possible to get contacts with 14 months old prescription?

I used contacts for one year.

Now when I tried to order them online for another year
web-site asked me to give them phone number of the doctor
who wrote a prescription. They faxed the doctor and he
surely said that prescription is correct but expired.

Of course doctor wants business.

But I know for sure that my vision didn't change.
I understand optics very well and can actually
measure any deviations myself pretty well.

So is there a way around prescription in California?
Any places I can buy new contacts w/out adding
to the doctor's bottom line?

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

 

Dear Visa,

What is your current prescription?

 

A patient is taking medication for hypertension, and self-monitors
their blood pressure. Despite the fact that everything seems fine,
medication runs out at the end of the year. What are the odds that
the doctor will authorize more refills without seeing the patient
first?

Contact lenses are medical devices. Recently, colored lenses were re-
classified from cosmetic to medical devices as a result of many eye
injuries. Why wouldn't you want your doctor to see you on an annual
basis? Or, do you think that eye doctors are unnecessary? Also, you
assume that you are contributing to the doctor's bottom line, when in
fact you are only contributing to his top line. Insurance may pay so
little for the exam that it doesn't cover the expense of seeing the
patient.

 

I don't blame the doctor. The doctor can't afford this. My OD showed a
prospective patient the door. The patient wanted to pay, but he boasted
that he never followed instructions. My OD couldn't afford this
patient. If he went blind while under the care of this doctor, the
doctor could well be sued. Who will the jury believe? The patient who
went blind while under the care of the doctor, or the doctor who claims
he advised the patient that he was risking his eyesight by not following
instructions?

 

my prescription R: -4.0 -0.75(thoric) 180 degrees L: -3.5
-0.75(thoric) 20 degrees

 

Please don't answer posts from Otis Brown, he is a moron who can be
of no help to you whatsoever.

 

Dear Visa,

If you are in the USA, then perhaps it is not "legal" to buy your own
contact lenses. If you think there is a "risk" then by all means
go to your OD and get another exam. If it were 12 months, then
you could order them here.


http://www.findcontactlenses.com/

In other coutries it is probably not against the "law" to order these
contact lenses.

The choice is yours.

 

Besides checking refraction and contact lens power, your doctor will
check the health of your cornea and lids. Your doctor is legally
responsible any adverse health effects the contacts cause if he
prescribes them. He must check that the contacts have not caused
adverse health effects during the year of wear before he prescribes
them again.

Contact lens sellers are legally required to ensure that a valid
prescription exists for any lenses they sell.

Only if you find a supplier out of country who is willing to risk
shipping to a US address; legal requirements regarding valid
prescriptions apply to lenses sold to US residents, no matter where
the sale originates.

Dr Judy

 

Why can't you get an eye test? I just love the twits that think they
know more than me. What is really funny is when they come in screaming
and whining that they have sore eyes from CL wear and I have to tell
them to stop wearing lenses for a few months.

The whole point is to make sure everything is ansd stays OK you fool.
There are a lot more things that can go wrong than you think and many
of these are detectable by me and my colleagues well before such
knowledgable entities such as yourself are aware of it.

The only problem here is that you are a cheapskate.

dr grant