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Hello and congratulations on your healthy transplant! I am 6 and 1/2 years post kidney transplant.
I use CarelonRX (MyRx@pharmacy.anthem.com). Thru my Anthem insurance. Not sure but I believe most insurance plans have a version of the specialty RX program. If your Insurance has such a program, that is the one I would go with.

I used to get mine through my local pharmacy, but had a scare when one month they simply did not have the drug in stock. Evidently a new person had had a transplant in the area and claimed the meds before I did. That’s when I switched to Specialty RX.

The good news is most pharmacies will make you a priority. So the month that I had trouble with my local pharmacy they contacted all other pharmacies in the area and got medicines to me within 12 hours.

Specialty RX have been great to deal with. And yes, they can overnight it if necessary.

My meds used to be on a monthly basis and I would call in when I was down to seven days of meds and they always got it to me in time.
I contacted my doctor last year and changed my prescription to three month prescriptions and they were able to do that.

However, I was not taking the type of medication you are taking.

Ultimately, if you cannot establish a reliable supply chain of the medication, you’ll need to contact Mayo to let them know.

Perhaps, they will need to change your medication to one that is more readily available. I do not think it will come to that. But it is a possibility.

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Replies to "@future Hello and congratulations on your healthy transplant! I am 6 and 1/2 years post kidney..."

@stephanierp Thank you for sharing your experience. yes, the problem seems in the brand name med I take now (Envarsus XR) it is the extended long release version once a day of tacrolimus as the standard short release twice a day prescription caused fluctuations in blood level test results ranging from high to low to high every month causing stress on the new kidney. I appreciate your response.
Magda