My doctor prescribed the wrong type of ritalin, can I still keep the wrong medicine?

Question

I had been going to a doctor where I go to school and I had been taking 20mg ritalin extended release (methyphenidate sr/lr or something like that). When I came home for the summer my other doctor had to prescribe it and he forgot to write extended release. I already have the wrong medicine which I acutally should not take (the extended release is what i was INTENDED to take) which is funny because what I was able to get is probably more harmful/can be used more easily for incorrect reasons. If I want to get the extended what should I do? The people at the pharmacy said they could not give it to me without another presccription. Would I have to give the original back? Or would he even write another prescription so easily considering its a controlled substance and I currently have a lot of it? Or if i called back today (when I got it) and told him that I acutally needed the extended is there any way he would know that I already bought the ritalin? Clearly I want the extra.

Answer 1

You are not supposed to be allowed to return medicine once it has been purchased at the pharmacy, per a Federal law.

A similar thing has happened to me and I did keep the extra.

The only way would be if the doctor asks for you to give it to him (in which case I would say it was flushed) :)

Answer 2

Call your doctor to have him correct the prescription. The pharmacy cannot take back meds after they have left the building. He would probably know that you have the first meds. It is up to him what he wants you to do with it. He may allow you to keep it or he may have you turn it in to him at his office before he will correct the prescription. It is up to the doctor. I suppose you want to keep it so you can sell it to your friends? That is a dangerous activity. If something happens to one of those friends you could go to jail as an accessory.