Face the facts...

[miss_yt]

I think I need to stop fooling myself and go back on my Concerta, because without it I really do have more trouble focusing and, worse, I turn into a chattering monkey and don't make a good first impression on people I meet.

Unfortunately I threw out the prescription I got from my doctor, so I will have to get another one. I might also want to wait until February, when my job-provided health coverage switches over to a new plan with a lower copay for medication. If I got the Concerta now, plus the other medicine I'm taking, it would cost me 80 dollars a month. On the new plan I think it would only be 40.

Unfortunately I don't think either plan will let me get a 3-month supply of medication at once, and I'm not sure what to do about that.

Comments

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Why a three-month supply at once? Just to make it easier than going back to the pharmacy every month or two months, or for some other reason?

[miss-yt.livejournal.com]

Well, it does make things easier if you only have to go back every three months, because sometimes arranging for the meds can be a real pain and if you can get more of it done at once, that's good. The doctors I've had also tend to write prescriptions for a three-month supply.

Although my plan won't let me get more than one month's worth of anything at a time, the pharmacy will keep on record that I had a three month prescription, so I can pick up the other two months' worth, just not right then. And, of course, I have to pay the copay each month. :P

[batshua]

It couldn't hurt to ask. For many insurance peopleses, it's actually more economical to do three months at once.