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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Question about generics
Is it up to the prescribing doctor or the pharmacist to know/inform you of the option to use generic medication?
We met with Sam's new allergist today (he seemed wonderful) and we told him what rx steroid foam cream we use on Sam's worse eczema patches, and he was surprised that neither doctor not pharmacist suggested the generic. He knew how ridiculous expensive that little sucker was ($160 copay for a five day amount which lasts considerably longer when treating tiny patches, and close to $400 without insurance)
Would have been nice to save money on the generic and now we know to ask next time....
Re: Question about generics
I think it's up to me. Every time i fill a rx i ask if it comes in generic. I also usually don't stand right there waiting while the pharmacist fills it, and I don't expect he'd wait for me to come pick it up to fill it so that he can ask me which form i'd prefer. Definitely my responsibility to know/ask.
If there is a generic, I am very surprised the pharmacist didn't give it to you. Pharmacists have the ability to change any prescription to a generic equivalent UNLESS the doctor has written something like "dispense as written" on the script, meaning they want you to get the brand drug because he or she feels it's more effective. So, you may want to make sure there is a generic and then check with your doctor to see if it's OK. And, then I would ask the pharmacist why they didn't give it to you previously.
ETA - it may not be the pharmacists responsibility, per se, but, they very regularly dispense the generic without even asking. Maybe I've just always had good pharmacists and would consider changing if I felt my pharmacist wasn't proactive.
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