'I was shaking. I was in tears. I didn’t know what to do.'
a strikingly similar story, noting that her child had the same experience.
"Tucson here, too. Daughter on methotrexate till they decided not to fill her prescription yesterday," the concerned parent wrote in the post. "She is in her 'childbearing' years. We are freaking out." The experience is becoming so commonplace that back in July, the American College of Rheumatology evento pharmacists and lawmakers nationwide, begging them to allow patients to refill this oft-prescribed, necessary medication.
"Methotrexate is one of the most widely used and inexpensive medications for a variety of inflammatory rheumatic diseases," they urged, adding that the drug "must remain accessible to people with rheumatic diseases, and legal safeguards must protect rheumatology professionals, pharmacists, and patients from potential legal penalties.
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