Am I paraniod or what?
So. We went to Ray's psychiatrist Tuesday for a previously scheduled appointment, but my only goal was to get him to send through the paperwork to Ray's Part D pharmacy company to approve the anti seizure drug he needs so desperately. Ray has no issues otherwise, although he will if he doesn't get this prescription. They told me they hadn't sent it in despite the urgency I claimed; then when the doctor finally saw us he tried to tell me that it is really a neurological doctor issue. This despite the fact that he was the one that sent Ray for that crazy 4 day EEG last year plus he had already recommended this particular drug beforehand, whereas the neurologist only told us he sort of leaned towards that against Dilantin; he was not involved otherwise in this decision. I told this doc I don't care, give it a try, and he finally did as we were leaving. I saw the fax go through myself
So I waited til midday the next day, then called Humana to see what was going on. I finally had gotten the hotline to the pharmacy department during one of my last calls, although most were still rerouted to regular customer service. I finally got someone who knew something. They tell me that the doctor did fill out the correct info as to why the name brand was required vs why the drug was prescribed in the first place. BUT NOW the doctor didn't fill in his name or address or ID# . So I call his office manager and she says she will take care of it, no problem. She called me around 5PM as they were leaving, said I see what you mean about this company but I finally just got it approved. Hallelujah!
So I call the prescription into CVS, hoping against hope. They call me back an hour later and say they are out, but it should be in in 48 hours so they will give me a few days worth (again!) until they have it, by 5PM today. AT 5:10 today I call them and they say, oh the manufacturer is out of stock and we don't know when we will be getting any more. This nightmare just won't end!
Now here's the weird thing. A couple of hours before all this my Mom calls me from upstate, complaining how CVS was out of one of her regular meds and she had to drive a half hour away to get it at another location. Too much coincidence, although I didn't know it at the time. Now I tell the person on the phone about that scenario and she admits that over the last year they have been running into a lot of pharmaceutical companies having shortages, much more than she's ever seen. She calls me back a half hour later and found another CVS that I can go to tomorrow to get what I need, luckily. We were supposed to go for a fun ride but I guess this is more important.
You know in my last blog I also mentioned that all of Ray's doctors are doubling his time between appointments, which I want to see as a good thing but it's across the board with all four places. I hear all the bad talk about the changes in healthcare right now and my antennae are up. Something's rotten in Denmark, methinks!
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