Posted by Ame Sans Vie on September 21, 2003, at 19:05:57
In reply to Re: Ame s Vie, serious about tramadol, few Q's » Ame Sans Vie, posted by utopizen on September 21, 2003, at 14:57:29
> Have you been on Xyrem before?
For a month, but not through this doctor.
> Assuming your doc is comfortable with it, has prescribed it before (this is a rare doc, even among the most experienced sleep docs) you are lucky if you get it in a month. I'd expect three weeks *after* your doctor actually sends in the prescription.
Well that's kind of depressing. It's a pain management specialist I'm going to be seeing who claims to have quite a few fibro patients on Xyrem, and that would be the same purpose for which I would primarily be taking it. If it allows me to discontinue my DextroStat, Ultram, and/or Klonopin, so much the better. But when I got the prescription the last time, it arrived at my house about four days after all the necessary paperwork was filled out and the prescription faxed in. If I end up looking at a month before it arrives, then I'm not even going to bother... I'll go with the OxyContin.
> If your doc hasn't prescribed it before, it may take a few appts. worth just to nudge him into calling Orphan. And then he has to review safety/efficacy materials they give him, he needs to talk with a sales rep to nudge him some more, and then watch a video and listen to a phone recording about how to ensure it's properly prescribed. Then he has to wait for you to do the same-- watch a video, etc. Then it has to be mailed overnight to you.
So the fact that I've had it prescribed before may speed up the process, I assume. But this is all probably not even worth discussing since I'm almost positive Medicaid won't cover the cost.
> I see the top sleep doc in the country, but I had to see the top sleep doc/psychopharmacologist in the country just to get Xyrem considered... won a Psychopharmacology Award, published hundreds of things, etc... Professor.
I have no idea what this guy's credentials are -- he's just the closest pain management specialist to where I live, which I find completely absurd. I'm in a large city (Beaumont, TX) yet I'm going to have to travel 80 miles once or twice a month to Houston to get my meds? This whole thing is quickly turning into one big nightmare.
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