Monday, April 2, 2012

Drug Saga Finally Resolved...For Now

I got ahold of my IVF Nurse on Sun., March 11th  - they happened to be in doing a procedure early that morning and I caught them.  I explained what had happened with my meds with stupid BioScrip and asked what to do about my lack of progesterone suppositories.  She said that I was fine to substitute a shot for the suppository.  I also asked if it would be detrimental if the suppositories were not refrigerated for the weekend - the shipments that had arrived before had clearly been marked as a refrigerated product and even were shipped with ice packs.  She assured me that they would be fine - the refrigeration is merely to help them keep their shape.  She said if they were soft that they could easily be put back into the fridge to regain the shape - that being warm will not actually hurt the drug compound at all.

She went on to state that if I have any more problems I'm to tell them - they are more than willing to call the insurance company to explain that I'm not getting adequate care from the pharmacy which they make me use.  I thanked her, breathed a little sigh of relief about substituting a shot for a suppository, and went about my day.

I had more spotting today - dark red and more than just a little.  I kept reminding myself that I had no major cramping with it and the blood was not bright red.  Just tried to keep calm till my ultrasound the next day.

4 comments:

  1. Very glad to hear your nurse is on your side - but isn't it enough to want to quit your job, start your own pharmacy, and make your motto "we keep our promises and deliver things on time?" Sigh. Anyway, I hope things go well with your ultrasound - hang in there!

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  2. Hope everything goes well today!

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  3. Glad you got all that sorted out and I can't wait to hear how your ultrasound went!

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  4. Glad you got it all sorted out. I hope everything went well with your US!

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