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Kandi - 27 Feb 2005 18:36 GMT

sorry i havent been around much - i have been lurking though - i have
had serious complications from the broken hip, lost my job & my health
insurance & just havent been on line much lately...
but i do have a question - in my bid to get all my scripts (19 in all)
filled before my health insurance expires, my rheumy wrote 2 different
scripts for MTX...knowing there was a shortage & he differed the
quanity....ok, my pharmacy says they can no longer get it - they called
the manufacturer and were told that it is no longer being made...i know
there was a shortage, but no longer being made??? have any of you heard
of this??? they said they tried everything to get this script filled,
but to no avail???

the mtx has been a god send for me - i struggled with some of the other
drugs (kineret & humira) but with a $35 copay - could not get them -
MTX was $0!!!! now with out health insurance, everything will change,
but i want the MTX...

any word ???

Kandi

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DeeTee and Bob Taggart - 27 Feb 2005 22:21 GMT

MTX with preservative is the problem. I get the kind without and, although
it's a two dose bottle, I draw up one dose and have to toss the other. It
grinds my jaws when so many people can't get it, but the military said I
couldn't keep it once the seal was broken because it doesn't have the
preservative.

Good luck, hon,
DeeTee
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> sorry i havent been around much - i have been lurking though - i have
> had serious complications from the broken hip, lost my job & my health
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MDePauw - 27 Feb 2005 23:14 GMT

I've been told that if you keep the non preservative refrigerated you can
use it again.

> MTX with preservative is the problem. I get the kind without and, although
> it's a two dose bottle, I draw up one dose and have to toss the other. It
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DeeTee and Bob Taggart - 27 Feb 2005 23:24 GMT

I asked about that and was told no, I was not to use it. So, what can I
do? It still hurts to throw away medicine when I know how much it can help
some people.

DeeTee
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> I've been told that if you keep the non preservative refrigerated you can
> use it again.
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