Runnin for the Money and the Flesh
Peru
Mon, October 22, 2007 - 10:20 PM
JSin
Mon, October 22, 2007 - 10:20 PM -
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Mon, October 22, 2007 - 11:24 PM
Go here: www.bridgestoaccess.com/ And do it NOW. This is a link to GlaxoSmithKline's patient assistance program, aka the po' folks drug plan. It's the only way I can afford the meds since Basic Health won't cover Lamictal. It's fairly efficient and not too "hoopy."
If your MD doesn't have the enrollment forms - which s/he probably doesn't - call 1-866-PATIENT and they'll mail a bunch to you. In the meantime go here: www.bridgestoaccess.com/Patien...ollment to fill out your info. Print it and take it with you - along with the provider forms when they arrive - to your MD. Have him or her call and enroll you (initial enrollment is by phone; my shrink did it during a session - took less than 10 minutes). You'll leave the office with a temporary Rx which you take to your pharmacy. They fill it for free or for a small copay (I can't remember which). Then, you mail the necessary info to the program and they look it over and and make the approval decision. I don't think the bar for enrollment is terribly high, so I'm betting that you'll be approved. Once that happens, they'll send you something like a 90 day supply in the mail. When it starts getting low, you call and reorder. Boom, another 90 day supply arrives. And so on for a year. After a year, you renew your application. Easy peasy. I've been on the program for two years, and thank fucking god for it, cause I couldn't have afforded Lamictal otherwise. THEN, with the money you save on your meds, you can go to Peru with mental health intact! Love you muchly. |
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Tue, October 23, 2007 - 6:19 AM
Molly, that's wonderful, beautiful information! JSin, I send you hugs from the heart as I sit here and see your little golden bubble is lit up here on Tribe. You were missed at LRS on Saturday - people asked when they'd have a JSin sighting!
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Sat, November 3, 2007 - 3:05 PM
Dollface
Picking up and moving just offers a temporary fix. Once the newness of the new location wears off, you find that all the same old problems came along with the luggage. Call me if you need someone to talk to. We can exchange stories about the 'new med circus of absurd side effects'.
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Tue, November 27, 2007 - 1:12 PM
just so you know: yes, yes it would be better to buy the ticket to lima
i did it! and now i don't need my pills so much anymore. seriously i cope with chronic pain and was spending a fortune on treatments. i figured i could spend it just as well on a little slice of heaven, so i moved to the ocean. voila! end of pain. i'm not saying it works for everyone but it worked for me. |
