saraba
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Reged: 01/27/03
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Loc: west coast
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anyone use? i've never seen it before. it was an annoying pop-up. it also looks like another erxonline, buymeds, unity blah blah blah site.
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zeuzjuz
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Reged: 12/16/01
Posts: 1155
Loc: the milky way
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$179 for only #60 hydro/apap?? And their cheapest shipping option is $18 - The cheapest you could get by with would be almost $200 for #60 tablets. That's over $3 per pill!!! I don't think I could bring myself to pay that even in an emergency. I have medical records so I generally don't use these rip-off sites (buymeds, tropical, etc) - but even if I were in an urgent emergency, I would rather suffer than pay $3 + per tab for pain medicine. That definitely gets my votes for *most ridiculous price ever* I couldn't help laughing when I saw what they were trying to charge. 
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zeuzjuz
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Reged: 12/16/01
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Loc: the milky way
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For this same price ($179+Shipping) -
You could pay for your initial consultation, receive #120 10/325's, get the consultation you are paying for, and get 2 refills - from almost any legitimate OP (YOD, EVMG, AAAMWW) -
Twice as many meds, with 2 refills that would be even cheaper - (at YOD, the cost of #120 10/325 is $87.80 !!)
Not to mention that using a site such as YOD guarantees that what you are doing is 'above the law' - so you don't have to worry about waking up one day and the site being gone from the face of the Earth, or having changed all their policies, or etc.etc.....
It is NOT HARD to get your medical records. It can be done in one afternoon, a few hours of your time. If you have ANY need for pain medicine whatsoever, you CAN get records. I think some people think that dealing with the 'records-requiring/telephone consult OP's would be just as much of a pain/hassle as seeing a local doctor and trying to receive medications to properly treat your pain. This is NOT the case. These doctors working for the OP's are trained in pain medicine and are there to prescribe pain medication. They are not hard people to deal with. They simply ask that you can provide at least ONE single solitary page of information indicating that you have had a full physical and diagnosis or re-diagnosis of your painful condition within the last year. That is NOT hard to acquire. If you have back pain - go to a walk-in and complain of it. Even if they do not prescribe anything for pain - you can walk out with a page of records (your Superbill) - indicating that you HAVE been examined by a doc and your pain condition has been examined or re-diagnosed. They are not asking for your life history at the legit OP's. I think people think it is more complicated than it really is.
My suggestion to ALL people using these types of places is to get medical records SOON because you will soon all be finding that you cannot receive your medications anymore, and from the places that you still CAN, you will be paying 3-4x what a normal OP charges. If you are filthy rich, then I guess it is not a concern.....
I am NOT flaming - I just hate to see people throw $$ away over and over, when the answer to the question of how to NOT throw your money away is all over this board, a million times over.
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Edited by zeuzjuz (09/26/03 03:12 PM)
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saraba
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Reged: 01/27/03
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Loc: west coast
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Quick note. I was definitley not ENDORSING this site. I was just wondering if anyone had heard of them...
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Anonymous
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Excellent information! I think that we get so caught up in the "laziness" of not having to "deal" with anyone, that we tend to find ourselves paying larger sums of money for convienence. And note all this is is convienence. You are correct though in that we should go get our records and go to the legit ops especially in these "troubled times".
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zeuzjuz
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Reged: 12/16/01
Posts: 1155
Loc: the milky way
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I know Saraba - I didn't think you were endorsing it. And wasn't trying to flame. Simply trying to explain to folks, just how easy it really is to get med records..... I think alot of people are just afraid of it, like it will be a big hassle to use a records-OP - but it isn't.... That's all I was trying to say. No hard feelings I hope? Not flaming you at all, I promise...
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zeuzjuz
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Just for the records, I have been known to (reluctantly I must admit) - use TropicalRX myself...... So I am not trying to be above anyone else or even pretend to be. I understand convenience. I have been in a position when I could not afford the start-up fees for a 'good' OP, and have used Tropical in an emergency before. Not trying to pretend to be better than anyone else. I totally understand the convenience factor. But I was just trying to get across, how much easier it is to obtain records than most people seem to think.
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saraba
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Reged: 01/27/03
Posts: 183
Loc: west coast
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I believe getting records is the best thing to do. It took me a while. A lot of phone calls and a lot of waiting. And they were really incomplete. But I got enough records to use a good OP so I don't have to pay these ridiculous prices! No hard feeling, zeuzjuz! All good!
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HighUAll
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Reged: 02/15/03
Posts: 80
Loc: US
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Quote:
...You could pay for your initial consultation, receive #120 10/325's, get the consultation you are paying for, and get 2 refills - from almost any legitimate OP (YOD, EVMG, AAAMWW) -
It is NOT HARD to get your medical records. It can be done in one afternoon, a few hours of your time. If you have ANY need for pain medicine whatsoever, you CAN get records. I think some people think that dealing with the 'records-requiring/telephone consult OP's would be just as much of a pain/hassle as seeing a local doctor and trying to receive medications to properly treat your pain. This is NOT the case. These doctors working for the OP's are trained in pain medicine and are there to prescribe pain medication. They are not hard people to deal with. They simply ask that you can provide at least ONE single solitary page of information indicating that you have had a full physical and diagnosis or re-diagnosis of your painful condition within the last year. That is NOT hard to acquire. If you have back pain - go to a walk-in and complain of it. Even if they do not prescribe anything for pain - you can walk out with a page of records (your Superbill) - indicating that you HAVE been examined by a doc and your pain condition has been examined or re-diagnosed.
THANK YOU for the informative information. I do appreciate it. I am going to go to a local walk in clinic (Saturday if I receive my needed answers) and be seen for migraines and carpal tunnel pain. My past experiences with these "walk-in emergency rooms" are that it is "hit or miss" if they even prescribe something like tylenol 3 (qty 20 or so). I've had some just give me a script for 800mg of motrin before.
My question is that from my previous history and knowledge, I know that I prefer LT 10-500's or Vic 7.5 750's. I thought I read somewhere that YOD wants to see something that you have been prescribed a particular medication previously before they will fill a script for the requested meds. Is that necessarily true or can I (or should I) request the medication I want during the consult with YOD. I'm hoping that the one or two page summary information that I get from the walk in clinic will suffice for records.
Sorry, but I'm getting nervous and don't want to throw away a Benjamin Franklin at the walkin clinic and not have what i need for YOD and I also don't want to go to the walkin clinic if this will be a "Pie in the Sky" shot in the dark. Most importantly, I'm sick and tired of being yanked and cranked by buymeds and tropical and I need to find a "real" op.
Thank you all for the very much need help. Any pointers or guidance would be great - (as it always is here on DB) 
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