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Prescription Prices Rise and Sample Supplies Dwindle – Double Trouble For Allergy Patients
As most of you are aware, the prices for prescription allergy and asthma medications have steadily increased over the last few years. We have been able to offset this financial burden for many patients, especially those who do not have insurance coverage for their medications, by giving them free samples. Unfortunately, due to changes in most pharmaceutical companies’ policies, in part brought on by the downturn in the economy and the availability of Claritin over the counter, we have experienced a dramatic decrease in the quantities of samples being provided to us for distribution to our patients. We continue to encourage the pharmaceutical companies to leave us as many samples as they can and have been assured by them that our office is getting much more than most other medical practices. We know how convenient it is to be able to start a new medication in our office at the time of your visit with Dr. Engler or one of our nurse practitioners, rather than have to trudge over to the pharmacy that same day when you don’t feel well and are pressed for time. We also want to make sure that the new medications we recommend are the right ones for you before you go out and spend your money on a product which may not work or may have an unpleasant side effect. Since using lung inhalers and nasal sprays can be a little tricky, especially with the vast array of new devices now available, we want to be able to show you how to use these products correctly and make sure they do the job they are designed to do. Dr. Engler stresses to the pharmaceutical representatives that it is very important for patients to be able to try new medications on a trial basis and that is the primary reason these companies have been so willing to leave us samples of their products in the past. » read more New Office Policy: We are all aware of the fact that this has been a very difficult time of the year for people with allergies. We continue to make every effort to accommodate our patients scheduling needs to ensure we can provide requested services to all our established and new patients. There are however, circumstances when our schedule is completely impacted and we cannot accommodate all the requests for patient office visits. That is why it is so important to notify our office within 24-hours to cancel a scheduled appointment. It allows us enough advance notice to contact patients who have requested those specific times to come in for an office visit. We know how busy everyone’s schedule is with work and family commitments. Consequently, to ensure the feasibility of accommodating all patient requests for office visits, we must now require a 24 hour cancellation notice if you are unable to keep your appointment. There will be a $50.00 fee if you do not cancel your appointment within 24 hours in advance to allow us to give your time slot to another patient. We appreciate your consideration regarding this new policy. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Terry O’Brien, Practice Administrator. In our continuing effort to make scheduling as convenient as possible, we continue to be open on Mondays, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings till seven p.m.. We are open on Saturday mornings for allergy shots and office visits with the Nurse		Newsletters » 06 - 2003 » 05 - 2003 » 03 - 2003 » 02 - 2003 » 01 - 2003 » 12 - 2002 » 11 - 2002 » 10 - 2002 » 09 - 2002 » 08 - 2002 » 07 - 2002 » 06 - 2002 » 05 - 2002 » 04 - 2002 » 01 - 2002 » 12 - 2001 » 06 - 2001 » 05 - 2001 » 04 - 2001 » 02 - 2001 » 08 - 2000 » 07 - 2000 » 06 - 2000 » 03 - 2000 » 01 - 2000 » 12 - 1999 » 09 - 1999 » 08 - 1999 » 07 - 1999 » 06 - 1999 » 05 - 1999 » 04 - 1999 » 03 - 1999 » 02 - 1999 » 01 - 1999 » 11 - 1998 » 10 - 1998 » 09 - 1998 » 08 - 1998 » 07 - 1998 » 06 - 1998 » 05 - 1998 » 04 - 1998 » 03 - 1998 » 12 - 1997 » 09 - 1997