CVS ~ Question: Have A Question(s) About CVS Prescriptions / Pharmacy? ~ Post Them Here

[stinastina]

I am on the same 3 meds but only pay out of pocket for one since it is $4. When I started with a new doc, she gave me the prescription and I went to CVS and got a $25 gift card. The next month I transferred to Walgreens and got a gift card. The next month I transferred to Rite Aid and got a gift card. A few months later, my prescription has run out and I had to go back to the doc to have her write me a new prescription for the same medicine.

So can I go to cvs and get a gift card with this new prescription even if it's for the same medicine ?

[Domestic Gal]

Yes you can.
I do it every month. My son has to have a new script wrote each month he can not get refills on it so I get a GC each month as long as the coupon is for a new script.

[Weinergirl]

Yep, every time you have a new little piece of paper from the doctor to give them, you can get a GC. It's great! I almost don't mind being sick.

[stinastina]

Thanks, ladies, I am off to CVS today !

[poetangel]

Yup, like they said. A script on paper (or faxed to your pharmicist) is NEW even if it is the same med. Read your script labels and you'll see that when you refill/transfer (no matter the pharmacy) it has the same "script number" but then when you get a new one, it should be different.

[karkli]

Does this mean that even if it is a one-time prescription (say, a pain-killer after an injury or an antibiotic), you can use the "new or transferred prescription" coupons? And, if so, is this a corporate CVS policy or a YMMV thing? (Because whenever YMMV, I get no mileage. )

[Weinergirl]

Originally Posted by karkli Does this mean that even if it is a one-time prescription (say, a pain-killer after an injury or an antibiotic), you can use the "new or transferred prescription" coupons? And, if so, is this a corporate CVS policy or a YMMV thing? (Because whenever YMMV, I get no mileage. )

Yes, you can use the coupon for a one-time prescription too. I use them for antibiotics, eye drops, etc.

[irisherinmom]

do you get it on scripts transfered from one place to CVS

[karkli]

Thanks! DH had a prescription for an antibiotic ointment for scratched cornea earlier this week. I used a coupon and got the $25 gc. Yay!

[ec42882]

Where do you get the $25 GC coupon? I am SO excited to have a new prescription but have no idea how to get the Gift Card! TIA