Annette,
If your Dr. ordered the brand name of a med they
have to give it to you-- I think. You may have
to pay for it - but they have to give whatever the Dr.
orders.
Millie
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> Hi The pharmacy told me I had to switch to generic Keppra the dr.
> took my blood levals to see if there was a change since I started the
> Keppra I have had seizures so I called the dr, and the Pharmacy still
> denied my order of the real Keppra so it looks like I will be on Generic
> Keppra I was just wondering if any of you had the same problems cuz my
> state won't give me the real Keppra. some of my friends say oh, it's the
> same it's just that it's generic . I told them that it is different with
> seizure drugs but they disagree
> ~~Annette~~
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> --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Uniquepnk@tds.
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> From: Uniquepnk@tds.
> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Re: switching from brand to generic
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
> Cc: "terry martin" <trm0818@yahoo.
> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 9:54 AM
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> Terry,
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> I can't believe they did.The pharmacy switched the Keppra to the generic a
> few months ago and I tried to take it for awhile, but I always flet the
> auras and so I had to talk to my family doctor and he had to get the brand
> name Keppra back for me. I had to call the pharmacy I go to the other day
> a couple of days before to get it preauthorized again.I am glad you didn't
> have no problems keeping it. I don't like the generics, but sometimes you
> have to take them when medicaid won't pay for them.Take care.
>
> Tammy
> ---- terry martin <trm0818@yahoo. com> wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> They tried to switch me to the generic form of Keppra also. I told the
>> pharmacy that I didn't want it and they gave me the Keppra. I was
>> surprised that it was that easy. It didn't even have to go through my
>> doctor. Take care.
>>
>> Terry
>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
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