need help running out of insulins

[Guest guest]

hello everyone,

I live in brooklyn,ny in a poor community the pharamcy i go to is a

little hole in the wall. and they act like this all my problem.

last week on the 14th of july my lantus cartride the five pack, and

the novolog flexpen prefilled syringes got freezen by my refrigertor.

I

live in low income housing and mangament doesn't want to pay for the

med's I had to throw out.

Then I go to my phamacy and they tell me that medicaid willn't pay

for my new replacement insulins because i just got the the insulin

that

was freezen two weeks ago. I have to wait at lease another week or

so.

However i have about a few days left of the novolog flexpen and I

have

less than half a 10ml vial left of the lantus with particles in it.

So

I asked my phamacit how much would it cost to buy my med's he

wouldn't

give me a price and said it cost to much. I need help can anyone tell

if i can take my refills i have left to a new phamacy? or how do I

go

about buying my insulin online and do they take mediciad?

Basically the phamacy want me to get so sick with the high blood

sugar

that I have to be admitted to the hospital again.

Shalene

[Guest guest]

SHALE NE

I AM SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR INSULIN FREEZING--I OFTEN GET AFRAID THAT MY

REFRIGERATOR WILL GO ON THE BLITZ AND THE SAME THING WOULD HALLPEN TO ME--DID

YOU

CALL YOUR DOCTOR AND TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED? THEY MIGHT HAVE SAMPLES THEY

CAN GIVE YOU.. I KNOW MY DIABETES DOCTOR WOULD GIVE ME SAMPLES WHEN I NEED

THEM--BUT I DO HAVE AN INSULIN PUMP AND I HAVE INSULIN CARTRIDGES OF HUMALOG

INSULIN--I WISH I TOOK YOUR KIND--I WOULD SEND YOU SOME--YES INSULIN PENS ARE

EXPENSIVE-- I AM PRAYING FOR YOUR SITUATION..

TAKE CARE--SUSIE SMITH

[Guest guest]

KRISTY

SHALENES REFRIGERATOR WAS ON THE FRITZ.. IT FROZE HER INSULIN SHE SAID.

AND HER BUILDING WOULD NOT PAY FOR IT--OBVIOUSLY THE REFRIGERATOR BELONGED

TO THE BUILDING SHE LIVED IN AND THEY SHOULD PAY FOR IT--ITS NOT RIGHT.. ITS A

MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH..

SUSIE

[Guest guest]

Shalene,

Just a quick question. Why was your insulin in the freezer?

Daughter of Type 2 Insulin Dependent Diabetic,

Kristy

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[Guest guest]

I would call the Dr and ask them what to do. You need to have the insulin!

Maybe they have samples or maybe they can rewrite your prescription to allow

for more in a month. I know I went to the pharmacy to pick up my son's

insulin one day and they said the insurance wouldn't pay for it b/c we had

just bought some 2 wks ago. And we hadn't frozen any or lost or broke any

bottles even....(which happens all the time, I'm sure)...so I had to call

the Dr and have them call in a new prescription....he uses 4 vials (5 if you

count the humalog too) of insulin a month and the first prescription was for

3 of them.

If that doesn't work, try going to another pharmacy and see if you can get

the prescriptions filled there. There must be another pharmacy around that

will be more helpful and you can switch all your meds to that one. Even if

you have to pay out of pocket for some to get you thru until medicaid will

pay for more, another pharmacy should be more helpful.

Barbie

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Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:18 AM

To: diabetes

Subject: need help running out of insulins

hello everyone,

I live in brooklyn,ny in a poor community the pharamcy i go to is a

little hole in the wall. and they act like this all my problem.

last week on the 14th of july my lantus cartride the five pack, and

the novolog flexpen prefilled syringes got freezen by my refrigertor.

I

live in low income housing and mangament doesn't want to pay for the

med's I had to throw out.

Then I go to my phamacy and they tell me that medicaid willn't pay

for my new replacement insulins because i just got the the insulin

that

was freezen two weeks ago. I have to wait at lease another week or

so.

However i have about a few days left of the novolog flexpen and I

have

less than half a 10ml vial left of the lantus with particles in it.

So

I asked my phamacit how much would it cost to buy my med's he

wouldn't

give me a price and said it cost to much. I need help can anyone tell

if i can take my refills i have left to a new phamacy? or how do I

go

about buying my insulin online and do they take mediciad?

Basically the phamacy want me to get so sick with the high blood

sugar

that I have to be admitted to the hospital again.

Shalene

[Guest guest]

>

> live in low income housing and mangament doesn't want to pay for the

> med's I had to throw out.

Unfortunately, your housing management probably has no legal obligation to

replace the insulin. Equipment does break down and unless you could prove

that they were negligent, it's simply an unfortunate incident.

The pharmacy is probably not replacing it because your insurer's (Medicaid)

computer system says that it is not time for a refill... so going to another

pharmacy won't help as they all access the same authorization system for

Medicaid.

Possibly, you could have your doctor prescribe a different insulin (i.e.

Novolin NPH) to be a temporary replacement for the Lantus. It isn't as

affective and would require probably 2 injections daily, but as it's a 'new'

prescription it may make it past Medicaid's computer system. And, if it

doesn't a vial is going to be about half the cash price of Lantus

(ballpark... a vial would be probably $35).

While it's not a perfect solution, it should be manageable on a temporary

basis until you can get a refill of Lantus, and less expensive than

purchasing Lantus for the cash price.

Mike

[Guest guest]

Barbie,

She's on Medicaid and they limit how much you can have in a

month. That's a good idea about her talking to her dr.

The reason I asked why her insulin was in the freezer is b/c

insulin is not supposed to be frozen so was curious to know why

it was in the freezer.

Daughter of Type 2 Insulin Dependent Diabetic,

Kristy

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