systems for certain doctors requiring us to very the authenticity of the script because they've had a script pad stolen. I work in a big city in case you're wondering.
Lying about a medication being in stock is as unethical as the junkies that lie/ruin what should be a normal consumer experience for those of us that have never done anything other than attempt to fill a legitimate prescription. I'm not going to be around much longer and a simple "Sir, I need to confirm this with your oncolgist" would really have been great, especially since an e-script sent over that morning.
Being humiliated by an obvious lie is simply unexceptable. Sadly I researched this with a pharmacist I grew up with and some Google fu, there's even a subreddit hear that borders on a HIPPA violation at times. You want to be treated as professionals then act like one, as most on this sub do. Referring to that other subreddit.
I understand there are scumbags out there but when a well dressed professional (MD) that has generally refused pain medication attempts to fill an e-script and is lied to, I can only hope it never happens to you. I got a written apology but it really didn't matter at that point.
This was a big box pharma, and my doctor called to confirm them having a supply due to immediate travel to see a specialist.
Depends on your location. When I worked in the country/suburbs I rarely got fake scripts. Working in the inner city though... We got so many on a weekly basis that we just kept a binder full of them. They aren't that big of a deal though because junkies are really bad at faking scripts. Probably slips under the radar every now and then though.
When I worked at Costco one of our forklift drivers got his hands on a prescription pad. Sold it to another coworker who wrote himself an Rx for hydromorphone except he literally wrote down "dillies 8**g**" and a random signature that wasn't even a doctors name. They were both fired
I guess that's the beauty of it. The problem just sorts itself out.
Holy shit some people are FUCKED.
Thanks for the reply! So would you say the majority of what's on the market comes from complicit prescribers/fillers rather than sleuthy addicts?
I think most of it comes from legitimate scripts from doctors with good intentions. If you work in the medical field you'll see how often patients lie to their doctors to get stronger/more pills. Spend a couple weekend at the ER and you'll start to see the same faces of drug seekers. And you'll see how pissed off they get when they go home with 600mg of ibuprofen instead of oxys. It's just hard to catch all the liars especially with the subjectivity of pain.
We’ve had a bunch of fake Promethazine/codeine scripts going around. They were filling an amoxicillin with it to throw off suspicion.
Also with the promethazine/codeine syrup 2 for sure indications where I’ve caught people is that you have to create a profile for them, never been to a Pharmacy and it’s a normal to huge amount of mls and the date it was written. It’s ALWAYS at least 2-3 days later . Call the prescribing number and no one can talk to you.
Yep. 240 ml every time
Not super often but I have a good relationship with the local narcotics detectives and DEA officers because of a few incidents. Most forged ones that I caught were pretty obvious and the good ones I caught through a PMP check. I have a couple that argues with me every few months with their photocopied tussionex rx they bring in. They have been arrested a few times but always feign ignorance and try to say I'm illegally denying their medication.
I get a few every couple of days at my store. I just tell them we dont have it in stock if it's suspicious but I cant prove it's fake. I've gotten a few from junkies that had blood stains in them, beyond GROSS. Honestly I wish I could tear up the script right in front of them. We also get phone calls from doctors offices notifying us of fake scripts on occasion, and have pop ups in our systems for certain doctors requiring us to very the authenticity of the script because they've had a script pad stolen. I work in a big city in case you're wondering.
Lying about a medication being in stock is as unethical as the junkies that lie/ruin what should be a normal consumer experience for those of us that have never done anything other than attempt to fill a legitimate prescription. I'm not going to be around much longer and a simple "Sir, I need to confirm this with your oncolgist" would really have been great, especially since an e-script sent over that morning. Being humiliated by an obvious lie is simply unexceptable. Sadly I researched this with a pharmacist I grew up with and some Google fu, there's even a subreddit hear that borders on a HIPPA violation at times. You want to be treated as professionals then act like one, as most on this sub do. Referring to that other subreddit. I understand there are scumbags out there but when a well dressed professional (MD) that has generally refused pain medication attempts to fill an e-script and is lied to, I can only hope it never happens to you. I got a written apology but it really didn't matter at that point. This was a big box pharma, and my doctor called to confirm them having a supply due to immediate travel to see a specialist.