Hi Margery,

Happy to hear that the mom received the medication that she needed.
However, I think that the company may have done you a disservice by not
giving you the ammunition to educate the HMO.  Ultimately the next mom
who needs the prescription may not get the medication because the HMO's
pencil pusher was effectively able to get rid of your patient.
Secondarily, as with all medications the pharmacist should be providing
patient education.  I wish the pharmaceutical companies would consider
these points before they freely give out their samples.

Hope the mom is doing better,
Julie Cold Kissack
From: Margery Forrest <>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>         I'm not one to let a little HMO with their little (but powerful)
> pencil pushers get me down.  I called Pfizer to see whether the drug
> company would help me with ammunition for the HMO.  They did me one
> better:  they're going to have their local drug rep. drop off the
> necessary medication to my client's doctor's office. That's 2 weeks of
> Diflucan for free for my client!
>
>         Thank you Pat, Sylvia, Jeanne and others for help in dealing with
> this situation, and the additional information on yeast.
>
>         The mom (Debby) and I have been going over all the possible
> sources for yeast in her environment, and discovered that several of the
> vitamins (including a calcium suppliment!) that she has been taking  contain
> yeast in one form or another.  She will be returning them to the
> Sh------y rep for her money back (all natural, indeed!).
>
>         Thanks again, everyone.
>
> Margie Forrest, RN, BSN, IBCLC in WPB, FL
>