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FacebookI’ve been having a toenail problem lately. My whole life, I cut my toenails once a month–maybe even every six weeks. But lately it seems like my toenails are growing with a fury. I hafta cut ’em once every two weeks or they grow disgustingly long. Making this situation even messier, somehow the left foot and right foot got off cycle. I don’t know how, but at one point I must’ve trimmed one foot and forgot to do the other. So now one set of toenails is much longer than the other. I’ll trim the left toenails but can’t cut the right because they’re too short. A week later, the right nails hafta be cut and I can’t cut the left because I just trimmed ’em the week before. This is totally throwing my grooming habits off…and I’m sure you didn’t wanna hear this.
Speaking of unpleasant, I’ve been having some pharmaceutical problems lately (boy, I’m just full of problems). I’m not sure if I blame the idiots at the pharmacy or the numbskulls at the doctor’s office, but there’s been a major fussup regarding a prescription I have.
I used to be on a drug called Ahneedapill. But last year when I tried to refill the prescription, the pharmacist said that it was no longer available as a generic drug and (because my insurance sucks ass) I’d hafta pay full retail price to buy it. My doctor prescribed a different medication for me because it’s a common drug with many varieties and it doesn’t really matter what brand I use. When I tried to get the new medicine last week, the pharmacist told me that the new drug wasn’t available as a generic and (because my insurance sucks ass) I’d hafta pay full price for it.
“But you can get Ahneedapill,” he offered.
“Okay…let’s do that.”
Buuuuuuuut…since my prescription wasn’t for Ahneedapill, the pharmacist wasn’t able to give Ahneedapill immedately–he had to call the doctor and ask permission first. Eventually, permission was granted and I went to the pharmacist to pick up the medicine.
When it came time to pay, the pharmacist informed me that Ahneedapill was not covered under my insurance because it was not a generic drug and I would have to pay full retail price for it. I was furious. “I thought Ahneedapill was available as a generic–you’re the ones who recommended it to me!” The only advice the pharmacist could offer was to call my doctor up and tell him to fax over a prescription for an Ahneedapill-like generic drug.
So I called the doctor’s office. They said to me “Ahneedapill is the generic drug–there’s no reason you insurance shouldn’t cover it.” The doctor’s office told me to tell the pharmacist to call them and straighten this whole thing out.
So I went back to the pharmacist and repeated my story to them. The pharmacist instead there is no generic equivalent because it’s going to be a discontinued drug. I told them I didn’t care about the details and that they need to call my doctor’s office to straight this whole thing out.
Anywhos, long story short: the doctor prescribed for me Ahneedapill H; the generic version of Ahneedapill is simply Ahneedapill without the letters H. The pharmacist couldn’t give me the drug without an H because the prescription required me to have an H. It took many phone calls and three trips to the pharmacist to get someone to realize there’s a difference between Ahneedapill and Ahneedapill H. It’s nice to know those in the medical business pay attention to every last detail.
Adding insult to injury, Ahneedapill (sans the H) wasn’t in stock and had to be ordered. Seriously! Do other people have these kinda insane complications or is just me? The easiest tasks always turn into major fiascos for me.