SCORING DRUGS……
I went to my doctor a couple of weeks ago for a physical, and I brought up the idea of going on a GLP1 drug to lose weight. Doc was receptive, asked me a bunch of questions and recommended Wegovy, which is what a friend, also a doc, said she thought was the preferred option. She had reasons, but I don’t remember them. I asked my doctor about insurance and he said he didn’t know, that he would submit a prescription to the pharmacy and they would see if the insurance would cover it. Great. He explained about starting with a low .25mg dose and ramping up through .5mg, 1mg and maybe all the way to 1.7mg, depending on how things went. He also prescribed an anti-nausea med telling me I might want it. OK, cool.
The pharmacy started sending me daily texts informing me that they had contacted the doctor’s office for authorization to fill the prescription. I wanted patiently. I was also receiving texts telling me the anti-nausea med was ready, and as days passed the texts turned into warnings that the anti-nausea would be re-shelved at 15 days. So when I was T-minus 2 for the expiration of the anti-nausea drug I got on the phone and chats and started poking around to see if I could clear the log jam. After about two hours I ended up with Mary Anne at the doctor’s office. She said she had heard nothing from the pharmacy, but that she would initiate a “prior authorization” for the Wegovy. The very next day the pharmacy texted to say that my prescription had been approved, but they were out of the drug. They would be in touch shortly. No word on insurance coverage.
Three days later they texted that the Wegovy was ready. The anti-nausea had been re-shelved. I went to pick up our new wonder-friend Wegovy, and while they re-filled the anti-nausea I went to the back of the store and found some cool outdoor lights for our back yard on close out for $9 each. Score. Wonder drug and discount yard lights.
I had Wegovy. And an anti-nausea drug.
Today is Saturday May 24th. My wife turns 60 tomorrow. Big party. Wegovy will have to wait.
