Reply #10: "TELL your Doctor" Screw "asking"...

[BiggJawn]

Tell your doctor that you don't get paid enough to take off-formulary drugs... If she insists on keeping you on Crestor, say "Look...what part of 'I can't afford this and I'm NOT gonna buy it instead of food' did you NOT understand?"

I hear ya about the "Drug Rep Free Lunch". Shame that our well-being can be bought and sold so cheaply, isn't it?

after about 2 years of arguing with my PCP about the pills he was putting me on ("If this one isn't working, WHY do i have to keep taking it? It's expensive." "Hmmmmm....Because there's a benefit...")I gave up. After his crack about "Hmmmm...Putting on some weight, arent we?" and after that I found out TWO of the pills I'm on "May cause moderate weight gain..."
AND....He had me on Thiazide after assuring me it didn't cause impotence (which resulted in a less-than-stellar summer vacation)I quit him.
I found a new PCP. Hope I don't have to change this one. I have 4 pages of "interview" questions for her on my first appt....