According to what I can find in my texts, looks like: doctor calls, that day I get a text that either says “rx is ready” or “we’re placing a special order for rx dblahblahblah” & I get a follow up text stating it’s ready within 3-5 days.

My doctor asks that patients call for refills a few days before they are out. I believe (though not sure) they are able to call it in early, but it cannot be picked up until refill date. Perhaps your prescriber could coordinate with you this way?

Anecdotally, my buddy from Jersey City had such awful luck getting his script called in that his doctor finally just gave him a paper one to schlepp around from pharmacy to pharmacy with. Obviously that sounds like a nightmare but I guess a potential option, if you have access to transportation / time to do all that legwork.

I also have a friend whose doc just started writing him scripts for 20mg IR so he could split them & not fear running out. The pharmacist mentioned to him upon pickup that they’ve noticed a lot of patients with their scripts doubled for this exact reason. However, this is probably unhelpful with the XR you take….

What a pain in the ass!!!!!!!!!!!