Just wondering if anyone else is having the issue of pharmacies not accepting E-prescribed scripts for Ambien, Vicodin, Robitussin with Codeine, etc.? I'm a new resident to Florida and several of the pharmacies have not filled these scripts and said that they cannot be sent through E-prescribing. It just seems odd to me that the DEA will allow a verbal order for these medications yet not allow e-prescribed scripts. I moved from Iowa where we had been doing e-prescribing for years and this never was an issue. Plus, I've sent scripts for Xanax and Restoril before through Surescripts without an issue yet they are in the same class as Ambien. Has there been any change in policy that I am missing? Thanks for your help.

John Carstensen, MD
Carstensen Internal Medicine
Key West, FL