Getting Your Prescription At The Same Chain Pharmacy
Generally, you are able to refill your prescription at different locations of the same community retail pharmacy depending on the pharmacy system. If you use Walgreens for example, the pharmacy staff will be able to look up your pharmacy profile from when you were at a different Walgreens or Walgreens-affiliated pharmacy like Duane Reade. As a result you will be able to drop off your prescription or refill your prescription at that pharmacy since they can pull up your information.
However, if you drop off your prescription at one Walgreens, that does not mean your prescription will be ready for you to pick up at another Walgreens somewhere else. Each pharmacy needs to process your prescription before you are able to pick up your medication. If it is a new written prescription, you will have to pick up the prescription at the pharmacy where you had dropped it off.
Let's say your prescription is already ready to pick up at one Walgreens, but you are at a different Walgreens. In this scenario, the first Walgreens will need to put back your prescription so that the Walgreens you are currently at can process your medication and give it to you.
If you are picking up at a different state, the law may be different for controlled substances and its accessibility. To get more information, talk to the pharmacist who is licensed at the specific state.
However, if you drop off your prescription at one Walgreens, that does not mean your prescription will be ready for you to pick up at another Walgreens somewhere else. Each pharmacy needs to process your prescription before you are able to pick up your medication. If it is a new written prescription, you will have to pick up the prescription at the pharmacy where you had dropped it off.
Let's say your prescription is already ready to pick up at one Walgreens, but you are at a different Walgreens. In this scenario, the first Walgreens will need to put back your prescription so that the Walgreens you are currently at can process your medication and give it to you.
If you are picking up at a different state, the law may be different for controlled substances and its accessibility. To get more information, talk to the pharmacist who is licensed at the specific state.