Houtson, we have a problem...

Over the last month or so, my staff and I have experienced and huge increase in a certain combo of controlled scripts, from some Dr's that seem unscrupulous. High doses of hydrocodone, Xanax and Soma. In the beginning, we were filling them, but we are not anymore. We are turning away 10 to 20 a day. If we filled these presciptions, we are looking at high profit, because they are all generics and cash payments. Patients are coming in from out of state to see these Dr's who give them Rx's after a cash visit. We're talking #120 tablets. Yesterday, we got a phone call from the ER, looking for one of these Dr's phone numbers. Turns out, one of the scripts we filled earlier this month, put the pt in the hospital with a Xanax overdose. Needless to say, we will continue to refuse these rx's. (We fill for our current customers.) It makes me angry. Because these Dr's have raised red flags, pt's who have ligitimate pain are getting the run around from other drugstores. Why would a Dr risk losing a license, public humiliation or jail time, just to turn a quick buck? Whatever happened to "do no harm"? I can't protect my pt's when the Dr's are the one putting them in danger.