Allerject 2021

[SilverLining]

Is Allerject available in Canada currently?

Mine is about to expire and pharmacist cannot order for me. I'm stuck with epi-pen. 

[spacecanada]

Yes. I picked up two this morning. Expiry August 2022.

[SilverLining]

Ok, thanks.

[SilverLining]

Why can't anything ever be easy.

I called around and found a pharmacy that could order me one. Called back original pharmacy and gave them the info to transfer. This took much longer than it should have...started by getting caught in a phone loop, and when I finally got a person it just went down hill.

I think it went through successfully. But then I realized, I did order an epipen from first pharmacy, so I only want one Allerject....so call new pharmacy back and get a different woman, who I of course proceed to confuse completely.

Get off the phone....and wonder....they do not have my insurance info.....will it be to late when I get there?

Anyway....should have epipen and Allerject by end of week.

[spacecanada]

If they don't have your insurance, they can re-submit the prescription with the insurance when you pick it up. I've done this a few times when prescriptions were switched to a different pharmacy, or they forgot to run it. It should not be an issue. They've even done it a day or two later, even, after I got home and realised.

[SilverLining]

At worst, I pay full price and submit receipt and get it refunded.

Last time I paid 50%. Not sure whether it will be covered at 50 or 90% this time. If needed, I'm willing to pay for the convenience.

[spacecanada]

Mine were covered at 100% by the government. (Long story short, my husband's suuuuuper duuuuuuper ridiculously expensive medications mean we qualify for government support with our prescriptions. Hurray for BC PharmaCare.) I hope you get some coverage, too.

[SilverLining]

Our policy has 2 tiers. If a Rx is covered by provincial plans in province employee lives in, we get 90% coverage. If it is not covered by government plans, we get 50%. Last time I got an Allerject government had not yet approved for coverage here, so I had to pay 50%.

[SilverLining]

Good and bad.

Good. The pharmacy that forwarded the Rx must have also forwarded my insurance info because it was already applied.

Bad. Still only covered at 50%. I'm going to have to check gov't site.

Update. It IS covered by the provincial plan. So, either dh's insurance screwed up, or they have added some new random "we're not going to pay for that" nonsense rule we can never figure out.

[spacecanada]

At least they are cheaper than EpiPens... but still. I hope you can get the insurance coverage. I know my first prescription wasn't covered by insurance at first because they hadn't yet reactivated the DIN from when it was discontinued. I hope that's a similar case for you.

[SilverLining]

I picked up one epi-pen and one Allerject. Difference in price was 50 cents.

I think because they can be purchased without a Rx, they do not automatically get covered. Last time I bought one, they were not covered by Ontario. I checked and they are now. So, dh sent an email to HR. We probably won't get the money back for this one, but hopefully they will add it to list for coverage.

[spacecanada]

I picked up one epi-pen and one Allerject. Difference in price was 50 cents.

I think because they can be purchased without a Rx, they do not automatically get covered. Last time I bought one, they were not covered by Ontario. I checked and they are now. So, dh sent an email to HR. We probably won't get the money back for this one, but hopefully they will add it to list for coverage.

Here, the difference is $4-5. Not significant.
I'm glad you'll have insurance coverage. Hurray!

[Ciel]

I went to order a new EpiPen on Wednesday. They're on backorder. Suggest I ask for Allerject instead.

I need to get a prescription from my doctor for Allerject, so I do that the next day. I also get refills for EpiPen to keep on file while I'm there. Ditto for Ventolin and Symbicort (she charges for renewals via fax). I went in for a B12 shot and this was my first in person visit in over a year so I was strategic about it.

I returned to the pharmacy yesterday and asked to fill my script for Allerject. They are now also on backorder.

Okay. Now what do I do? I'm okay with what I have, but still. One EpiPen expired in May and the other has an expiry date of July. I also have about 8 older ones hanging around that I can look through for backups. I'm almost certain they are all still clear.

[spacecanada]

Emerade is now available in Canada, too. Your pharmacy can probably call your doctor to revise a prescription so you don't have to go back.

[Ciel]

Wow, never even heard of that one before. Thanks!