Date sent:11/19/99 10:38 AM
Rx Crisis....
Dan needs Penicillin G for infusion to go home. The "largest infusion
company" in Ohio claims they can't get it. Do you know someone who has it, can get
it, any clues????
Baxter is the company who makes it.
We don't know if the problem is in the supply end or in the insurance end....
Help...
Thanks, Abi and Dan
BTW, Phyllis, can't find your phone number.... can you email back or call us...
Date sent:11/19/99 02:56 PM
Saturday..
Several people have mentioned to me that I failed to say what day we are flying in....
we are coming in on Saturday.
The story with the Pen G is that it is normally shipped in concentrate in little vials.
Hospitals and pharmacies get this vial and inject it into a genaric bag of
dextrose/saline. Apparently there was a manufacturing problem with the vials. So, Baxter's
solution was to premix large batches and put them into bags like that and distribute that.
I was able to give the social worker here the phone number for Baxter and ordering
information including the concentrations available and thier shelf life...
However the infusion company wasn't aware of the alternative form. So, the social
worker here made some phone calls to Baxter, their distributors, hospitals in the Dayton
area, and found that the pouches could be had and made available to the infusion company
in time to arrive at our house before Dan gets home tomorrow.
So, unless something major happens, we go home tomorrow.
With Love and Anticipation, Abi and Dan
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