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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:33 PM Original message |
I'm just trying to get my goddamn asthma medication! |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have had the same problem with a couple of medications. |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Check the side effects of Advair very carefully. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I have used it before but there are more hoops this year to jump through |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Have you tried Cromylin? |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. But it must not work in exactly the same way, because I just check *my* fomulary |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I used to have problems with lung infections |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. sorry, robyn--it's terrible they pull this crap. n/t |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. OMG, at least my insurance company tells us they're doing this shit months |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Your doctor doesn't need a list, it's a common therapeutic dictum, not an insurance co mandate. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. We have the finest health care system on earth. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thank you Senator Hatch ;P |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Really, though, best of luck with that crap. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. Actually, I don't think Advair is the first choice... |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I use albuterol for asthma attacks |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well, then, you're already using the first-line meds. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. I use both Advair and an albuterol inhaler, too. |
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snacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Same thing happened to my son. |
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lady lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Your doctor's office should be able to call BC/BS and find out |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I will do that |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. One inaccuracy about your description of SiCKO... |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Thanks for correcting me. I thought the 5.00 was high! |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Part of that is environmental regs |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I didn't know that |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. Seretide. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Is that available in the US do you know? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. They weren't Advair, to be fair |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. True-not advair |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. No it is not |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. But the insurance companies need tax cuts |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. My co-pay was $60 for the Advair, compared to $10 for most others... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. BCBS is complete utter crap. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. We just got Bull Crap, Bull Shit |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. despite their claims- advair is NOT the only med that combines bronchial dilator/anti-inflammatory- |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
32. I'm taking Advair and Spiriva for Emphysema and Bronchiectasis |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. The insurance companies are killing us, wholesale. . . . n/t |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
34. I have a similar problem with |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. The asthma tax sucks |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. :^( I am so sorry to hear this. I hope you get your meds soon. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. When I was in the hospital last year, they gave me Symbicort instead of Advair |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. step therapy makes sense in theory.. |
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