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Dispensing Limits

What Are Dispensing Limits?

Dispensing limits are rules around the amount of a prescription drug you can fill at a pharmacy at one time. Limits are often based on the drug maker's research. Dispensing limits help encourage safe medication use as intended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

You and your doctor may decide you need more of a drug than what the dispensing limit allows. In that case, you can still get the drug, but you may be responsible for the full cost of the drug beyond what your benefit plan allows. If you and your doctor decide the dispensing limit may not be right for you, your doctor can submit a request to override the limit. Your doctor can find forms on our website.

Dispensing Limits Per Drug List

If you want to learn if your prescription drug has a dispensing limit, it's best to log in   to your Blue Access for MembersSM account, click on the Pharmacy tab, and search for your medication. If it has a dispensing limit, it displays that information. But if you know the name of your plan's drug list, you can review dispensing limits without logging in to your member account: