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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy doctor was happy to change my rx to 90-day supplies...
....and insurance covering it isn't a problem.
Don't want to run out of critical meds if there are shortages. Many meds are made in China.
Don't want to go to the pharmacy repeatedly, either, for refills.
TwilightZone
(25,473 posts)Some are requiring that all maintenance meds be switched to 90s, in fact. Aetna just started doing so last month.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)Chuuku Davis
(565 posts)Going under
Two closed here in the last 6 months
I get my 90 day supplies locally
But it will not last, insurance will force me to mail order eventually
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)lapfog_1
(29,218 posts)and today the Indian government halted all export of pharmaceuticals.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)mopinko
(70,178 posts)if you can believe it, i can get 90 days on my rescue inhaler, but not my steroid preventative med. yeah, i think they use a dart board.
the active ingredient is available as a nasal spray, generic, for $20, but in a spray can w a dose counter, it is $275. i am coping w a major copd exacerbation in the midst of all this, and this shit aint helping.
neither is the fact that walgreens handles this shit extremely poorly. not only wont they fill it if ins says no, they will just sorta drop it. then argue w you at the counter.
i had to send a friend to get me an early refill ordered by the walk in clinic, and omg. i knew it would be some bullshit, so i sent him. he was so upset, he was in tears. he is a lawyer, not a baby. but he is also hiv pos, and could not have afforded it is it was him.
hoping my doc can do an end tun for me, but otherwise, imma carve someone a new asshole at bcbs. i am in the high mortality demo.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)The stress is definitely increasing.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)My hypertension troubles began in 2016, oddly enough.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Ended up in the hospital.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,623 posts)with my Bl Shield insur. Even non-regulated ones are a no-go with them for some reason. Once I accidentally spilled my non-regulated migraine pills and I had to pay $20 a pill until the month was up. And it was on Christmas Day...they took no pity on me. For this they increased my insur (and everyone's) 20% for the 2019-20 year. Evil, greedy bastard insur companies!
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)evil bastiches.
BigmanPigman
(51,623 posts)If I didn't already have a headache that would have ended up giving me one.
Don't get me started on the cost of 32 Botox injections into my hairline, scalp and neck every 3 months. I must say that my forehead has never looked younger, too bad I wear bangs.