But the pharmacy has records of whatever other prescriptions you fill there. So they have the ability of spotting doctor shopping. Also the ability to do simple math and realize they’re handing out a LOT of pain pills and alert the authorities there might be funny business going on.
“spotting doctor shopping”... ding ding ding. We have a winner! Pharmacies are the first line of defense against crooked patients and criminal doctors. Both of which are real.