Greetings,
I apologize my first post is a question, but here we go...
My wife has Krohn's disease, so after months and years on diagnosis she's on pain management program and pretty serious meds:
1. morphine sulfate instant release (MSIR) - 2 pills 15mg a day
2. morphine sulfate extended release (MSER) - 2 pills 30mg a day
3. promethazine - 1 pill 25mg a day
We're about to go abroad (to Russia, to be exact). Basically, both of us need to go for 30 days due to some important documents to take care of, and there are only certain dates we can start the process, so we've planned on going Sep 10 - Oct 9.
The problem is that her pain management doctor is only willing to give the prescription to be filled on the 1st of each month, for 30 days. I.e. she can fill 30 days of meds on Sep 1st and it will run out on Sep 31st while we're in Russia, which means she'll be without any meds for 10 days, which just won't work with her pain.
We've tried talking to the doctor, who says there's absolutely no way she can prescribe the pills for 40 days and there's no way she can prescribe it for 10 days for Sep 1-10 and then for 30 more days starting on Sep 10th. There's also no way to refill it in Russia (according to at least 3 doctors over there; plus there's a pain management contract you can't get it anywhere else, anyway). So, basically, the doctor response is "You're SOL, I'm just following the law" and I don't feel this is right.
Can anyone advice if there's something that can be done? I realize when someone has a chronic and serious condition, there are some limitation in terms of what you can and can't do, but it just seems bizarre there is no way to get meds for 30 days starting in the middle of the month once, when you can get it for 30 days starting on the 1st of the month.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!