Phentermine (fastin) is a controlled med in U.S.

I can't say what it's status is in Canada. You should go back to the pharmacy for an explanation. There may be a limit on days supply where you are, or they ran out and gave you an IOU. If an employee shorted you, then you need to report it so internally that can be fixed.

I've learned to always check the actual amount I was suppose to get right on the spot (I use the drive through, but I check the quantity before ever leaving). On more than one occasion I've been shorted because they didn't have enough. The problem is, when it's a controlled substance, if you've been written 120 pills but they only have 65 pills on hand, the law requires that the doctor then writes a new script out. Then you hit problem number two which is your drug insurance that won't pay since they've already filled one of those script's for the month. Isn't this a doozy of a problem?

Welcome to one more thing you'll now get use to doing each time you're picking up your prescriptions - and that's the fact that you're the one who needs to double check/count so you make sure this kind of horrible mistake won't happen again. I'm sorry you've been burned, but for what it's worth, we've all been there too. Bob.

I am prescribed 180 percocets per month. My mom and pop pharmacist always counts them for customers. This particular time he brought out a bottle that was unopened that had 100 in it then he took another bottle with 100 and took out 20. He usually pours the leftover 80 from the second bottle into mine. However, this time he poured the 20 into mine and put it in my bag and handed it to me. He was on the phone and talking to other employees all at the same time. I did not realize what had happened til I got home and counted. I immediately called back and he informed me they never make mistakes. I tried to calmly tell him I did not think he did it on purpose but anyone can make a mistake. All I asked him to do was count his inventory. He said he would, however it has been four weeks, I have been out of meds for a week and he says he still has not finished his count. I feel like I am just screwed. It totally ticks me off that my insurance was billed for 180 but I was only given 120. Is there any agency I can call to report this and how can his inventory not be off? I am so upet about this and feel so helpless.

Yes, you can report it to the Board of Pharmacy in your state.

They will investigate it as possible diversion.

I have come up short every other refill on my percocet 10-325 qty. 240 count.
I would be short 4-6 per refill. I changed pharmacy after this happen to me 6 times and no long have this problem.

When I brought this problem up to the manager at the old pharmacy she said that this has never happen that I must have miscounted. As I told her this was happening every other refill and it was the same pharmacist shorting me refills. All the other refills that were not short were done by other pharmacist. I was not very pleased with the way the manager handle this problem kind of saying that I was wrong not them. My video taping showing opening a sealed bag and then opening the pill container and counting out the pills which came up short was not enough evidence for her. I will not name the store chain but this is a national chain.

I told my wife this pharmacist filling thousand of scrips a day shorting 2 pills here 6 pills there many times a day can add up to making a couple grand a day on the side all at our expense causing our meds to be such a high price.

Since I quit getting meds filled at local Walmart I havent had any problems except when I was going to change from Walgreens to USave drug store, had called USave and asked for prices on my meds I was given one price but when I got them filled the price was more than 2.5 what I had been told it would be. I refused to take them and went back down to Walgreens after finding out that my prescriptions had been "transferred" they had me speak w/pharmacist and he called doc and got new scripts and gave me better pricing on all of my meds.
My ordeal with Walmart was they actually filled my prescription with 3 different meds in the same bottle and when I took them back in come to find out none of the meds in my bottle of BP medicine was even a BP med. So needless to say that was the last time I got meds filled there and I got home and reported them. I know loosing my business didnt hurt them in the least but it was the last straw after being shorted on several occasions.

Hi Junie, two years ago I was shorted my meds. My prescription (Avinza) was for 60 pills (one month's supply) and I only had 55. I must have counted ten times to make sure I wasn't wrong. When I called the pharmacy, the pharmacist was nasty and said they count the pills out three times so I had to be wrong. He kept insisting they were right and it was a narcotic (duh!!!) so they had to be careful. I was angry and besides myself; fortunately my husband works for the company where the pharmacy is located and spoke the the boss, who in turn told the pharmacist to recount the meds. The next I received a phone call to tell me I was RIGHT and they had an overage of five pills. If the pharmacist will not help go above him!!! They just don't understand. I hope all is much better for you, and God Bless. Lorraine

I just open my one months supply of oxycodone and was shorted 10 pills my scrip is for 240. This was a first for this drug store. I changed because of this happening to me several times at my old D.S. but I have never been short this amount before. I will be keeping a close eye from now on. This is a day + shortage for me.

Oh my!
Hurting, if i were you I'd do just like Lorraine did in the post above!
10 pills sounds suspiciously like 'skimming' to me!
They have an inventory and the sooner you make this known, the sooner, perhaps this won't happen to you OR others!

Skimmers make me SICK!!

For those of us in REAL legitimate pain and under pain management, being even ONE day short is NOT a good thing. We do everything we are supposed to do to stay under legitimate pain management, so even tho this wasn't YOUR doing, in your Dr's eyes it could make him give you a sideways glance and you end up feeling the humiliation of 'taking to much'.......

Oxy is VERY much sought after on the street. Skimmers from pharmacy's need to be shoved in a sack and stuffed in a pill bottle marked "unsafe for public consumption"

Really. Hurting, I'd call the pharmacy.

I will report the shortage but It has been 2 weeks ago when my wife picked up my scrips. I have been trying to cut back on the amount of oxy I take a day so I did not open this bottle as soon as I would have. My wife picked up my scrips. When I saw the bottle I new the amount was lite. I keep all my meds in a safe.

I just felt that since so much time pasted it would be hard to prove the shortage but yes I understand what you are talking about and agree that it needs to be reported some no one else gets shorted on their scrips.

I change to these store because the other store was doing this on every other fill but only 1 or 2 pills at a time. After changing for a long time I would count each fill to make sure the count was right. Being some what spacey form all the meds I have to take it takes me a while to count each scrip. This was the first time that I did not do the count right away since all the past was all correct. Mt fault but I fell I need to trust the people that fill my scrips. I was wrong and from here on in I will count my scrips the same day that I get them.

I will get with the store manager and make it clear that this has happen to me and that the next time it happens I will be back but this time it will be will a police officer along side me.

Thanks

Dennis