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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jun 22 11:32am | Replies (171)

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@gingerw

@erikas Thank you for tagging me in to this dilemma.

@Isittll Wow, this is really unacceptable in your eyes, and many others, too! Did the pharmacy give you any reason why they will not order it? If there is a shortage of this medication, then can they offer an alternative for your dr to approve? Push for it, if so. If you cannot reach your dr, there are a couple of routes to go. If you have a county Agency on Aging, contact them for an intermediary to get involved. Contact your county medical association to see if they can offer you a recourse; they might be pretty interested to know a dr is practicing less than standard care. If your dr is part of a medical group, contact the administrator of that group, and let them know what is going on. Keep rattling doors, making phone calls until you get an answer. Keep notes of who you talk to, time of day, subject, etc.

Please let me know what comes of all this?
Ginger

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Thank you for the information @gingerw. The doctor is in a private practice so I could's do much there and all the senior centers are closed in my area. Yesterday the receptionist said she would ask the doctor to call me but I never heard from her. Today I called twice. I said the NP never got back to me so the receptionist tried to get the NP but she was on the other line. She asked where I wanted the script to go. The second I called to be sure it would be done and the receptionist said the NP would do it after her last patient. I just called the pharmacy and it is there. Hurrah! Now I must just go and get it.