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Venting about medication shortages (self.neurodivergence)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Kuroneko to c/neurodivergence

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Thanks to the DEA’s massive overreach, for the third time in 5 or so months I’ve had to call a pharmacy outside my area to get my Concerta. My regular pharmacy gave me what they had, which I’m grateful for, but that left me short 7 pills. I then had to:

-Find a pharmacy that had the medicine I needed in the proper dose

-Call my doctor to have him send a new prescription over to that pharmacy since you’re not allowed to just show them your current one

-Drive about 15-20 minutes to get there

-Wait in line, give them my driver’s license (which I don’t have to do at my normal pharmacy) and sign a bunch of shit before finally leaving with it.

I’m just tired of this song and dance. Concerta works best for me though and isn’t too expensive with a coupon. I just want the DEA to stop micromanaging ADHD meds. I understand some oversight is needed but they go way overboard. Feel free to vent your frustration here as well.

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[–] Duranie@lemmy.film 8 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure if it's related to the same issue, but my son had surgery on his leg a couple weeks ago, and we couldn't find anyone to fill his norco prescription with more than a few pills. The closest pharmacy to fill out was in the next state. Went with a shit ton of ibuprofen for him. 😕