[bettyeanne]

This can and does happen every day! When Patrick was first diagnosed with high blood pressure, it was stroke level and it took months to get a medication that would actually regulate it! They tried a dozen different ones before it was back in a safe zone. Our doctor cautioned us to never, ever allow a pharmacy to give his the generic but to only give us the brand!! I know they will always, always tell you that the only difference is the price, but evidently there is something different when one works and the other doesn't!! It never fails, every time we move and have to change pharmacies, we have this same argument ... they insist generic is OK and we insist on brand!! I have even picked the prescription up and had to take it back because they had taken it upon themselves to fill it with generic! They think you are out of your mind to spend that kind of money for brand when you can get generic so much cheaper. I told one of them once, "I don't give a krap if it's $500, my finances are none of your business and the day I need you to manage them I will let you know!!" grrrrrrrr These kind of liberties with a prescription are what makes me double check dosage, etc. every time I have a prescription filled! We would love to save the money but if it costs more to prevent Patrick having another stroke, so be it!!