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That sucks! I don't know you or your situation. but I have some simple practical ideas. If that's not what you want, dont read the spoiler.
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know anyone on same drug you could borrow from?
can you go to another pharmacy? They should be able to transfer your prescription? But you might have to go back to prescriber to get it back later. assuming US: https://www.dea.gov/stories/2023/2023-09/2023-09-01/revised-regulation-allows-dea-registered-pharmacies-transfer
if that won't work, could you go to a walk in clinic or hospital and get them to write you a 3-5 day prescription at a pharmacy that DOES have it? If you show them your empty bottle it should demonstrate you were on the med and its due. They can call the pharmacy to confirm.
or they might be able to directly dispense
Either of the above cases, you'd need to first find a place that has it which means calling around.
There are lots of good reasons why any of the above wouldn't work or be viable. Dont need to explain them. Just spitballing in case a crisis was interrupting thought.
I appreciate it, unfortunately I've thought of all these already. My pharmacy is closed on the weekend so I can't call them to get it transferred. My best bet is going to an ER, but I really can't afford to take time off work, and even if I go right now I'd still need a way to get to an open pharmacy without a car.
It's a super common med, so pretty much anywhere I call it in will have it. This is the first time in 2 years a pharmacy hasn't immediately had it (Risperidone)
Sounds reasonable. That sucks.
Pharmacies are such a mess. There are 100 different systematic ways to avoid or solve this problem but I've never heard of any pharmacy even attempting to implement them.
You just have to show up every time and hope nothing went wrong. And they don't like it if you do anything proactive to avoid problems. After something like this happened to me I started calling in advance a few days to check if they have stock... They hate that. First of all, nobody likes being micromanaged. Furthermore it doesn't work with their systems because even if they have it on Tuesday, they can't "set aside" some pills for you if the refill is due on Friday. Its due when its due. Its filled when its filled. Its available or its not.
The concept of "rationing" is so verboten but sometimes it is the right tool for the job. If 4 people need 1 months worth of meds and there is 1 month supply on hand, I'd rather get a 1 week supply to give time to sort it out, then have a 1/4 chance of being the person who gets all 4 weeks or a 3/4 chance of getting nada and up the creek. But there is no way to accommodate this kind of logic as far as I can tell.