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Now when I need that new script, I know he's likely to want a blood test, since he didn't get one for the past refills, so I allow a little more time for that phase of the cycle. Though for me at least, he's always written the 'script, and checked the blood work after the fact. I assume he'd call and let me know if he saw issues.
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OK, this sounds like you're agreeing with me. Like me, you'd go to your doc's office and have him write a new prescription rather than authorizing the mail order drug provider to contact him (via EME or whatever) to authorize additional (beyond the number on the original prescription) refills.
This has been standard for as long as I can remember (which is a really long time).
The new issue, which you seem to be struggling to get your head around, is that now drug providers encourage you to allow them to contact your doc directly and ask for additional refill authorizations when you've run out of the number allowed on the original prescription. I've learned not to do that.