When my mate picked up this month’s prescriptions for me the pharmacy tech told him they will not dispense any of my pain pills next month unless I talk to the pharmacist about NarCan injectors!
I just got off the phone from talking to the pharmacist – this asinine requirement comes from the lunatic Kansas Legislature over-reacting to the mis-perceived ‘opioid crisis’ – which is a black market issue rather than a prescibed medicine problem.
If I CHOOSE to refuse to purchase the over-priced and totally unneeded injectors it will be entered into my permanent government-mandated official opioid record.
I did manage to get the pharmacy to agree to enter it as “Refused as an unnecessary and excessive cost.”
I am guessing I may have just put my Medicaid-covered pain pills in jeopardy.
I had to pick mine up also. I’m in Virginia but I was told by my doctors nurse he wouldn’t prescribe to me. I want her back in her own lane. When I asked her to refill another med and my husband picked it up she had called the Narcan in so it was ready also. My pain is so under treated now. I’m terrified of not having enough med through the holidays so I use it so sparingly. Wouldn’t I have revealed myself as an addict by now. I mean forget all my swollen red joints even with treatment they remain that way. Blood work with values that indicate both Lupus and RA…. when does this environment stop ???
I’m in Chicago and have been prescribed narcan for the past 2 years. Its 100% unnecessary. My insurance covers it at no cost to me so I just take it home and stick it in a drawer.
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I was given an Rx for the Narcan nasal spray which my insurance does not cover, it was 38.00 my cost, in the 10 yrs I have been getting my medicine form my Pain mgmt doctor it was never even discussed as ‘needed”, I use methadone and right now have ZERO meds for break through pain thanks to the DEA targeting MD’s that Rx Actiq off label, he is waiting on the results of the blood work before deciding which medication I will react to the least, since I have tried them all previously and either developed hives, hallucinations, or intense uncontrolled by Benadryl itching, I can hardly wait for this to be “my ‘life”.
Typically idiotic government thinking! I took MAJOR doses of both fentanyl and dilauded for 8 years and while narcan was never needed I fear I would gladly pay for it, even though I have no insurance, if I could get my medication back!!