Mr. Endocrinologist phoned two afternoons ago. It appears my blood work confirms enough for him and the other powers that be that I have the dreaded Diabetes
Insipidus. Gosh, more rare diseases? Sign me up! So I was started on Desmopressin, the hormone I'm lacking that my pretty little pit gland doesn't feel
like making anymore. Wow, yet another gland on my body wanting to quit before their time's up. First my thyroid, now my pit gland. It think my body works
for the Union or something. It's on strike, it just won't let me know it's terms so we can strike up a deal. lol
Anyway, I pick this nasal spray (yay! not!) from the pharmacy and the Pharmacist is busy with angry people at the drive through. They hunt my med down, which it was in the fridge. It need to be refridgerated. Yay. Again. I leave and am thankful my insurance covers the full 126 buckaroos this med costs. Ouch. But when I get home and am looking over that FOR YOUR INFO insert Walgreens provides, it says your doctor may need to monitor you dose or condition if you are taking the following meds and Tegretol is FIRST on the list. OH BLOODY HELL! You're kidding me, right? I call my neuro because, well, he's the one who gave me the tegretol and it's already in my system cause I take it twice daily. Yup.
I talk to 2 different nurses who both apparently realize this is an important situation but don't think it's important enough to either A) page the doctor or B) grab him when he leaves one of the examining rooms. I know it gets busy there. I've seen it. But, stick a post it note to his computer. Believe me, he goes back there after every patient to log %!!% real quick. I've seen him do this countless times. He'd get the message! Or stick it on the door of the NEXT patient to be seen. DUH! Common sense, people. That's all I ask.
So at 5:15 last night, when I thought maybe they gave up, the nurse calls and explains she couldn't get to him before he left. What?!?!?! But usually with that kind of warning it means that one of those meds will either be increased or decreased in it's effectiveness. Then she told me to use my best judgement. Cause, yeah, I went to med school for this %!!%. I call Walgreens and the Pharmacist has gone and the tech said nothing came up on the computer. Well, duh, that happened for the nurse as well. But it's on the patient inform sheet, so what the! I decide to be safe and not take it last night and just get up and visit the porcelian princess whenever it called.
This morning, a 5 minute trip to Walgreens, resulted in this answer: It will decrease the effectiveness of the Tegretol, but not much. As long as you are not taking it for seizures, then it won't hurt. (I'm taking it for trigeminal neuralgia) If you take the Tegretol with your evening meal and the Desmopressin right before bed, then there really shouldn't be any decrease.
What you should learn from this: Go to your Pharmacist first, even if you have to wait for their attention. It will be worth it.
Anyway, I pick this nasal spray (yay! not!) from the pharmacy and the Pharmacist is busy with angry people at the drive through. They hunt my med down, which it was in the fridge. It need to be refridgerated. Yay. Again. I leave and am thankful my insurance covers the full 126 buckaroos this med costs. Ouch. But when I get home and am looking over that FOR YOUR INFO insert Walgreens provides, it says your doctor may need to monitor you dose or condition if you are taking the following meds and Tegretol is FIRST on the list. OH BLOODY HELL! You're kidding me, right? I call my neuro because, well, he's the one who gave me the tegretol and it's already in my system cause I take it twice daily. Yup.
I talk to 2 different nurses who both apparently realize this is an important situation but don't think it's important enough to either A) page the doctor or B) grab him when he leaves one of the examining rooms. I know it gets busy there. I've seen it. But, stick a post it note to his computer. Believe me, he goes back there after every patient to log %!!% real quick. I've seen him do this countless times. He'd get the message! Or stick it on the door of the NEXT patient to be seen. DUH! Common sense, people. That's all I ask.
So at 5:15 last night, when I thought maybe they gave up, the nurse calls and explains she couldn't get to him before he left. What?!?!?! But usually with that kind of warning it means that one of those meds will either be increased or decreased in it's effectiveness. Then she told me to use my best judgement. Cause, yeah, I went to med school for this %!!%. I call Walgreens and the Pharmacist has gone and the tech said nothing came up on the computer. Well, duh, that happened for the nurse as well. But it's on the patient inform sheet, so what the! I decide to be safe and not take it last night and just get up and visit the porcelian princess whenever it called.
This morning, a 5 minute trip to Walgreens, resulted in this answer: It will decrease the effectiveness of the Tegretol, but not much. As long as you are not taking it for seizures, then it won't hurt. (I'm taking it for trigeminal neuralgia) If you take the Tegretol with your evening meal and the Desmopressin right before bed, then there really shouldn't be any decrease.
What you should learn from this: Go to your Pharmacist first, even if you have to wait for their attention. It will be worth it.
