At wit's end

[alfreda89]

Has anyone used an on-line American pharmacy to ship perishable drugs? I cannot get my meds in Austin -- probably not in Texas, I've tried College Station, where I'll be this weekend, but Walgreens has none there, either. I've waited five weeks, and learned that I must say screw the cash flow, I must buy the stuff where/when I can find it. I have a script for this, I just cannot find it. Apparently %$@#%&^ Monarch is not producing enough of this drug.

I've found a place to investigate, but I know nothing about them, and I hate to spend over $400 at a site I know nothing about . . ..

On another note, it's POURING. We may catch up to normal rainfall.

Comments

[beth-bernobich.livejournal.com]

I've used Bellevue Pharmacy (http://www.bpharmacysolutions.com/index.asp) for vitamins, which aren't the same thing, but they have always shipped quickly and reliably.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll look into them!

(I scarcely recognize you without your Cheshire cat . . . ;^) )

[ramblin-phyl.livejournal.com]

We have Caremark as our mail order pharmacy through our insurance. My perishable injections were packed with icy bags in special containers and shipped over night. Merk Medco did the same with my mom's insulin. They will be expensive but both are reliable.

Phyl

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Thanks -- I'm making a list. I've tried my own insurance's on-line Rx, but it cannot process that I'm asking for boxes, not individual tubex. It's taken an hour on the phone, but I have a pharmacist checking into this for me.

[tia-tarina.livejournal.com]

I've never ordered/shipped that much in perscription drugs but I have walked over the border into Mexico, bought that much with my parents and walked back.

I'd almost reccomend catching a Southwest super-saver flight to Harlingen ($99), catching a taxi to the border (about $20-$40), walking over the bridge ($5), eating a great meal (about $25), buying your drugs, walking back across and catching a taxi back (another about $20-$40).

I know people who do this every six months.

My parents live in the Valley and drive over about once a month or so to get theirs.

It's outrageous that we have to do this, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I've thought of it -- I've bought one drug from Canada until recently -- but this is a refrigerated vial made only by Monarch Labs for Wyeth -- there's no generic. And getting a partial dose or worse from a dummy vial could cause me to build up resistance to the stuff.

Will keep this in mind, though. SWA does have good specials to Harlingen fairly regularly.