Telling both individuals how guilty you feel wouldn't go amiss if you write those letters. Share with them how the mistake made you feel. We've all done things we regret… things that seem mind-bogglingly awful in retrospect.

We're all human.

I removed the date from my prescription to have it filled before it was due to be filled. Pharmacist kept script and told me she was contacting DR. I am a idiot. I still had med's left. I want to call the dr and apoligize. I dont fell sorry for myself, i fell bad for what i did. Im a good person who has never done anything like this before. Im scared. does the dr have to turn me in? please excuse the typos

No legal trouble, no. If I were you I would:

1) Contact the doctor and apologize profusely.
2) Write the pharmacist a note and either mail it to her or give it to a technician to give to her explaining yourself and apologize profusely.

You'll be marked either way for the next 1-5 years as a potential script alter-er, depending on how long each hold memories, and whether or not they're enlightened enough to understand that people learn lessons.

Either way, expect to have each script scrutinized closely every time you come in for the next year or so.

We have reformed script forgers and changers that come to our pharmacy. We tend not to hold grudges so long as its behavior that doesn't repeat itself. Alas there are some pharmacists and physicians who are bottom-feeders just like in every walk of life who might bust your balls just because. You'll just have to wait and find out.

If anyone read my ramble, thanx for tuning in!!

The "patient" can go screw. If they can't wait 12 hours (it's popular to come in 10 minutes before closing), then I guess they'll have to go to the ER.

What you don't know, and you'll have to just accept, is that I'm pretty darn liberal when it comes to filling prescriptions. For what it's worth, I've never called an office to find out that the prescription is real. It's always been fake. So it stands to reason that I've filled some fake ones — in fact, I know I have — and I'd rather fill a fake one than deny a patient who is legitimate and in need.

If we confirm that something is fake (or can't confirm that it is real) we usually stick our label on the back along with our phone number. That alone usually keeps it from getting filled somewhere else because our labels are too sticky to pull off without ripping the script

if I knew it was a forgery, is it really ok to just keep it? I guess so, oh well. I like to learn things the hard way anyway.

OnThePharm tells us what to do in these cases….