Now, you point out, well, we're putting some back, we're going to give a better prescription program.

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It is often vastly cheaper to give a patient a new prescription or to implant a device than it is to have patients hospitalized because their condition was under-treated.

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Some doctors don't stock it, and they give patients a prescription to take to the drugstore--then the patient must rush back to the doctor and get the shot before it defrosts and spoils.

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If you don't have a prescription handy, the seller will give you a free "medical consultation" online or, more typically, waive the requirement altogether.

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