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That went surprisingly easy.
I have eczema, triggered by heat and stress. I doesn't bother me too often anymore and I can usually manage with otc creams (current favorite is Hustle Butter for tattoos). But occasionally I get a stubborn spot that doesn't want to go heal with regular creams and I need to use steroid cream a couple of times.
Now I use so little that my current tube (30mg), which is well past it's use by date isn't even half used up. But I really needed to get it replaced. When I called my previous doctor's office for a repeat prescription the would always be ask if I really needed it and that I should really try thick creams. Eventually they would sent a new prescription to the pharmacy, but if I asked for a smaller tube (there's also 15mg) they wouldn't do that because the doctor prescribed the bigger tube. Then when I went to pick up the cream I got the same thing at the pharmacy where they questioned if I really need it and otc creams also work. Sigh.
So I've been putting off getting a new prescription, expecting the same BS with my new doctor's office. But I now have a stubborn spot and I don't want to put the old cream on it. So I bit the bullet and just called the doctor's office and everything went smoothly. No preaching about other creams and she agreed that a smaller tube would be less wasteful if I throw away more than half a tube each time.
And I know there won't be a problem at the pharmacy since I use their vending machine. When the prescription is ready I get an email with a code and I can use that and my date of birth to pick up my prescription without any human contact. With a bit of luck I can pick up my prescription tomorrow.
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