Gee maybe I have been doing this all wrong. First I ask the pdoc can I please get off the designer drug before I end up in the poor house.

To which he says "sure but you will have to probably take 2 a day at least to start until your body adjusts to the new medication. Dumb me, I thought that sounded very intelligent. And of course there was the difference in cost of $30.00 a month. I could eat at Mc Donald's for a whole week on that $30.

So with my new prescription in hand I head for the drug store. I should have been suspicious when the druggiest said "this med only comes in 5, 10 and 15 mg.tablets. Your doctor has written the script for Mg twice a day. We will have to contact your doc."

First voice mail from drug store "there is a problem with your insurance approving the script as written" Second voice mail, "the prescribed med comes in a 30 mg capsule but you can't take 2 of them a day." (My brain now pauses a moment, then to myself I say) why not if that is what the pdoc wrote the script for.

So in total frustration I drive over to the drug store. "What seems to be the problem" I state (Not what I was thinking but I tried to be polite). "Well", says the druggiest, "this med comes in 5,10 and Mg tabs that can be taken more than once a day." "However, the 30 mg capsule cannot be taken more than once a day and that is not what your doctor wants".

"May I please have the script?" "Sure, let us know what the doctor decides" (Yeah, right!) I call my pdoc, "druggist won't fill your script as written." "May I please have my old prescription instead" The Dr's office replies "yes bring in the unfilled script in the morning and will give your the refill of your old script."

So I'm back on my designer drug and feeling much better. Guess I'll have to wait for that week at Mc Donald's for another time in my fight against my depression.

Please explain why these very simple theories of
"less works just as well as twice as much"
and
"most expensive works no better than that which costs less"
are two concepts the insurance companies and medical profession have such difficulty understanding.

kebs