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Persnicketey Pharmaceuticals
Jan. 2nd, 2007 09:52 pmGrrrrr...
I went to the doctor today, partly as my usual followup visits, and also to ask him to look at my throat to see why the tonsils are still nice and Partonesque. It turns out that I lost weight over the Christmas holidays (yay!) and my diastolic BP is now in the 60's for the first time in ages (YAY!!!) So I'm definitely doing better now than I was a year ago, when I was a lot fatter, a lot more stressed out, and a lot, well, less hormoned-up. We (my doctor and I) talked a bit about my progress over the year, on how the hormones have begun to more or less rebuild me into something more male instead of in-between, and how I have been able to focus more and have developed more confidence in myself.
He also gave me a new prescription for Wellbutrin; I had gotten a mailing from the HMO saying "these medicines are now in generic, talk to your doctor!" I mean, I'm perfectly happy taking a generic of a medication, since if I take a name-brand medicine the copay is $30, while a generic is $10.
So I take the prescription over to the CVS on Lawrence and Central, where I always go. I drop it off and mention to the pharmtech that I had gotten a thing from the HMO saying that it was available in generic. He took a look and said that Wellbutrin XL is available in generic... at 300mg, I only take 150mg. WTF?! So now I have to pay the full copay of $30 (fortunately THAT didn't go up yesterday) because some pinhead at a pharmaceutical company doesn't see fit to make generics available in the full range of prescribed doses that the brand-name medication is made. Some of you may think, "it's only $20", but that's not the point. I would much prefer to bank that $20 instead of spending it!
I'm going to mention this to the pharmacist when I pick up the prescription in the morning on my way to work. These people claim that they want to save the consumer money, it's time to put their suppository where their anus is.
I went to the doctor today, partly as my usual followup visits, and also to ask him to look at my throat to see why the tonsils are still nice and Partonesque. It turns out that I lost weight over the Christmas holidays (yay!) and my diastolic BP is now in the 60's for the first time in ages (YAY!!!) So I'm definitely doing better now than I was a year ago, when I was a lot fatter, a lot more stressed out, and a lot, well, less hormoned-up. We (my doctor and I) talked a bit about my progress over the year, on how the hormones have begun to more or less rebuild me into something more male instead of in-between, and how I have been able to focus more and have developed more confidence in myself.
He also gave me a new prescription for Wellbutrin; I had gotten a mailing from the HMO saying "these medicines are now in generic, talk to your doctor!" I mean, I'm perfectly happy taking a generic of a medication, since if I take a name-brand medicine the copay is $30, while a generic is $10.
So I take the prescription over to the CVS on Lawrence and Central, where I always go. I drop it off and mention to the pharmtech that I had gotten a thing from the HMO saying that it was available in generic. He took a look and said that Wellbutrin XL is available in generic... at 300mg, I only take 150mg. WTF?! So now I have to pay the full copay of $30 (fortunately THAT didn't go up yesterday) because some pinhead at a pharmaceutical company doesn't see fit to make generics available in the full range of prescribed doses that the brand-name medication is made. Some of you may think, "it's only $20", but that's not the point. I would much prefer to bank that $20 instead of spending it!
I'm going to mention this to the pharmacist when I pick up the prescription in the morning on my way to work. These people claim that they want to save the consumer money, it's time to put their suppository where their anus is.
