Plavix And The One Year Rule ?

[LeroyJohnson]

has anyone come across this at the va yet I tried to get my usual order of plavix refilled but the va refuses to refill it .they said the new rule states that plavix or drugs like plavix will only be given by the va for one year reguardless of whether or not your cardilogist says you need them , unless you have had a stroke then they will continue to give you the medication. the va stated that if i my outside cardiologist whated me to continue the plavix then i will have to buy it outside of the va system.

Leroy

[Pete53]

I have always felt that VA Med Policies are designed to save money and not help Veterans.

[Arch]

has anyone come across this at the va yet I tried to get my usual order of plavix refilled but the va refuses to refill it .they said the new rule states that plavix or drugs like plavix will only be given by the va for one year reguardless of whether or not your cardilogist says you need them , unless you have had a stroke then they will continue to give you the medication. the va stated that if i my outside cardiologist whated me to continue the plavix then i will have to buy it outside of the va system.

Leroy

I will be under going a high risk proceedure on the 26th, VA is to scared to attempt it! :(

I will be asking the VA doc to rewrite the Rx for the plavix I will have to be on, Im sure he will. The Local VA here in the Emerald city (Seattle) is got such an odd quirk for other Rx, I had seven refills on my Accucheck refills left, but it went over a year and the message said "no more refills available" I think you got some Jerk pharmacist, there are lots of those (at 100,000.00 a pop)Greenies, fnugies etc. Ask someone else and Im sure its just policy there. Hell go straight to the Hospital director, Kick ass Young man :(

Arch

[Pete53]

Yesterday I saw my gatekeeper Doc at the VA and we got down to brass tacks. I asked if there was any truth to the rumor that VA would only allow Plavix for 1 year. She told me that she had just gotten a meo and showed it to me but I could not read it and she told me this.

The VA was going to only give Plavix for a short time to heart patients who had bypass and not stents. She told me she would prescribe Plavix for me since I have a metal stent for as long as it is needed and if my Cardiologist wanted me to use it forever I would get it forever. She went on to say that Plavix is way overused and that advertising has a lot to do with it.

She than wrote me a new prescription for a year. We also addressed the problems with Meds and she wrote new prescriptions and made my xanax a 60 day supply to take some of the pressure off.

I have found the VA to be much better and plan to use it more.

So to summarize if your heart surgery was a bypass than the VA will phase out Plavix and if it is a stent they will prescribe it for more than a year I guess?

[sbrewer]

My husband is on Plavix and has been for awhile. He goes to an outside cardiologist. When he ordered his meds, the Plavix did not come. He re-ordered and it still did not come. He called TAPS and was told they were no longer carrying Plavix at all. So, we went and talked to the patient rep and she called the pharmacy(while we were sitting there), and the pharmacist said his presciption had expired. He went to the dr. and got a knew RX but we have not been to the hospital yet. Will keep you posted as to what happens...

sbrewer