Re: Re: New formulary response

[Guest guest]

Sounds like a plan....

Topper ()

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 00:26:42 -0000 " lestatl382 "

writes:

> Well here is the response I got:

> Thank you for your online inquiry. When you are ready to refill

> your

> prescriptions, you may request them when they are eligible for

> processing. However, if you wait too long to order, your

> prescription

> may expire before you are able to order. The date of expiration

> depends on what the medication is and the issue date of the

> prescription. Any refills remaining on an expired prescription are

> invalid. If this is the case, then a new prescription will need to

> be

> received. Please contact us again with the prescription number of

> the

> medications in question so that we may advise you of their

> expiration

> dates. If you have any questions or require assistance, please

> contact us again by following this link:

>

>

> So I am checking on the expiration date and that if I let it pass

> all

> I need is a new prescription (and also added sorry for all the

> questions but this is my first mail order prescription.)

>

> Louise

[Guest guest]

Sounds like a plan....

Topper ()

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 00:26:42 -0000 " lestatl382 "

writes:

> Well here is the response I got:

> Thank you for your online inquiry. When you are ready to refill

> your

> prescriptions, you may request them when they are eligible for

> processing. However, if you wait too long to order, your

> prescription

> may expire before you are able to order. The date of expiration

> depends on what the medication is and the issue date of the

> prescription. Any refills remaining on an expired prescription are

> invalid. If this is the case, then a new prescription will need to

> be

> received. Please contact us again with the prescription number of

> the

> medications in question so that we may advise you of their

> expiration

> dates. If you have any questions or require assistance, please

> contact us again by following this link:

>

>

> So I am checking on the expiration date and that if I let it pass

> all

> I need is a new prescription (and also added sorry for all the

> questions but this is my first mail order prescription.)

>

> Louise

[Guest guest]

My understanding is that the prescriptions are only good for 1 year to be

sure that the patient continues to be under a doctor's care for the

medication... for us, Hypos, that means that we get annual labs to verify

our dosage and increase, or decrease, as necessary due to age, weight and

lifestyle changes. The sad part is that for some 1 year labs are not

frequent enough and if all they are testing is TSH and then prescribing

only T4 with no options or considerations for other medications or

supplements or how any of it relates to symptoms it only means more money

out of our pockets to keep the docs and the pharmacies pockets full while

we receive inadequate care.

I had one doc that would only give me a prescription for 30 days with no

refills.. the one that felt that my not taking meds was a choice and not

a necessity resulting from lack of insurance and no money. This is the

same doc that had his nurse call to let me know that according to my

latest labs that my dosage would be increasing to 200 mcg on Synthroid...

I told her that that was the dose that I was already on, it was not an

increase.. She said the doc would call me back... he did... He called me

a smart ass and said to stay at the same dosage. Looking back, I should

have raised fits... but I didn't know better at the time.... If my dosage

needed to be increased, and because he thought I was a smart ass (can you

believe it? He called me a smart ass on the phone!) kept the dosage the

same as the previous month... was he deliberately underdosing me because

he was an ignorant jerk???????

....sorry.... Had to vent the thought of that idiot out of me....

Topper ()

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 15:25:41 -0000 " lestatl382 "

writes:

> Okey dokey here is their response (which is good information for

> anyone with a prescription):

>

> Thank you for your online inquiry. By governmental regulation,

> prescriptions for most medications will expire one year from the

> date

> issued by the physician. Once expired, any unused refills are no

> longer valid, and the prescription will then need to be renewed by

> your physician's office.

> hmm I wonder if I should ask does that mean that for any

> prescription

> that everyone needs to get a renewel from their Dr after 1 year?!??!

> Blech. Probably goes along with the privacy laws. Nah sounds like

> it. So tonight I will make a handy list of when they expire.

>

> Louise

[Guest guest]

My understanding is that the prescriptions are only good for 1 year to be

sure that the patient continues to be under a doctor's care for the

medication... for us, Hypos, that means that we get annual labs to verify

our dosage and increase, or decrease, as necessary due to age, weight and

lifestyle changes. The sad part is that for some 1 year labs are not

frequent enough and if all they are testing is TSH and then prescribing

only T4 with no options or considerations for other medications or

supplements or how any of it relates to symptoms it only means more money

out of our pockets to keep the docs and the pharmacies pockets full while

we receive inadequate care.

I had one doc that would only give me a prescription for 30 days with no

refills.. the one that felt that my not taking meds was a choice and not

a necessity resulting from lack of insurance and no money. This is the

same doc that had his nurse call to let me know that according to my

latest labs that my dosage would be increasing to 200 mcg on Synthroid...

I told her that that was the dose that I was already on, it was not an

increase.. She said the doc would call me back... he did... He called me

a smart ass and said to stay at the same dosage. Looking back, I should

have raised fits... but I didn't know better at the time.... If my dosage

needed to be increased, and because he thought I was a smart ass (can you

believe it? He called me a smart ass on the phone!) kept the dosage the

same as the previous month... was he deliberately underdosing me because

he was an ignorant jerk???????

....sorry.... Had to vent the thought of that idiot out of me....

Topper ()

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 15:25:41 -0000 " lestatl382 "

writes:

> Okey dokey here is their response (which is good information for

> anyone with a prescription):

>

> Thank you for your online inquiry. By governmental regulation,

> prescriptions for most medications will expire one year from the

> date

> issued by the physician. Once expired, any unused refills are no

> longer valid, and the prescription will then need to be renewed by

> your physician's office.

> hmm I wonder if I should ask does that mean that for any

> prescription

> that everyone needs to get a renewel from their Dr after 1 year?!??!

> Blech. Probably goes along with the privacy laws. Nah sounds like

> it. So tonight I will make a handy list of when they expire.

>

> Louise