To request a transfer of your prescription, you can either call or go in person to the new pharmacy. Provide the new pharmacy with the names of all the drugs, together with the dose information and Rx numbers, that you wish to transfer. Please include the contact information for your existing pharmacy.
How do you transfer your prescription to another pharmacy?
- Your whole name and the date you were born
- Your home address and contact number, please.
- Allergies that are now known (food and medicines)
- The names of each of the medications that you are switching over.
- Your drugs’ potency and recommended intake levels.
- Number prescribed by a doctor for each drug (the 7-digit number on the top left of the label)
- Your current pharmacy’s contact information, including their phone number and address
How do you pick up a prescription?
- Call the pharmacy after you have waited for roughly an hour.
- Give them your name and birthdate and explain that you are calling to find out when you will be able to pick up an electronic prescription that was put in for you. Tell them that you are calling to find out when you will be able to pick up the prescription.
- Inquire as to whether or not they require any further information from you, and check to see that they have the most up-to-date information possible on your insurance on file.
How to transfer a prescription to another pharmacy?
- Make a phone call to your new pharmacy, or go there in person.
- Provide them with the pharmacy’s contact information that you are currently using.
- Inform them about the medicines that you would like to transfer to another pharmacy.
- Your new pharmacy will contact your existing pharmacy on your behalf and handle the transfer over the phone.
Can you transfer a prescription?
There are some prescriptions that either can’t be transferred at all or can only be transferred a specific number of times. Medication that falls under Schedules III, IV, and V are considered to be restricted drugs. Regardless of the number of refills that are still available, you are only permitted one transfer when it comes to these kinds of prescriptions.