Jeffery Patneaude

Review of Central Maine Medical Center

God bless the people at cmmc. The heart n vascula...

God bless the people at cmmc. The heart n vascular department is a smooth operating machine there ! They have save my life on 2 occasions. First with stent then 5 years later with tripple bypass surgery ! However my after care us somewhat sketchy .I completed cardiac rehab in rumford and they have an impressive program there and there staff is unbelievable!!! I finished that program in very good condition for the 2nd time ! I only have one complaint and it's not serious. I haven't been back for any kind of stress test and I believe I should have and I'm no Dr and have no claims to know more than them . I believe it's all the type of insurance I have . Sad to say but in my belief we get somewhat different care because of that. And 2nd my metoprolol prescription seems to need authorization to be refilled . And of course it runs out on weekend and I'm without it again ! My Pryor cardiologist had it so it didn't run out and the pharmacy called me every time it was do to pic up .I never had to worry about missing doses ! I had this Same issue 3 months ago and never noticed on the script it had the same must be authorized on it again . So this time I'm going to see if the Dr can remedy this for me .It's not like this us a narcotic. It's life saving drug for blood pressure should be available for all heart patients at any time !!! Just like nitroglycerin. If u lose it should be able to walk into pharmacy and get refill just by your history which they have at there finger tips right on computer. These are not drugs people are abusing !!! Just saying. And again I have no animosity towards the hospital in any way they are awesome...the medication thing needs tweeking....
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