How do I obtain a refill of “scheduled medications” (Adderall, Concerta, Ritalin, Dexedrine, Daytrana, Focalin, Norco, Vidodin, Dilaudid, and others)?
A. These medications cannot have refills associated with them and refills cannot be called or faxed to the pharmacies. Please ask your pharmacist to fax my office a refill request for these medications just like they do for non-scheduled medications. Some pharmacists may not be accostomed to faxing offices requests for these kinds of medications and consequently they may be hesitant to do so. Please reassure them that you know that you must still pick up the written refill from my office. You could also review with him or her the three reasons we ask the pharmacists to fax refill requests for these scheduled medications. First, we can compare the prescription they are dispensing to the prescription we are writing (the hand-written paper script introduces an important source of potential error). In addition, it is important for us to know which pharmacy is dispensing these medications for you. Finally, all refill requests are routed from the fax machine in our office to an internal, ele
