I'm on Lamictal for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. My neurologist was very adamant about being on name brand versus generic because he says active ingredients can vary a lot from company to company and Epilepsy isn't something to chance it with. I tried to fill it for the name brand and, even after my insurance paid their portion, it was over 350.00 dollars. I told him and he wrote a letter asking for them to pay more and they did! Got the bill today and they paid another 245 dollars! So I can have the name brand and it wont cost me a car payment!

I sent him a thank you note today. It's really nice to finally have a doctor who actually cares about me and isn't just pushing me out of his office.