Methadone

[Guest guest]

Thanks to all for your advice about methadone. I'm still waiting to talk to

Kimber and may be talking with you, Deanna, to get some more information,

also.

Debs, you didn't sound encouraging about methadone, or it's side effects. I

appreciate your comments. I don't like the sounds of what you said. I'm still

researching it, but have run into my first snag, which is probably going to

elimate methadone as an option for me all together. My pharmacist does not

stock it, and he told me that he doubts anyone else in the area stocks it,

either. It has just become authorized for use in this state, before this it was

illegal, and my pharmacist says even now that it's authorized, he won't be

carrying it because of the risks involved. Too much liability for him to

afford.

Apparently it has a really high theft record, enough so that my physician

doesn't want to pay the necessary additional insurance costs in order to keep

it in stock.

It must be available in Georgia, or my doctor wouldn't have suggested it. I'm

checking with my case manager to see if I'm even covered to have my

regular prescriptions filled in GA. She's at lunch, or she was, when I called

earlier to find out. The other negating factor is that I'm not sure if I want

to

have to drive an hour to get my scipts filled, when there's another pharmacy

only 5 minutes away from me. Especially since my doctor wants me to use

only one pharmacy, anyway. I prefer to keep my business with my local

pharmacist, who knows me well, and since I have eleven different

prescriptions, I like to do business with someone who knows me, and by

personal choice, I like to do business with our local, private shop owners as

much as possible, instead of the big national chains. My pharmacist owns his

pharmacy.

So, that's where the new medication story stands. I'd like to get some more

comments on long acting medications that anyone else has had success with,

so speak up, if you're happy with yours. We've already established that I

could use the oxycodone for breakthrough, but I need good information on

long acting medications that I can talk with my doctor about.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI, Intl.

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and

should not be substituted for consultation with a medical

professional.