Caught another phony!
I am grateful that I don’t see too many phony prescriptions. I see way more drug seekers than actual phony prescriptions. I can’t even remember the last time I had a phone-in phony. The tech filled this one and presented it before me to sign off. I took one look at it and said “Nope, this one is a phony.” Man, you’d think that this guy would get a little more creative–he’s been using the same photocopied prescription for 3 years. We even had the Dr flagged as “call on every narc”. I mapquested the address he gave (didn’t exist) and called the phone number he gave us (sorry, wrong number). And of course, he came in at 6 pm on a Friday night. I couldn’t make the final verification of its phony-ness by calling dr (no answering service) but the conspicuous absence of anger when I refused to fill without verification it gave him away. I wrote on the hardcopy “pharmacy–verify with office before filling” but I am sure he had 10 more pristine copies at home to try passing. Unless I confirmed it was phony, I had to give it back when he asked, but I kept a copy for myself.
It gave the tech’s some excitement on this rather slow day.
I’ll find out its status for sure on monday–I faxed a copy to the real office. Boy won’t I be eating crow if its real..but I don’t think I will, because I don’t think it is!