@2011panc Our doctors won't do anything but fax---not even printed out prescriptions, but they are good about refilling in a timely manner. We were on vacation several years ago and decided to stay longer and would be out of one med. We were able to call the doctor's office and she called a drug store in the vacation town and we were able to get one med that was necessary for every day. I didn't think she would do it, but she did. I was grateful. These days I imagine it might not be that easy because, as you said, there is so much abuse of all sorts of drugs. Sad state of affairs.
Carol