DENNIS FROM CINDI ON RA DRUGS

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HI DENNIS,

MY NAME IS CINDI AND SINCE WE HAVE DIFFERENT INSURANCE AGAIN THIS

YEAR, AND IT IS NOT VERY GOOD, I AM GRATEFUL FOR ANY THOUGH. I HAVE

HAD TO REALLY BE CAREFUL AT THE PRESCRIPTION END....

I CHECK ON EVERYTHING WITH MY REPRESENTATIVE. WHAT YOU DO IS FIND

OUT WHAT THE POSSIBLE DRUGS TO BE PRESCRIBED ARE....THEN YOU WRITE

THEM DOWN AND IT HAS TO HAVE THE REAL NAME NOT THE LABEL LIKE,

ZANTAC IS REALLY CALLED RANITIDINE.....AND THEN FAX OR CALL YOUR

POLICY REP AND TELL THEM TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH CHARGES...NOW I

HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN I LEARNED WHO MY REP WAS GOING TO BE, I EMAILED

HER AND TOLD HER MY NAME AND BLAH BLAH BLAH AND WAS VERY NICE TO

HER, SHE SUPER APPRECIATED THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE SHE SAID ALL YELL AT

HER ALL DAY. SHE SAID SHE DOES NOT MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT IS

COVERED OR NOT BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL MEAN TO HER...I UNDERSTAND HER

DILEMA COMPLETELY.....ASK THAT PERSON JUST WHAT YOUR COSTS ARE GOING

TO BE. TELL YOUR DOCTOR TO WAIT UNTIL YOU FIND OUT. WHEN YOU DO FIND

OUT AND ITS DECIDED, ASK THE DOC TO LET YOU HAVE SAMPLES TO SEE HOW

IT GOES.....THEN YOU WILL KNOW WITHOUT DISHING OUT OF POCKET MONEY

AND YOU CAN ONLY TOLERATE 2 PILLS....THIS IS WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH

RIGHT NOW WITH MY MOVE TO REMICADE OR ENBREL OR HUMIRA OR KINERET....

THIS WILL BE ALOT HARDER BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL

INJECTIONS...NIGHTMARE, THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE THING IS, IT HURTS

ENOUGH TO RUIN YOUR LIFE AS YOU KNEW IT, THEN THE DOCTOR BILLS

COME.......GOOD LUCK DENNIS!