Can a doctor prescribe a different med or higher dosage after one week?

My meds hardly work and I have an appt tomorrow. It is non refillable and I have 30 per month but I need to take two to function. Can the doctor prescribe a higher dosage or a different medication after a week of being on them?|||A doctor can change his prescription anytime he believes it need to br changed like when it is causing a bad reaction or side effect, he feels that it is not working, or the patient is unable to tolerate the medication. He can also adjust the dosage higher or lower depending on the patient's reported reaction.|||The doctor can do whatever they want. If it's a high schedule drug (usually one that forms dependance) or if it's a special antibiotic (high risk of mutating and forming resistence), the doc will have to call a number to get permission to dispense more. But if you're already on the pills and you tell him it's not working, or you think maybe it's working a little but only for an hour or so, he'll probs give you more. Tell them if you take two and if that is working. Dr's don't care, they're not the police. He'll likely respond by giving you more with an aside about the dangers of self medicating. Self medication/changing doses can be extremely dangerous by the way. If I were you, in the future I'd call the doctor to ask if you can increase the dose prior to increasing the dose. 9 times out of 10 they will agree the dose should be increased, but some drugs store in fat and are metabolized in a way that is dangerous to increase the dose too quickly (meaning, you must take small doses over a few weeks to reach steady state in the system at which point the effects will be felt, bc larger doses can lead to electrolyte abnormalities, heart attack, seizures, coma, death).|||That depends on the medication and your insurance.