Why cant I have a lifetime Prescription??!!  

well you may be right there in a way but if my meds were not working id expect to go in to change them. but he never says i have to come in he just renews it. for only a few months tho.

ummm, yeah, if it was some drug that is mind controling,etc. but something like an inhaler? besides i can only get it once a month which is the way im supposed to use it. sparingly. now if something changed i could see the visit, hesitation, whatever, and i have to have it. so im not going to sell it, he should realise that so give me a lifetime scrip for petes sake!!

Yeah, I don't know if it's possible to get addicted to inhalers. Maybe the doctors are just wanting to get more doctor visits so they can get more of your money.

Thankfully NO asthma inhaler I take is not habit forming (Ventolin) or I'd be in serious trouble I've been on it for years and yet go for days at a time without it. It's all about the need depending on asthma conditions. There's always a fancy excuse for doctors to grease their pockets with money.

yes i think they get an amount of kick back from drug companies for each prescription.

true but i wish some people would stay on life time meds if unbalanced or get serious counseling every month!!! prescriptions are abused for sure and i agree dr should see pt. i am so sick of people taking too many anti depressants and not being able to think right or behave properly but some need to take something like bi polar friends i have- i just was told some awful stuff by a friend i have spent so much time emailing and conversing personal stuff over the yrs for her to throw everything back in my face and hurt us deeply- i let her rant and rave for yrs about stuff and could always tell when she was upset but friends weather storms!shes funny talented smart and other side i just discovered really ugly nasty- a friend who people wouldnt work with yet i always stepped up to the plate and volunteered! little does she know and i never told her that- didnt want to tell her to hurt her feelings -maybe i should have!!! make her aware of what was going on-being bi polar is an illness but it can be controlled and handled correctly- he rlatest rant blew us out of the water-she mentioned i was in a pickle now? no we dont think so-she is!she threw away our friendship of many yrs! sad.

maybe we had no real friendsip when i thought we did! she violated my trust by poting awful untrue stuff on my lots- i wonder if her hubby saw it- just awful and sad- great way to start a newyear!!!there were times when she was sarcastic and i let it ride but now maybe i shouldnt have- she needs to be told it is improper behavior!!! she wouldnt like it and wouldnt tolerate it either- sad again!my friends saw the comments and were saddened too mortified! they all agree she needs meds and counseling!!!

i also need to add no matter what one's life stressors are you dont treat people in awful manners disagreements among friends are one thing but being down right cruel and slanderous another- friends dont do this! i wish her alot of blessings and hope she gets some help and meds! i think this is one reason she cant find stable work- people see how rigid she is and times are changing re jobs-need to be flexible on jobs and teaching which she does- shes an old maid that got married but never let that old maid rigid manner go away! all we can figure! she needs meds!!

i guess with some drugs thats true but you'd think an exception for things like inhalers could be made since its not likely to be abused

i guess thats the idea. i did have one "nurse practitioner" that filled in for my doctor in florida once when i lived there and she was so nice she gave me 12 months prescription. but that was 3 yrs ago.

OMG, some rules are just so crazy. it sounds like when i applied to have one of my bills changed over to my name after hubby died so i could build my own credit. the computer company actually sent me a refusal to change the name then sent a refusal for the credit he already had to my hubby. the reason, he is deceased..well duh! and it came in his name to boot.

Yeah, sometimes rules are just nuts. I knew a man who was taking care of both his parents. This was way back when, long before computers. They both died a couple of months apart. He dealt with their mail for a month or two and then did not want to bother anymore. When a piece of mail came for either, he wrote "Deceased" on it and returned it unopened. The mail stopped, even the bills they had not paid. He thought "Gee, I wonder", and did the same with his own bills. It worked. Even notices from the IRS (he was not exactly diligent about paying taxes). He was listed in government records as dead, and was not bothered by any government agency the rest of his life. He lived many years after that, never paid taxes and was never bothered. I guess if any diligent government agent wanted to go after him, they would pull his file, find out he was dead, and give up.

Good point Hatley! I never thought of that

i guess thats understandable but as you say they should be able to give me more months. this time its 5 mths. maybe hes getting the idea a little at a time.

so sorry. and dont we just hate doctor visits..uuuhhh!

exactly. why not a long time between prescription renewal?

oh yes i can see a realy close watch for that. it makes sense.

thanks. i appreciate that.