Considering a med. change, need advice!

What's this world coming to, you find something that works, and they just say no!

As far as the generic thing goes, does Medicaid-disability pay for Oxycontin,(not SSDI), just through the Medicaid disability, still got a couple years before I can get money to live on, that I've been paying into for my whole life!

Well, I'm on SSD, but I'm lucky enough to be able to get the VA to pay for my meds, but I do have a couple of friends that have Medicaid and they didn't have any problems with getting the generic oxy paid for. One had to have his Dr write a note saying why he needed oxy, but it was more because he'd taken percodan for several years and they wanted to know why he was now needing something stronger.He had no problem after that. The other never had any problems at all, since the generic price isn't much more than vicoden where we live. In this area, getting someone to write the script is the major problem. Once you get that done, payment isn't much of a problem. In Iowa, the Pharmacy Board has the right to review narcotics Rx's and then they complain to the Medical Board if they don't like something, then the docs get disciplined and can't write Rx for narcotics anymore.It's really rediculous!! No pharmacist should be able to do that. If they want to be a doctor-go to medical school, not pharmacy school!

Thanks for the info, I actually asked a pharmacist once, why they didnt go to med. school if they knew everything, they caught me on a bad day! Hard enough dealing with all the stares and funny looks you get, when youre ina crowded pharmacy.

I asked her if she actually had any chronic pain, if not just fill the prescription, so I can go home, and be in pain for the rest of my life, and told her how lucky she was not to have to deal with people like herself.

Told her,I didnt know I had to bring in my medical records and MRI film to get the meds I needed, I have since changed pharmacies.

Thanks again, sorry for venting!

No problem! It might possibly piss me off a teensy bit more because I worked as an RN with a Master's degree AND an Educational Doctorate in Nursing. My best friend is a pharmacist and it irritates her when her peers get that kind of attitude-she's the first to admit they aren't taught squat about disease processes, so they really don't have any business at all getting that involved unless they are part of a treatment TEAM in a hospital setting where they provide information-not judgements.

Amen!

To get the pure form of any controled medication, takes an act of congress. It's the food and drug admin. who is trying to control the amount of drugs on the street. Face it, if they make a pill that works too good, they pull it so fast it's not even funny. They are in it for the money that lines their pockets, not to find something that works the best. Even if a cure all pill is found, you will never hear of it, because it will put them out of business. Remember back in 1982 when you could buy a yellow pill made by Comtrex? They pulled it from the market as soon as they found out it worked too well, and people were getting beter after useing it. It's the same way in pain meds. The only way to get the pill that works the best, is to be on your death bed. I feel for you, I have chronic lower back pain myself, and I can't get what I need eather. Good luck.