Until now, my whole focus was just on getting the damned drugs--and that has been unbelievably difficult. My neurologist's first instinct was just to increase the dose. By the time that we were having this discussion, I was already trying to do that, and not filling a whole lot better. I pushed returning to the brand-name because of what I heard from the on-call doctor that night and from you. And because I'd had months of experience of the stuff working for me, compared to the rapid-fire seizures I'd been having during the few weeks I'd been on the generics.
Point is, my doctor was not a strong advocate. Maybe he could be made one, but I was not sensing enthusiasm.
Interestingly, after we'd had all this out and agreed that I needed to go back on the brand-name, his staff somehow still managed to convey to the pharmacy that I just needed an increase in dose. The first time I showed up at the pharmacy to pick up the prescription, that's what I found: just a bigger bottle of the generics. I said no way and told them to straighten it out.
When they called me back, they gave me the bad news about the price. It's not like I could stand to hold off until we straightened out the cost.
In short: Getting my doctor to write the insurance company a note will require a whole new campaign, for which I haven't had time, yet.
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Date: 2009-02-07 04:48 am (UTC)Point is, my doctor was not a strong advocate. Maybe he could be made one, but I was not sensing enthusiasm.
Interestingly, after we'd had all this out and agreed that I needed to go back on the brand-name, his staff somehow still managed to convey to the pharmacy that I just needed an increase in dose. The first time I showed up at the pharmacy to pick up the prescription, that's what I found: just a bigger bottle of the generics. I said no way and told them to straighten it out.
When they called me back, they gave me the bad news about the price. It's not like I could stand to hold off until we straightened out the cost.
In short: Getting my doctor to write the insurance company a note will require a whole new campaign, for which I haven't had time, yet.
Meanwhile, they've kind of got me cornered.