ESTRADIOL vs NORETHINDRONE ACETATE AND ETHINYL ESTRADIOL AND FERROUS FUMARATE

Pharmacy edition. For me… Patient: I need an early fill for my prescription i lost my estradiol gel. I have a refill. Me after trying to over ride early fill: Sorry but your insurance won’t pay for it. With my savings finder it comes out to $48.17 Patient: But i have a refill. And Medicaid. Me:

A genuine prescription that I received at work the other day. Not too sure the phases of the moon are clinically proven. Given the med and the days, I figured that it meant until next menses, but it’s still pretty funny, and gave us all a good laugh at work. Happy holidays! Until the next full moon

Help a nurse out, lol. Part of my job is to call in birth control prescriptions to the pharmacy Our charting system , shows BC orders written something like “E. estradiol and Norgestimate 0.035mg, 0.18/0.215/0.25mg” When calling, saying all that is a mouthful, and often confuses the tech. Is it pref

What are some of the dumbest prescriptions you've gotten? I've seen some doozies, like the one for estradiol cream that instructed the patient to insert 1 gallon into the vagina weekly. I mean, yikes! And then there are all the handwritten ones (ffs just buy the script software already, it's been ye

The two pharmacists at my local CVS in Target are absolutely amazing. Above and beyond, just wonderful people. I know you all are taken for granted, and I know retail places like CVS can be the absolute worst. I'd really love to do something (beyond just saying "thank you") to thank them for making

Has anyone seen norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol dosed like a steroid taper ie 5 tabs day one, 4 tabs day two, decreasing by 1 tablet daily for 5 days total. With 2 additional refills given to patient. Diagnosis was abnormal bleeding, patient had never used like this before. Only dosing I can find is

I currently work as an ambulatory pharmacist and have dealt with fairly nonsensical prior authorization denials this past week. Like today, prior auth was denied for Jardiance to be used in heart failure because they wanted the patient to complete step therapy with metformin first. All the document

What if the doctor writes "apply QID PRN pain" on diclofenac? Or "inhale 1-2 puffs as needed for SOB" or "apply vaginally at bedtime three times weekly?" I hate that insurance has made us their bitch, and I'm always afraid they're gonna say "nope" a few months later and take their money back. A cowo

Hello fellow pharmacy friends, just wanted to tell you a tale of my Wednesday. To preface, I don’t care that they call corporate to complain about me, rather, I’d LOVE to hear how that conversation goes. To the story. It’s Wednesday, 1:26pm, 4 minutes until we close for lunch until 2pm. I’m helping

I work in Europe and when visiting this subreddit, I'm surprised how strict the retail pharmacy sector seems to be in the US. Counting pills, for example. In my country, we use blisters. The patient needs 14 actual pills, but the smallest package has 28? Just give them 28 then. Dispensing single tab

Patient of a certain age, let’s call her Karen. She was rx ator 40 and metf 500 as a new patient from a local and well respected PCP MD. She called to inform me that she would not be taking either med as her anemia is what is causing her a1c issue and her PPI was not allowing absorption of the free

Imagine going to urgent care with whatever bullshit needed this script...

I wanted something like Lo Loestrin Fe but with more hormones to hopefully stop the irregular bleeding/spotting I've had for like 3 months while taking it. I asked for Loestrin 24 FE to combat this, (and hopefully the low libido/low mood /fatigue hopefully, please share your experience if you have o

Hello all! Like the title says, I have a new job with new health insurance and the pill I've been taking for the last 9 years (Minastrin 24 FE) is no longer covered on my new plan. I had GREAT results with Minastrin - no mood changes, no weight gain, libido unaffected, no more periods - so I am very