Ajovi monthly injections! WHY CAN A MEDICATION BE OUT OF STOCK AUSTRALIA WIDE?
I have suffered with migraines for most of my early adulthood life and I was still suffering until my neurologist approved myself for Ajovi injections monthly.
Since I have been on Ajovi (under 2 years ) twice I have gone to my chemist to pick it up only to be told it’s on back order as Ajovi is not being made and available to be dispensed as there isn’t any at the moment in Australia.Does anyone else have this issue? It’s January 2025.
I am so scared that this time it could be months awaiting and the fear that I will have the worst cluster headache/migraine that will set my functional neurological disorder and other conditions off.
The first time Ajovi wasn’t available for myself was six weeks! Anyone else get scared that medications will be unavailable for a lengthy period of time??? Or is it just a ME problem?
I didn’t realise how bad my migraines were until after starting Ajovi and getting relief and not having to plan my day/s and the everyday living changes I had adapted too for example lights on. I lived in darkness or low light settings as light would hurt my eyes.
I guess I don’t want to feel like a sledgehammer is being pounded into my brain
I DONT WANT Nausea
I DONT WANT Pain
I DONT WANT to have light sensitivity
I DONT WANT to spew and keep spewing
I DON’T WANT to hear any sound 1000% louder
I DON’T WANT a fever, I don’t understand how a migraine makes my temperature rise but it does
I DON’T WANT the sweats
I DON’T WANT fatigue
I DON’T WANT to not be able to see
I DON’T WANT vertigo feeling
I DON’T WANT to feel hypersensitivity
I DON’T WANT to not be able to sleep because of the pain
I DON’T WANT eye pain.
I am so sorry to hear that your medication is on backorder. That is always scary and hard on the patient. Have you mentioned this to the provider there? Is another CRGP an alternative? There are also oral alternatives such as Ubrelvy (ubrogepant), Nurtec ODT (rimegepant), and Qulipta (atogepant). Have you tried these?
I looked it up and could not really find any information that states it is on backorder. I did find an article about what if a medication is on backorder. I do not know if this will help you, but wanted to share it, just in case:
https://www.sentara.com/healthwellness/articles/prescription-drug-shortage
I hope that you will be able to get your medication or something else, to help decrease your symptoms soon. (Tonya, team member).
