<p>Any advice on how to handle filling prescriptions during the school year at OOS college? Pharmacy said they could only transfer one refill at a time to their branch near the college. Can’t just transfer all the scripts there for the school year and then transfer back during the summer.</p>
<p>Well…do you have prescription coverage on your insurance, and if so…do you have mail order? It’s usually less expensive and they ship to wherever you want them to!!</p>
<p>We use a major chain drugstore and handle the refills on line. Oldest child goes on line when a refill is needed and just indicates the pick up will be at the drug store near college instead of near home.</p>
<p>If it’s an infrequent medication you could also just fill it at home and mail it.</p>
<p>Have the doctor write out a new prescription before he/she goes away. Then when you get to the college town, you can just drop it off. Hopefully, the doctor will include enough refills to last until he/she comes home for break. We did this through CVS. They had our son in the computer from our local CVS and were pretty flexible about filling prescriptions from either location.</p>
<p>We are also OOS.
When my son went to college, he brought a new prescription with him and brought it to the local CVS. Calls in for refills a day or so in advance so it is ready. He gets a new RX during winter break for spring term.
I was told at CVS, at home, that they can not transfer the whole prescription but they have called the CVS at school as needed for the refills as that is where the current Rx is. (You can keep an Rx at school and one at your home drug store instead.)
The other option is the 90 day supply of meds through the mail away plan- if your insurance plan has it. Have the MD write it for 90 day supply with the refill amounts you need. Refill by internet or phone.</p>
<p>Walgreen’s has been good for us. Drop prescription at any location, pick up at any other location.</p>
<p>Walgreen’s is a great option. We learned this when my mother-in-law was a Katrina refugee. She usually had her prescriptions filled at Walgreen’s. When she stayed with us, and needed to get a prescription filled, they had all of her insurance information on file. I had never thought of what a great system it was to have a pharmacy have that information all over the country. The grocery chain that I sometimes go to doesn’t even have that information from store to store. I had to fill out all of our insurance information at each store that I had a prescription filled.</p>
<p>DD was OOS on a vacation and lost some meds which are prescribed through her school health centre; it was not easy or simple, but we got the school health centre to fax an Rx to the local drug store</p>
<p>Both our kids are OOS and have used Walgreens with great success.</p>
<p>They couldn’t make it easier to get refills…</p>
<p>I agree on Walgreens. They will refill your prescription at any Walgreens. No hassle.
I normally use Longs since it is near my house but they are slow, often don’t have the meds when they say they will. Also at least the last time I checked you can not get it refilled at another Longs even in the same town without having to transfer the prescription.
We only have one Walgreens in town but I now often drive a bit farther since the customer service is also much better.
My oldest filled her prescriptions near campus and at home from Walgreens. My 2nd who takes a stimulant for ADD I have found it easiest if I fill the prescription at home and send him the meds.</p>
<p>I work with many college students with chronic illness. If there are more than an hour or so from home, we usually give them and/or call in needed prescriptions to a pharmacy near their college.</p>
<p>DD has 2 sets of prescriptions. One for school and one for home. The doctors are fine with it and so is the insurance company. She uses different chains for each. She had no problems this year.</p>