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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / December 2004Did they stop making injectable?
Hi need some info here. A friend of mine just got told by her pharmacist, that they Stopped making the injectable MTX. Anyone know about this, and is it true? thanks so much janers Partially incorrect. They stopped making the large bottles with preservative. I am having no trouble getting the small vials without preservative. Walt > Hi > need some info here. A friend of mine just got told by her pharmacist, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > thanks so much > janers I bought mine last week at a CVS Pharmacy. I asked if they had trouble getting it and the pharmacist said no. She pulled my vial from a box full of vials, so they must have some on stock. Janet R | Hi | need some info here. A friend of mine just got told by her pharmacist, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | thanks so much | janers No, they're still making it, but for some reason it is in short supply. Yesterday the military pharmacist said they couldn't get the MTX with preservative so they gave me ten vials of the MTX they use in the hospital for the cancer patients. Once I open one, I have to use it within 24 hours. So I draw up 1/2 and then THROW AWAY the rest. That just breaks my heart when I know how many people need this and can't get it. Sigh. DeeTee ________________________________ DeeTee and Bob Taggart http://www.marykay.com/dtaggart3 http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8fwov/ ________________________________ > Hi > need some info here. A friend of mine just got told by her pharmacist, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > thanks so much > janers Mine has preservative...and its a small bottle. Am I missing something here? Janet R (who is going to recheck her MTX) | No, they're still making it, but for some reason it is in short supply. | Yesterday the military pharmacist said they couldn't get the MTX with [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] | > thanks so much | > janers BIG TIME THANK YOU GUYS AND GALS!!!! I called my pharmacist because of this discussion and they gave me the wrong instructions!!!! I would have used old MTX this Thursday! It wasn't with preservative. I will be picking up my 3 other bottles this afternoon. MANY THANKS AGAIN. Janet R | Mine has preservative...and its a small bottle. Am I missing | something here? [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] || > thanks so much || > janers You're welcome! DeeTee ________________________________ DeeTee and Bob Taggart http://www.marykay.com/dtaggart3 http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8fwov/ ________________________________ > BIG TIME THANK YOU GUYS AND GALS!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > || > thanks so much > || > janers Relax. Many of us have been doing that for years with no ill affects. As long as it's only for a week it's no problem. Now, that's not what I tell the insurance company. After all, it says "Single dose" right on the vial. So they are now giving me a vial a week. I will soon have a nice stock pile. Walt > BIG TIME THANK YOU GUYS AND GALS!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > || > thanks so much > || > janers > Relax. Many of us have been doing that for years with no ill affects. As > long as it's only for a week it's no problem. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Walt How long do you use a vial Walt? I've just been using it two weeks, and should have enough here till February sometime. Hope they get their act together by then. I know lots of folks were using the MTX without preservative for quite a few weeks with no problem. Jo > > Relax. Many of us have been doing that for years with no ill affects. As > > long as it's only for a week it's no problem. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > weeks with no problem. > Jo I am on 20 mg/week, so I can get two shots out of a vial. I am careful to swab the top with alcohol and I keep the needle in its sterile packaging until I am ready to draw. I've never had a problem. Walt You can use the unused portion longer than the 24 hours the pharmacist says? Even if its preservative free? Please explain this to me...I am very interested in hearing how you do it. I assume this is working well for you or you wouldn't be doing it. Janet R | Relax. Many of us have been doing that for years with no ill affects. As | long as it's only for a week it's no problem. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | | Walt Well, this falls into one of those should vs. could issues. The manufacturer has issued an advisory stating that the vials should not be reused. But, the contamination concern is primarily patient to patient. In other words, since I am the only one using the vial, no one else is at risk. I also am very careful to maintain sterile procedures. I use two different alcohol swabs (one for my skin and one for the bottle), and the needle stays in its packaging until I am ready to draw and inject. My mother, who was a diabetic, used to reuse needles. Now THAT's crazy. In a perfect world where we had all the resources we needed, I wouldn't reuse the vials. But, given reality, it's just one little step I can take to try and keep things under control, both physically and financially. If money isn't an issue for you, by all means, throw away the extra. BTW, for those on a budget, I get my needles at Sam's club where they cost $12/hundred for u100 shorts. Walt > You can use the unused portion longer than the 24 hours the pharmacist > says? Even if its preservative free? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > | > | Walt Janet R wrote: >> BIG TIME THANK YOU GUYS AND GALS!!!! >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >> MANY THANKS AGAIN. And Walt Hanks replied: > Relax. Many of us have been doing that for years with no ill affects. > As long as it's only for a week it's no problem. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Walt As expensive as that stuff is to manufacture, it doesn't seem reasonable to have both varieties. Operating two assembly lines, or having only one and shuting it down and retooling for a different item does not make sense. As Henry Ford is quoted as once saying, "You can have it any color, as long as it's black." So, why would a drug maker have both non-preservative and preseravtive "colors" of an otherwise identical item? The price of injectable MTX at Costco is: MTX 25mg/Ml 2ML/Vial $7.29 per vial. Compared to my Bextra, Salogen, or even Plaquenil....this stuff is cheaper per week. Janet R "firechief" <firechief@jjfpd.gov> wrote <snipped> | As expensive as that stuff is to manufacture, it doesn't seem | reasonable to have both varieties. Operating two assembly [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] | So, why would a drug maker have both non-preservative and | preseravtive "colors" of an otherwise identical item? >Hi >need some info here. A friend of mine just got told by her pharmacist, >that they Stopped making the injectable MTX. > >Anyone know about this, and is it true? I have no problem getting it in Ontario. They had better NOT stop making it. :-) --- Joan I just was told the same thing by the Wal-Mart pharmacy here in New Mexico! I hope it is not true..I had heard there was a shortage, but I figured it was something temporary! When I was told there were no 5mg tablets of folic acid available in Edmonton, Aberta I did a Google search and came up with the FDA site which is quite informative. Your answer is also there about MTX. http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/shortages/ take care PS Thanks - That really is an interesting site. DeeTee ________________________________ DeeTee and Bob Taggart http://www.marykay.com/dtaggart3 http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8fwov/ ________________________________ > When I was told there were no 5mg tablets of folic acid available in > Edmonton, Aberta I did a Google search and came up with the FDA site [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > PS |
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