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I have had insomnia for 10 years. I take Zolpidem for it. The local pharmacy that I go to for the zolpidem is horrible. On 9/9 I saw my psychiatric nurse practitioner. She called in a prescription for it into the pharmacy. A week later I picked it up and it was not filled because it is out of it. The pharmacy did not tell me in all that time. It is still out of it, it will not order it. The only way I can get it is for my doctor to call in a script to another pharmacy. She won't do this. I can't get the doctor to call so I can explain the matter to her either! I count sheep, count sheep ,stay in bed as much as possible right now. It is really getting to my depression
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@lsittll can this really happen? I am so sorry for what your going through. Shouldn’t some sort of official medical reprimand be able to happen? Both from the pharmacy and the NP? Unbelievable! Please keep us posted. We care.
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@lsittll you'll notice that I moved your message to this existing discussion about insomnia making depression worse. I did this so you can connect with other members with this experience like @azkidney57 @gingerw @shermananski @elwooodsdad and others.
@lsittll, your situation sounds frustrating. You need your medication right away in order to get necessary sleep. In times like these it's important to be our own health advocate. I encourage you to keep trying to find a way to get the prescription filled.
Could (or would) the pharmacy send the prescription to another pharmacy who has stock? Have you tried calling and explaining the situation to your nurse practitioner again? If the provider refuses again I think it may be necessary to take the situation to the next level. Would you consider contacting "patient experience" to request an intermediary to help?