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For the last year or so I have had to fight to get my birth control pill (blisolvi fe) filled for continuous use. My doctor has written multiple prescriptions, even writing notes to skip placebos. CVS refuses to fill the prescription every three months even with the note. They say itβs too early and want me to wait over 2 weeks to fill the script.
While waiting and getting a period is going to be a massive pain, Iβm more concerned with why this keeps happening and how I can fix it.
Anyone else struggle with this when taking hormonal birth control consecutively? Any advice on how to solve this continuous problem would be great. TIA.
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You could try asking your prescriber to explicitly put "skip placebo pills; start next pack to maintain continuous hormone levels" in the dosing instructions and possibly even requesting they include the brand/generic manufacturer you currently take and marking the script as DAW. The pharmacy needs to call your doctor if they don't want to follow the instructions provided, and insurance may need a prior authorization in order to cover whatever the issue is on their side (it could be considered too early to fill or it could be too many pills/packs just by quantity, both of which are simply basic guidelines for the insurance provider's drug formulary that a one-time prior authorization from your prescriber should make all better.
*is your pill's hormone combo not available in a longer-term or continuous dosage pill? i ask because i take what what originally branded Lybrel, now the common generics i end up with are either amethyst or dolishale - theyre 90mcg levonorgestrel/20mcg ethinyl estradiol but i feel like i'm not seeing many options anymore below like, 100mcg levo minimum...?