Insurance Companies

Insurance companies are so weird.

I have some pain issues that make it difficult for me to fall asleep. I was sleeping maybe two hours a night and taking care of six children and a house during the day.

It sucks when someone tells you that you had a conversation with them and you seriously cannot remember a word of it and it was TWO days ago!

My doctor gave me some Vicodin. I am sure you are all aware of the issues with prescribing pain medications. There are so many people abusing the system, that when an actual case comes up it's hard to tell the difference.

Well, I can't take Vicodin. It has tylenol in it and I am allergic. Okay, percodan is the only drug of this order that doesn't contain tylenol. I get a prescription. It helps a little. Still can't sleep.

Okay, let's try a prescription for Ambien. It is a sleeping pill and it will help you fall and stay asleep.

WOW DOES THAT STUFF WORK! Eight hours straight, no waking and holy cow I don't feel drugged the next day.

Well, the insurance company will only "allow" you to have 10 pills in 30 days. They say it's because Ambien is "highly" addictive.

Huh?

You just gave me a precription for PERCODAN! OXYCODONE! Hello, read any papers lately? Epidemic that is crashing throughout small towns, big towns, suburbs, male, female, young, old, all walks of life are abusing this drug. HIGHLY addictive and easily attained. People aren't taking one extra tablet of this they are taking 40-50 pills a day!

So, I can have as many highly addictive narcotics as I want, but I have to choose which ten days I get to sleep.

How messed up is that?