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Va Meds By Mail Still Sucks.

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I don't have those options at my VAMC. I get a form to fill out as soon as I get my percoset and fentanyl scripts. The form asks me a bunch of personal questions and I send it in to the VAMC. I have to get it there at least two weeks prior to my refill date. Some nurse does the scripts and the fill date is different every month. God help you if your fill date is a holiday.

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John999 can you get on My Health Vet? It was a pain to get on but I think its the best way to go for me. Is all your medications messed up? If so I would call the prescription refill line on any medication that would cause harm to me if I missed several days taking it. Hell !!!! I would call them on all my medications if I had sent my papers back on time. To see if they were being shipped on time.

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I just switched to Medicare for my CPAP supplies.

Traveling the country it was ridiculous what I had to go thru when needing a mask, filter or medicine refill.

I now can get supplies mailed or pick up a few miles from my house, and the appointment with a respiratory specialist was so pleasant I wrote a letter to her boss.

Gonna cost a little out of pocket but I already pay $100+ a month for the Medicare I have never used.

I recently went to a local doc who burned off some skin cancer that the VA probably would have cut out, since the only options seem to be cryo or surgery.

(He has some other fancy machine.)

It was $75 with free follow-up treatment if it wasn't all zapped the first time.

I'm improving my treatment and seriously decreasing my frustration level by using the VA selectively.

I'm sorry that it's such a circus for those of you depending on the VA for meds :(

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I appreciate VA very much for my medications. I saved over $250.00 a month just on co-pays. On the insurance I had at work. Since I had to quit work and my insurance running out. I now receive my medications at no cost. VA has even refilled my medications early due to me going out of town. Maybe I have been lucky.

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Hate to tell you all but your local pharmacy has nothing to do but fill new prescriptions. The VA has centralized all the mails by med for better efficiency .

They have a new 800 number

800 983 0933 8am to 4;30 pm CST. Good luck better keep an eye on these guys off to a bad start with me and I hate to be misinformed.

When I run out of refills I have been calling the pharmacy at the Walla Walla VA Hospital to get my doctor to reorder my meds. Lately they have been so short of staff that they won't even answer the phone. Yesterday I got a voice mail menu to choose from and followed the instructions to get my doctor to reorder my refills for the next six months. It worked but the VA hospital phone line is so busy it takes 5 to 10 tries just to get the operator to answer. Can I just call the above number for meds by mail myself and place an order with them without going through the VA pharmacy line?

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I have decided to notify IG and complain about the mis information (lying).

I know nothing will come of it. I see my shrink next week and he is going to get an earful also and a request for a new prescription on visit.

If he refuses I will cancel him and just have my primary doc take care of it at least she will see me.

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Correct decoded to decided
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