I’ve always heard the prepper-people saying that you should always have extra of any prescription drugs that you need on hand, in case of various ‘disasters’.
But I haven’t figured out how you do that, except for paying for them out of pocket - but even then you need a prescription.
It’s not an issue for me - I’m just on BP drugs, and some things for respiratory issues. For the latter, I can get OTC things.
But what about someone like a diabetic?
I complained to my doctor about the way prescriptions are filled.
I go annually and get a prescription renewal for the next ‘year’ which consists of an initial lot of 90 pills and 3 refills. When you do the math, that’s only 360 pills. What am I supposed to do for the other 5 or 6 days before the next year starts?
I guess they assume you will forget to take them 5 days and it’ll come out even.
What I have done (without anyone saying it was a good idea) is instead of taking my meds the same time I will move it back an hour or two over the course of a week or two and then gain one dose. I figure if the pill is good for 24 hours it’s probably not a problem to go 25 or 26 hours.