Drug use is driving me CRAZY!! (Yes, I am in the right Forum)
We love dogs. We started out with one about 14 years ago. We are now up to five, the oldest being 15 yo and the youngest being 7 mos. The 7 month pup is the only one who is not on some sort of meds. One on oral meds for CHF, one on oral meds for allergies, and 2 who are diabetic.
(I'll be writing an OP about canine diabetes shortley).
The two diabetics each need two shots of insulin a day. So, the math is simple. 2 dogs x 2 shots/day = 4 hypos a day. If you buy a box of 100 syringes it should last 25 days.
Enter the opioid crisis. If you have a prescription for insulin and you buy your syringes at the same place you buy your insulin, you don't need a prescription for them. However, you can't just walk into a pharmacy and buy syringes, because, my God, you might take that box of 100 needles and shoot up in the parking lot! We used to buy our insulin and our needles at Walmart (please don't lecture me on Walmart. Their insulin costs $25, everywhere else it is $75 and up.) But then Walmart quit selling the size needle we use. So I shopped around and found that Kroger sold the needles we wanted for about the same price as Walmart. So, I asked my Vet to send over a prescription to Kroger and we have been happily buying our needles from Kroger for about 8 months now.
Last week I noted that we were running low on needles so went online to renew our 'prescription' for needles. But I was told that the prescription wasn't available for another 75 days! Seems that the last prescription the vet sent in was marked 'as directed' instead of specifically saying '25-day supply' or 'use 4x daily' so (at least according to Kroger) they are required to assume 1x daily and assume that a box of 100 will last 100 days.
Thankfully my vet is very understanding and will be sending in a new prescription today with the appropriate instructions. Note: one of our dogs is 15 yo and has been a diabetic for 7 years and I have never had this problem before. But Heaven help us if we accidently allow a clean needle fall into the hands of an illegal drug user. Sigh.
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