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Anyone out there that has taken your flight med exam in last few weeks? Took mine today.. I use an eye drop 2 times daily for macular degeneration. When I logged on and filled out the form 8500-8 MedXPress form I answered it truthfully as you should and I entered on the medication question that i use a .25 Timilol eye drop. This seemed to throw a complete monkey wrench into everything. Now I have to schedule a eye exam and get a form I have never heard of filled out from my Optmologist and get it back to the examiner in 13 days or my exam will be deferred to FAA doctor and can take up to 4 months to get my medical card. Now this won't hurt me because I fly for pleasure and not for a living.. You guys that fly for a living and take any type medication you may be faced with huge delays and expense to get your medical. I hold a class 3 no telling what you class 1 guys will be faced with. Just heads up. Don't wait too late to get it started
I'm wondering if anyone else is having similar problems and/or if this kind of thing is "normal". I was under the impression that using the online application was just a move to reduce paperwork but it sounds like there's more to it than that.
Anyone out there that has taken your flight med exam in last few weeks? Took mine today.. I use an eye drop 2 times daily for macular degeneration. When I logged on and filled out the form 8500-8 MedXPress form I answered it truthfully as you should and I entered on the medication question that i use a .25 Timilol eye drop. This seemed to throw a complete monkey wrench into everything. Now I have to schedule a eye exam and get a form I have never heard of filled out from my Optmologist and get it back to the examiner in 13 days or my exam will be deferred to FAA doctor and can take up to 4 months to get my medical card. Now this won't hurt me because I fly for pleasure and not for a living.. You guys that fly for a living and take any type medication you may be faced with huge delays and expense to get your medical. I hold a class 3 no telling what you class 1 guys will be faced with. Just heads up. Don't wait too late to get it started
I'm wondering if anyone else is having similar problems and/or if this kind of thing is "normal". I was under the impression that using the online application was just a move to reduce paperwork but it sounds like there's more to it than that.