Posted by Enigma on April 21, 2006, at 11:47:08
Long story short:
Been waiting for Emsam for 1.5 years...
Current doc - never heard of itSo, I'm wondering how to 'educate' her without telling her how to do her job. ;) Anyway, I was doing horrible on Celexa (major depression, and got worse), so I quit cold-turkey. I previously sent her info (fax) on the med and asked her to order some samples. Well, she didn't. I was shocked (heh, no I wasn't) :).
I got my appt moved up a week, cause I was trying to get the med asap, but she later called to cancel it and said no pharmacies had the med in stock. She spoke to my wife, making it sound like the med was 'unavailable', not just out of stock. She didn't add the fact that it could be ORDERED. Jeez.
Anyway, I was pretty upset to hear that news. So, just my luck, she calls back 2 hours later, notifying me (my wife really, I was still in bed, miserable) that a Bristol-Myers-Squib? rep was in her office dropping off some Emsam samples. :)
Sheer coincidence too, because she did not call them.So, I saw her the next day, got my script, and she gave me both sample packs she had, 2 5-day sample packs.
Well, I'm near the end of my 2nd patch. I actually felt really good yesterday, but I'm not blaming the med - way too early to tell. It was odd though that just 8 hours after putting the patch on, I was in a good mood, which is very rare for me. Probably just a fluke.. My mood is pretty whacked as it is.. fluctuates daily (and during the day), but generally from bad to worse, then back to bad again. 'good' is generally a rare sight.
Soo, found out my insurance covers the med, so it's only gonna be $30, which is their highest co-pay. That's MUCH better than the $450 some of you peeps had to pay. Ouch!
I'll let you all know how it works out. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
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