Re: and MTX and handshakes (hard to find meds)

April 28, 2005

According to my daughter (surgical vet tech), your best bet on hard-

to-find meds is to find a " compounding " pharmacy - one which has the

ability to make medications on premise.

She was looking for a medication to treat valley fever in a stray

dog her friend had found. This medication is normally very

expensive, so the friend could not afford to treat the dog, which

meant he would be euthanised. DD called the compounding lab and they

could make it for her. They also had a price-matching policy. DD

called pharmacies in other cities within the state and found one

which would provide the medication at a really low price. Once she

had a written quote from that pharmacy, the local one honored the

price, so now the friend COULD afford to treat the dog. The savings

was substantial.

The same principles apply to human medications, so if money is

tight, a bit of research could lead to significant savings.

Nina

> Anyhow, the one that looked into

> it actually ordered it and got it already, but I can't get it

because Mayne

> didn't send an invoice, so they don't know what to charge me.

April 28, 2005

According to my daughter (surgical vet tech), your best bet on hard-

to-find meds is to find a " compounding " pharmacy - one which has the

ability to make medications on premise.

She was looking for a medication to treat valley fever in a stray

dog her friend had found. This medication is normally very

expensive, so the friend could not afford to treat the dog, which

meant he would be euthanised. DD called the compounding lab and they

could make it for her. They also had a price-matching policy. DD

called pharmacies in other cities within the state and found one

which would provide the medication at a really low price. Once she

had a written quote from that pharmacy, the local one honored the

price, so now the friend COULD afford to treat the dog. The savings

was substantial.

The same principles apply to human medications, so if money is

tight, a bit of research could lead to significant savings.

Nina

> Anyhow, the one that looked into

> it actually ordered it and got it already, but I can't get it

because Mayne

> didn't send an invoice, so they don't know what to charge me.

April 28, 2005

Update on MTX Quest!

I had talked to all local pharmacies that I could find, but none would even

call Mayne. They did want my business when they did get the meds, though. I

finally found one that would and did jump through hoops to help me. The

pharmacist got tired of pushing buttons on the phone, and faxed an order to

them. They sent the meds but didn't send the invoice until he called again.

Yesterday, we were having trouble transferring my prescription from the

'Greedy' pharmacy to the local one, but I picked up the vials today at a

price of $20 for 4cc's. The compounding pharmacy wanted $32 for the same

thing without preservative. I took my shot as soon as I got home!

I tried to call my Rheumy at 4 pm, but they had 'stopped taking calls'! I'm

going to try to find another that I can afford. I am actually worse now as

when I first went to him. The main reason was that my creatinine(?) level

was 1.4, which is ok in some people, but I had to stop taking

anti-inflammatories. I don't understand why they haven't done any urine

tests to check the accuracy of kidney problems. Am I missing something?

Dennis

[ ] Re: and MTX and handshakes (hard to find meds)

> According to my daughter (surgical vet tech), your best bet on hard-

> to-find meds is to find a " compounding " pharmacy - one which has the

> ability to make medications on premise.

>

> She was looking for a medication to treat valley fever in a stray

> dog her friend had found. This medication is normally very

> expensive, so the friend could not afford to treat the dog, which

> meant he would be euthanised. DD called the compounding lab and they

> could make it for her. They also had a price-matching policy. DD

> called pharmacies in other cities within the state and found one

> which would provide the medication at a really low price. Once she

> had a written quote from that pharmacy, the local one honored the

> price, so now the friend COULD afford to treat the dog. The savings

> was substantial.

>

> The same principles apply to human medications, so if money is

> tight, a bit of research could lead to significant savings.

>

> Nina

>

>> Anyhow, the one that looked into

>> it actually ordered it and got it already, but I can't get it

> because Mayne

>> didn't send an invoice, so they don't know what to charge me.

>

April 28, 2005