Time for a New EpiPen

After one year of carrying an Epi-Pen around it was time to get a new prescription.

We just happened to be going into the Doctor because we were sick again and I told the nurse that our Epi had expired. No problem, and she made a note. When the Doctor came in to see us she said, "Oh, I see she needs a new Epi too."

Let me just say that it is so great to have a primary that gets it and really is willing to help with our daughters overall health. She was even excited when I showed her my daughters medical ID bracelet.

Since we were sick we had to pick up our meds from the pharmacy. (Just an FYI, I made sure the pharmacy is aware of her allergy and it shows up on all of her papers.)

While picking up her medication, I asked about the Epi-Pen. She informed me that they were currently out of stock and would be requesting some with their next shipment. As a matter of fact I thinks it was the very next day that my Walgreens App went off telling me that my epi-pen was ready for pickup. When I clicked to check the price I nearly had a heart attack, it said it was over $400 dollars. I knew I had paid about $75 the year before, and I knew the insurance had made some changes, but I hadn't expected this.

I called the pharmacy immediately. Once I said who I was and started to say why I was calling, She said your calling about the price? Yes. I told her. She apologized for the confusion but they had yet to receive the order from the doctors office and the price I was seeing was the cash price. She assured me that once they received the order our insurance would be applied and the cost adjusted.

When I got off the phone I was awestruck how can anyone without insurance afford this life saving medication. And to need a new one every year, my heart really does go out to them.

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