I appreciate the question. It allows me to educate non-cluster sufferers

May 28, 2015
12:12:58pm

NanoFab Coug

and makes me comforting to know the pharmacist is looking out for me, trying to make sure I'm not doing something wrong.

After the explanation is given, the questioning should probably subside.

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doctors are confusing sometimes...

NanoFab Coug

5/27/15 12:45pm

But Pharmacists know as much as, or more than, doctors about meds. They should

supertux

5/27/15 1:18pm

We are worried because using it too much causes more headaches.

PharmD

5/27/15 1:25pm

You're not telling me anything I don't know...

NanoFab Coug

5/27/15 6:51pm

Ah yes, taking a ton of triptans sounds like cutting edge to me...

PharmD

5/27/15 9:36pm

based on the amount of research into cluster headache... that's the best the

NanoFab Coug

5/27/15 10:37pm

Look....any pharmacist that wouldn't question someone getting 40

PharmD

5/27/15 11:12pm

I appreciate the question. It allows me to educate non-cluster sufferers

NanoFab Coug

5/28/15 12:12pm

You take 40 pills over 2-4 years?

tank

5/27/15 1:56pm

That's what it sounds like. I would be a little hesitant too if someone was

PharmD

5/27/15 1:59pm

Yep no reason for an rx of 40.

tank

5/27/15 6:19pm

Wait what? How does insurance fraud play into this at all? Did he say he had

SuperTank

5/27/15 6:39pm

You are billing the insurance for a 30-day supply, but it is not a 30-day supply

PharmD

5/27/15 9:33pm

Ok. So he said nothing about insurance. So why are you talking about insurance?

SuperTank

5/27/15 9:55pm

Insurance is an important part of filling prescriptions.

PharmD

5/27/15 11:07pm

Ok. But still irrelevant to this conversation.

SuperTank

5/28/15 5:06am

in my experience, when the insurance company is faced with a choice to pay for

NanoFab Coug

5/27/15 10:34pm

He takes 40 pills over the course of a month, and has to do it every few years

SuperTank

5/27/15 6:41pm

No. Where did you get that idea?

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