Author: Dicespin
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:51 pm
Hi, I’ve been on Suboxone for almost 4 months now and I’m starting to get worried that my Dr. may drop me because I dont use his "preferred" pharmacy. I’ll explain: On my very first visit to my addiction Dr. (before i even met him) the nurse expained to me about the pharmacy all this Dr’s patients used was just down the road and how "wonderful" the person that ran it was etc. etc. she even handed me a google map with directions there from the very office i was in. I told the nurse that it sounded like a great place and all but that since my insurance was through a Union directly associated with a national grocery chain ,that i had to go to a Union grocery store. Her attitude immdeiately changed and she looked at my paperwork and said the Dr. would be in shortly. I then met with the Dr. and all went well until we got to the part about where I needed to go to get the medication (he does not give any doses in office) and he went into the "hard sell" about the pharmacy down the street, I listened and explained again about the only choice i had was between 2 union grocery chains in our area. He abruptly puffed up and said he had never heard of such a thing (you would think an addiction Dr would know that a pill addict would know all about their insurance right?) he looked again at my paperwork and said he was sure they would take my insurance, in fact he said his "preferred" pharmacy already has my prescription filled and waiting for me. I said ok and went there and sure enough they had it all ready for me..after the consult I explained that my insurance would not pay them because they werent a union grocery store so then they told me to step aside while they made some calls..20 minutes later they told me that I had to go to a union grocery store for my insurance to cover it!! So now every time i go to my Dr’s office he says "oh youre the one that can only go to (insert national grocery store name here) to get your RX filled and we fake laugh a little..My question is..does the Dr get money from the pharmacy? and if he isnt getting all the money he can from me, could he drop me for someone that he could get more money from?..on my last visit he said i had tested positive for hydros which is a lie because i havent used or even drank since day one with him..so i got to thinking that maybe hes setting it up to drop me because of the pharmacy issue..or am i being paranoid?..sorry so darn long a post