Bamaman
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I'd be talking to that pharmacist to see if there are any alternative drug or drugs to replace the meds that prices have gone out of sight on.
We went to my wife's Pain Clinic today, and she was informed that her main pain medicine (taken for 15+ years) is going to be changed in an effort to reduce her opioid intake by 30%. The order came from The State who has been auditing their patients' medical records. (This is not even the state we live in.) The anesthesiologist with a fellowship in pain management has no say so in the state's decision, and a bunch of bureaucrats are essentially making some of his medical decisions in patient care.
We chased around to 4 major pharmacies trying to find the drug, and no one even stocks the stuff. We eventually found it at a small, independent pharmacy and Medicare with a Supplement paid for it. If a drug is going to be prescribed, especially if it's so time sensitive, at least the pharmacies should be notified to begin stocking it.
Politics is such a number's game, and The State wants to say prescriptions of controlled substances are down "X"%, even if it causes pain and suffering by the chronically ill.
We went to my wife's Pain Clinic today, and she was informed that her main pain medicine (taken for 15+ years) is going to be changed in an effort to reduce her opioid intake by 30%. The order came from The State who has been auditing their patients' medical records. (This is not even the state we live in.) The anesthesiologist with a fellowship in pain management has no say so in the state's decision, and a bunch of bureaucrats are essentially making some of his medical decisions in patient care.
We chased around to 4 major pharmacies trying to find the drug, and no one even stocks the stuff. We eventually found it at a small, independent pharmacy and Medicare with a Supplement paid for it. If a drug is going to be prescribed, especially if it's so time sensitive, at least the pharmacies should be notified to begin stocking it.
Politics is such a number's game, and The State wants to say prescriptions of controlled substances are down "X"%, even if it causes pain and suffering by the chronically ill.