Re: insurance stupidity and what size needles

[Guest guest]

Them Drug plains think they can do what they want to keep cost down but they are

dumb. My Dr. gives me a new script and you can bet they will call him about it

trying to change his mind on the med and dose.

He now gives me a script and states don't call him just do what I tell you. So

my script says 200mgs/ml and the Depo T size is 10 mls. He dose not get called

anymore.

Co-Moderator

Phil

> From: jimevans_2000 <jimevans_2000@...>

> Subject: insurance stupidity and what size needles

>

> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 12:03 PM

> I'm lucky enough to be married to a

> fabulous and sexy RN, so most of the time she gives me the

> shots. She complains nearly every time that it takes too

> long using a 27g 1 " needle - she'd rather do the old

> switcheroo, drawing with a bigger needle and then exchanging

> the big needle for the 27g. When she injects I usually

> barely feel it, but when I used to use the 21g 1.5 " needle

> it often hurt like a mutha. When I inject, I use either by

> posterior or my thigh, and like someone else said, I go very

> slow - it takes sometimes 30 seconds before the needle gets

> through the skin and into the muscle. That's just the way

> I'm comfortable doing it.

>

> So get this - I usually use a 10ml vial to draw from, but

> with my last prescription, the mail order insurance company

> sent 5 small vials instead. I called both my doctor and my

> insurance company, telling them that it was very

> inconvenient to have to withdraw 120mg out of the 200mg

> vial, leaving 80mg, then the next time take the remaining

> 80mg from that and 40 from another, etc etc. What the

> insurance company told the doctor was that I'm not supposed

> to save what remains in the vial - I'm supposed to take the

> 120mg from the 200mg vial and throw the rest away! Such

> lunacy!

>

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[Guest guest]

> What the insurance company told the doctor was that I'm not supposed > to save

what remains in the vial - I'm supposed to take the 120mg

> from the 200mg vial and throw the rest away! Such lunacy!

Hi,

if they want to give you " free " test I'd just do the whole 200mg eat more

protein and work out a bit!

maybe chase the wife around the house!