Update: Called again and talked to a nurse about it today (Tues.), who talked to the doctor, who wouldn't rewrite the prescription for 3 mg. because that medicine "only comes in 50 mg. tablets". DUH! That's why I have it COMPOUNDED with 3 mg. of the tablet with the rest being filler to fill the CAPSULE. Not a tablet!! The nurse then told me that the doctor doesn't want to have a pharmacy in Florida (where I've been getting refills for 5 yrs) do the compounding for someone in Texas. I then told her, "Walgreen's does compounding right here in Austin". Yet the doctor INSISTED that I just split the tablet in quarters and then take 1 quarter in the morning and one in the evening. Again, I told the nurse that I would then be taking 12.5 mg. twice a day after I've been taking 3 mg/day for 5 years. I once took 4.5 mg/day and it was TOO MUCH, so I refuse to take 12.5 mg doses twice a day! The doctor told the nurse that she didn't understand why the doctor she is replacing would prescribe only 3 mg doses (50 mg tablet form is to help heroin addicts kick their habit, which I don't have). That's when I told the nurse that he didn't, he just wrote a refill for it because a doctor in Missouri had been writing it for 3 mg capsules for the last 5 years. SIGH. I told the nurse to give the doctor the URL for the site explaining the medicine and reasons for that dosage, then I faxed them/her the first page of the web site. If push comes to shove, I do have a appointment with a neurologist in November a few weeks from now. Although I've been completely out of said medicine since early last week
Maybe I don't really need it anyway. I do want to change clinics though! http://ramblemans.blogspot.com
