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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Son_of_a_Mormon on 2025-05-31 03:04:24+00:00.

So I get a migraine medicine in pill form and also as a nasal spray. My Dr told me to use the spray if it’s a really bad one, and otherwise use the pills.

I went to the pharmacy today to pick up my meds and they said I could only get one because the insurance was blocking the 2nd. They told me that it didn’t make sense to block my nasal spray because they are different forms of the medicine. The pharmacy tech offered to have someone call the insurance company and see if they could get an override.

The insurance told the pharmacy that I’m not allowed both the pills and the spray. They said they’re the same thing. They’re not. The insurance said they would pay for 3 ml of the spray, but not 6. It comes in a bottle with 6ml. So they want the pharmacy to somehow give me 1/2 a bottle of nasal spray?

Anyway, I usually only fill these every 3-4 months so like 4 times a year at most.

Here’s where the malicious compliance comes in:

The pharmacist told me I’m allowed to fill either the pills or the spray every 25 days, so theoretically I could alternate filling each one and get it more often.

That was at the beginning of the year, so tomorrow is the day I’ll fill another prescription making it 3 of each so far. That’s how many I used ALL OF LAST YEAR. At this rate I’ll have 7 fills of each by the end of December.