Alexandre Chagnon · 6 years ago
There is, strictly speaking, no law that prevents a pharmacist from serving a controlled drug (which is different from a narcotic drug) for more than 30 days at a time. That said, it is imperative to see how the physician prescribed this medication in the first place. If your current prescription specifies a quantity of pills to be dispensed (for example, if it says to dispense X number of pills at a time), the pharmacist must follow this prescription. If, on the other hand, the doctor has simply prescribed a total quantity (e.g. 360 tablets) or a so-called "standard" dosage (e.g. 1 tablet per day for 30 days, renewable 12 times), the pharmacist may serve you for more than 30 days at that time.