Beware LOVENOX Sales Push

grandpasmurf · 11-18-2009, 08:41 AM

My wife was recently hospitalized for blood clot in her leg. Upon discharge she was issued a prescription of LOVENOX which was to be taken two injections per day for 5 days along with a prescription of Coumadin which takes a few days (about 3) to work.
The LOVENOX is packaged individually preloaded injections at 10/box at a cost of $1143.99 (Walgreen's retail cost). They don't take refunds/give credit of unused injections, so I have to eat the $114.39 per injection not used (two for us $228.78). They also push the entire box of LOVENOX rather than sell the appropriate number of injections required. They should sell the meds at 6 injections, with another script for 2 with a refill. It would save consumers like us from being stuck with unneeded costly meds. I believe LOVENOX knows this but are pushing the providers into issuing unnecessary amounts at the cost of the consumer.
I say............. BEWARE of this practice.

trustno1 · 11-21-2009, 04:56 AM

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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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11-18-2009, 08:41 AM	#1
grandpasmurf Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	Beware LOVENOX Sales Push My wife was recently hospitalized for blood clot in her leg. Upon discharge she was issued a prescription of LOVENOX which was to be taken two injections per day for 5 days along with a prescription of Coumadin which takes a few days (about 3) to work. The LOVENOX is packaged individually preloaded injections at 10/box at a cost of $1143.99 (Walgreen's retail cost). They don't take refunds/give credit of unused injections, so I have to eat the $114.39 per injection not used (two for us $228.78). They also push the entire box of LOVENOX rather than sell the appropriate number of injections required. They should sell the meds at 6 injections, with another script for 2 with a refill. It would save consumers like us from being stuck with unneeded costly meds. I believe LOVENOX knows this but are pushing the providers into issuing unnecessary amounts at the cost of the consumer. I say............. BEWARE of this practice.

11-21-2009, 04:56 AM	#2
trustno1 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rocky Mtns, Colorado, USA, Earth Posts: 284 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts Reputation: (30)	This is a great resource to check on a regular basis. It has a vast array of information, violation reports, company information, product recalls, the latest warnings, health notices etc. Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/sitemap.html hey, we pay for all of this with taxes, so we might as well use it. __________________ "Think Less, Act More...Life is Short"

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