The colonoscope is a long flexible tube, about the thickness of your index finger, with a bright light at its tip. The video camera on the colonoscope transmits images of the inside of the colon to a monitor allowing the physician to examine the lining of the colon checking for any disease or abnormalities. The physician may take a biopsy - a sample of the lining of the bowel for closer examination under the microscope. A small piece of tissue is removed painlessly through the colonoscope, using tiny biopsy forceps. It is also possible to remove adenomas (polyps) during colonoscopy. Polyps are abnormal projections of tissue, rather like a wart, which the doctor will want to remove and examine in more detail. To allow a clear view, the colon must be completely empty of waste material.
Prescriptions of control three through five (C III, IV, V) are valid for SIX months or FIVE refills, whichever comes first, and C III are subjected to a limit of a thirty day supply per dispense. Narcotic prescriptions of control two (C II) are valid for ONE month from the date they are written. There are exceptions for some medications for diagnosis of narcolepsy and other medical exceptions. These prescriptions may be filled with a maximum of 60 days per dispense.
Logic was clearly not going to deter this member of Walmart's self-appointed morality police. I then calmly asked her to read the box, where she could see that a prescription is not required for Plan B for anyone age 17 or over, and that she could no more deny me a box of Plan B than she could deny me a bottle of aspirin.