How hard is it to get the right birth control?
This happens just about every time I go to get my birth control pills refilled. They fill the wrong one. I want the norgestimate, not the ortho tri-cyclene. And it's not even cvs's fault. It's my doctor's fault. I always make a point of saying I want the generic norgestimate as it's $20 for three packs, rather than $70 something for one of the ortho.
But they still fill out and fax the wrong prescription to cvs. Then I can't get the right one because I'm out of refills. It's just frustrating. It shouldn't be this complicated to get birth control.
Sorry for the mini rant. I'm just frustrated. I don't want any babies and I don't want to have to go a month without it because it's taken too long to get the prescription right. Has anyone else had dumb doctors do stuff like this to them? Or at least had consistent issues getting birth control? Am I just unlucky?
Posted Aug 1, 2014, 1:21 AM UTC
I assume you've called the doctor's office and said something? You may have to go back for an appointment and have your doctor fix it in your records or talk to a nurse about it in person. I never had a problem with getting the kind of BC I wanted, thankfully. Are you paying with insurance? Are you in the U.S.? $70 per pack a month sounds high; I was on Ortho Tricyclen for about 5 years with a prescription through Planned Parenthood and paid ~$33 a month. I last took it in 2011. So you may be paying too much in two different ways for a prescription you don't want! Raise a stink at the doctor's office. You deserve better health care than that.
I've got to call the doctors tomorrow and I'll probably make a fuss. Maybe not a large fuss, but enough of one to hopefully get my stuff fixed.
By the time I got to cvs, it was past office hours. I don't think I'll need to make another appointment, they're good about fixing stuff once I bring it to their attention. I am paying with insurance and in the US. No idea why it's that high. I'm honestly fine with the norgestimate. I've been on that for a while. I didn't buy the ortho since it's so expensive.