blurry vision

[Jack]

Sounds like a money making exercise to me. All they need do is ask you to sign a waiver.

[pberggren1]

That is retarded Doug that they would throw away your organizer.

[Doug]

@drz ~ Yeah, add pharmaceutical CEOs to the list of people buying those $1million cars Jack posted a picture of in another thread. As I recall, those hospital pills looked like they had an 18 carat gold outer shell. (If I remember which link, I'll try to find this one again to, erm, forget it! It's a n inside joke that you'll get once you stumble on it!)

[pberggren1]

I prefer the outside jokes myself!

[Lightwarrior]

I have been told they can't or won't accept meds from home or even another facility because they can't vouch for their integrity and there is a liability issue if they give them to you. Even when another facility discharged me to their facility with several thousand dollars of expensive meds, they refused to use them, and insisted on re-ordering their own which I had to pay for again. I think part of it is a profit thing too since they make a lot on selling their own meds to you with the amazing markup included. Then some people wonder why our health care is so expensive with that kind of waste?

Perhaps it depends on hospital policy. I know in the hospital I work in we have the Doctor write an order to allow patient to take home meds, the meds are sent to pharmacy, identified and then sent back up to the floor for nurses to dispense. When the patient leaves they leave with their home meds or what is left of them. The patients that ask for this option are usually those that have no insurance. The markup on meds is incredible.

[Doug]

"The patients that ask for this option are usually those that have no insurance."

...and those who have insurance, all concerned rationalize, don't care what their medication costs, so aren't told of this option! The high cost of medical care in this country is a pile of similar situations. No villians here, just poor management. (I'm not talking about those managers who drive 1 millian dollar cars here!)

[Sangye]

One of the meds I'm on is common in generic form but not in brand-name. I have to take the brand name because the generic doesn't come in a timed-release capsule. Even hospitals never have it in stock. Whenever I'm going in I bring my own bottle. They do like LightWarrior said-- pharmacy checks it, nurses dispense from my bottle, remainder given back at discharge.

[DEE]

SUFFERING FROM BLURRY VISION AGAIN ,DONT KNOW IF ITS TAPPERING PREDS OR WHAT
HAD CHECK UP WIYH GP THIS MORNING SAID NEED TO GET CHECK AND GET BACK TO HIM
AND YES MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR FRIDAY PM
MAYBE THEN I WILL NOT HAVE TO SIT SO CLOSE TO THE SCREEN DEE x

[elephant]

Do you make one for the eye doctor, they can check real you out for cataracts/glaucoma.

[DEE]

yes as they told me last year i had the beginning of a cataract in left eye but gp concerned because of the length of time ive been on high preds ? will let you know how i get on DEE x