jmj11 Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 My professor is direct past president of the society, kind of wanted to know what he thought, hm. I wanted to email the society and be like, ...um allergan doesn't support us, what's going on here? I would say give it a week. He promised to resolve this and make it where they would support PAs/NPs and allow us to order and call on us. If he falls through, then I have a lot of mailings prepared to go out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sajedr Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Heard anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Heard anything? I've been on the phone a couple more times now with the VP of neuro marketing. He has changed my personal "taxonomy" (in their computer) from a "Physician Assistant" as a specialty to "Neurologist" which fixes the practical part for me. I can now order Botox, be called on by their reps, get help with reimbursement and etc. But that doesn't really fix the problem. We have arranged a meeting between NPs and PAs in headache and two of Allergan's VPs in Phoenix in two weeks. Their legal team had advised them not to change the rules for PAs and NPs in general because "they only have the right to prescribe medications in 19 states, therefore we can not call on them or allow them to order Botox in the other 31." I'm not sure where they got that number and I told him his legal team were way off base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted October 23, 2011 Moderator Share Posted October 23, 2011 hopefully you sent him a link showing rx rights in all 50 states, etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 hopefully you sent him a link showing rx rights in all 50 states, etc.... I hadn't (this has been one of those weeks when you are caught in a whirlwind) but I just sent him (via your prompt) this one: http://physicianassistantcareer.org/overview-of-physician-assistant-prescriptive-authority.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Six months later with one small victory, after hours and hours of discussion. If you go to mychronicmigraine.com and type in 98221 in the zip code under "find a headache specialist" my name should come up. This was extremely difficult as the company said that they could only define a "headache specialist" as a MD or DO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Six months later with one small victory, after hours and hours of discussion. If you go to mychronicmigraine.com and type in 98221 in the zip code under "find a headache specialist" my name should come up. This was extremely difficult as the company said that they could only define a "headache specialist" as a MD or DO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFarnsworth Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Well this all explains why the Allergan rep won't return my calls. I met with the Dysport rep and she was totally pro-PA. Guess I'll be using Dysport instead of Botox from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFarnsworth Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Well this all explains why the Allergan rep won't return my calls. I met with the Dysport rep and she was totally pro-PA. Guess I'll be using Dysport instead of Botox from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Well this all explains why the Allergan rep won't return my calls. I met with the Dysport rep and she was totally pro-PA. Guess I'll be using Dysport instead of Botox from now on. That's exactly what I did for a while and I threatened to send out a position paper encouraging all PAs to do the same. But what I run up against is "name familiariy" with "Botox" and that's what patients want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Well this all explains why the Allergan rep won't return my calls. I met with the Dysport rep and she was totally pro-PA. Guess I'll be using Dysport instead of Botox from now on. That's exactly what I did for a while and I threatened to send out a position paper encouraging all PAs to do the same. But what I run up against is "name familiariy" with "Botox" and that's what patients want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFarnsworth Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 That's exactly what I did for a while and I threatened to send out a position paper encouraging all PAs to do the same. But what I run up against is "name familiariy" with "Botox" and that's what patients want. That's when I say, this is basically the same thing as Botox, for much less.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFarnsworth Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 That's exactly what I did for a while and I threatened to send out a position paper encouraging all PAs to do the same. But what I run up against is "name familiariy" with "Botox" and that's what patients want. That's when I say, this is basically the same thing as Botox, for much less.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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