Comments on: Idiocy in Missouri http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/idiocy-in-missouri.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TBTAM http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/idiocy-in-missouri.html/comment-page-1#comment-73199 TBTAM Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:19:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/idiocy-in-missouri.html#comment-73199 Okay, here's the scoop. The good news is that Missouri does allow generic substiution.The bad news ifs that their generic formulary is different (and smaller) than New York State's. Not a few drugs that I prescribe that formerly were being filled generically, are being filled with brand names in Missouri unless I specify a generic. Thankfully, they do have generics for oral contraceptives on the formulary.<br/><br/>BTW, it took me all last evening and part of this morning to figure this out. All the pharmacy (multiple reps)kept telling me (and my patient) was that it was the law that I had to give them the name of the generic. Okay, here’s the scoop. The good news is that Missouri does allow generic substiution.The bad news ifs that their generic formulary is different (and smaller) than New York State’s. Not a few drugs that I prescribe that formerly were being filled generically, are being filled with brand names in Missouri unless I specify a generic. Thankfully, they do have generics for oral contraceptives on the formulary.

BTW, it took me all last evening and part of this morning to figure this out. All the pharmacy (multiple reps)kept telling me (and my patient) was that it was the law that I had to give them the name of the generic.

]]> By: TBTAM http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/idiocy-in-missouri.html/comment-page-1#comment-73196 TBTAM Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/idiocy-in-missouri.html#comment-73196 Kevin: I've been searching all eveing to find out if there really is such a law, or if the online phamacist was wrong. I cannot find any such law, so I don't want to spread anything erroneous. I put a quick update on the post, can you do the same? And maybe someone can straighten this out for us.... Kevin: I’ve been searching all eveing to find out if there really is such a law, or if the online phamacist was wrong. I cannot find any such law, so I don’t want to spread anything erroneous. I put a quick update on the post, can you do the same? And maybe someone can straighten this out for us….

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