Posted by SarahB on January 19, 2001, at 20:30:46
In reply to Re: Stimulant restrictions for adult patients » Noa, posted by MarkinBoston on January 18, 2001, at 19:52:38
Hi there.... 10mgs of adderall costs under a dollar. I can fill my script of 120 of them for around $90. what's funny is I can get 60 20 milligrams for right around $50. Go figure! (my insurance, an HMO, covers it anyway) The Provigil at Planetrx is $100 for 30 100mgs. and 148 for 30 200 mgs. I have discussed this med with my doc for my ADD and at that time (almost a year ago) he didn't know enough about it yet to prescribe it. As for the legal part of it, he is an MD and a shrink, so he has never had a problem with prescribing me my Adderall. He has also offered sleeping aides. (which I didn't take) He usually gives me three scripts at a time for the next three months and when it's getting close to needing new ones, I give him a call and he'll either mail it to me or have it at his secretary's desk. If he hasn't seen me in awhile, he'll have me come in and chat for a bit and update him on my life and how the meds are doing. (I have never had an addiction or abuse problem and the only time I've ever had to ask him for more was when they were stolen over Christmas. My shrink was out of town so I called my primary doc. He would not prescribe them and treated me like a junky when I asked and told me to go to detox if withdrawl got too bad!GRRRR, still mad about that one! My shrink was livid, he keeps him up to date on my meds and he knows I don't abuse them, I guess this is another story, anyway) As far as my insurance goes I can't get my next refill until about a week before and they and my pharmacy keep very up to date on that. He had written a six month one for me once when we were going to try to do the mail in program.(can't do that with schedual II we found out) Anyway I was due for my refill so I took that to the pharmacy. I told them I just wanted a month of it. They explained that I would loose my refills if I did that, but had I paid cash for it instead of insurance, they would have given me all of them! Well, I hope I helped! You can also get alot of legal info on controlled drugs at http://www.fda.gov .
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