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Dec 30, 2010, 05:40 PM
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Even though I have been talking about a meds break, I am very compliant. I would only do it with my doctor's supervision. With that said, I was a dummy and forgot to call in my Seroquel prescription so I missed last night's dose. My husband is at the pharmacy right now and he just called me to say that the script will cost $178 and he thinks the insurance isn't covering it. He is going to call the insurance company and see what is going on. I suspect our prescription coverage has changed because he received a new set of cards in the mail. If this is the case, I won't be able to afford my meds.
I am worried that if I have been taking Seroquel consistently at 150mg, will I feel withdrawal if it takes several days to get this straightened out? The last time this happened, I ended up in the hospital, but I don't know if it was because I had to switch to Seroquel XR until my insurance issue was resolved. They told me it wouldn't be an issue now that I have a pre-approval for Seroquel. What a pain. |
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Dec 30, 2010, 05:49 PM
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I agree. Seroquel is expensive. Lots of newer psych drugs are expensive. My husband lost his job and our insurance. I have been getting by with NeedyMeds because we couldn't possibly afford the medicines any other way. The meds are sent to the psychiatrist and I just have to pick them up.
It's a drag, but I am glad that most drug companies, at least, are trying to help those in need.
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Dec 30, 2010, 06:33 PM
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I didn't have any withdrawal symptoms, but it was difficult to fall asleep for the first 2 weeks.
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Dec 30, 2010, 06:37 PM
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Dec 30, 2010, 07:12 PM
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Thanks for the replies. It was a mistake at the pharmacy and is all set now. I was quick to panic...
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Dec 30, 2010, 09:38 PM
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Petunia I so agree seroquel gave me the best sleep ever!
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Dec 30, 2010, 10:36 PM
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$178...thats insane...mine costs me 4 dollars for a months supply..and coverage is 90%...i'm not good at math but..it seems to me like you all are getting ripped off.
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Dec 30, 2010, 10:44 PM
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Actually be glad you are only on 150; the price increases proportionally! I am on 600 and the monthly cost is over $700. Thank GOD we have good insurance at the moment. I have built up a reserve of Seroquel just in case. I ask my PDOC for samples when I see him every couple of weeks. I think there some connection between samples given and the drug company. UNFORTUNATELY I have not found an affordable Seroquel replacement.
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Dec 30, 2010, 11:12 PM
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Seroquel doesn't have a generic yet because it is too new. Someday, it will have a generic and that will drive the price down.
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Dec 31, 2010, 12:44 AM
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That's frustrating. It has a generic in Canada, but I believe the patents last longer in the United States. I found the sleeping effects to be too intense myself as when I want to sleep 8 hours, I sleep 12. As a result I have had to go off it.
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Dec 31, 2010, 04:05 AM
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The generic is quetiapine?
I guess i just don't understand how a medication can cost $40 in cananda and then like $178 in the US for the same darn thing.
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Dec 31, 2010, 09:59 AM
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(are you saying your Seroquel is $4? because there is no generic for Seroquel and probably won't be until 2013 according to AstraZeneca. some countries "claim" to sell one, but it's not the true medication Seroquel) http://bipolar-disorder.emedtv.com/s...-seroquel.html or, you must have an excellent insurance plan! i have medicare part d and my copay just went from $42 (60 pills 300mg) a month to $77 (from tier 2 to tier 3) and i had to have my pdoc send in a bunch of information requested a tier reduction for "hardship" reasons. i've been denied once but she is appealing. and the really crappy thing is, Seroquel XR stayed at the lower rate! how stupid that is. consumer = 0, AstraZeneca = 1000. blahhh 
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Dec 31, 2010, 10:45 AM
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In the US quetiapine is just the drug name, and Seroquel is the brand name. |
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Dec 31, 2010, 11:14 AM
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The SR isn't generic, but the basic is. That being said, there are always differences in the non-medical ingredients between generic and brand name.
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Dec 31, 2010, 11:15 AM
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Abilify is REALLY expensive. You don't even want to know what that costs!!! It's worth it's weight in gold or something. I don't use it but it is a Godsend for my son.
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Dec 31, 2010, 11:16 AM
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And as for the generic version, if you are getting it from a pharmacy I would trust it, but not from over the internet.
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Dec 31, 2010, 11:18 AM
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Dec 31, 2010, 11:51 AM
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I sleep very well on Seroquel, except if I go into a mixed or hypomanic episode. Then I have to add Trazodone to the mix.
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Dec 31, 2010, 01:21 PM
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Dec 31, 2010, 01:46 PM
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Well, that's not entirely true. There are two classes of drugs. One is covered 80% by plans and one is covered %50.
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Dec 31, 2010, 01:53 PM
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I would like to say, I have ordered drugs from Canada, Canada RX or some such. They were exactly like the Synthroid I get here; in the proper bottle, etc. They were much cheaper.....I got 3 months supply, for what would cost 1 month with a co-pay on Insurance.
There are loads of people who have a vested interest in scaring you from ordering drugs from Canada, but, I personally, believe that if you are careful with whom you order from, you can get drugs much cheaper!! RX's aren't made here....80% are made overseas anyway, China, India, France, you name it, so they aren't from the USA per se, anyway!
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Dec 31, 2010, 08:42 PM
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BNLsMOM, as far as withdrawal for the Seroquel, I've never taken it, so can't speak to that, but the NeedyMeds idea brought up is definitely worth checking into. Another thing to consider is to check into what the ramp-down time would be for it (see http://www.crazymeds.us/ for excellent med info --site is med oriented info only, NOT support). Then you could calculate out how much you would need for a ramp-down and buy only that amount. Sometimes (found this out the hard way) meds can be more expensive per dose at a lower volume, but it may be enough of a savings overall to make it worthwhile, because the amount may be less than your current cost for a full prescription. Please keep us posted, ok?
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Dec 31, 2010, 09:36 PM
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i have the perfect plan i have 3 bottles here of seroqual and i was gonna just return them to the pharmacy to dispose of them since i no longer want to take them i should just mail them to you...i mean...they cost me next to nothing right..
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"Love is patient; love is kind; love is not boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things". I Corinthians 13: 4-7
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Dec 31, 2010, 09:41 PM
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lot of risk if you get caught though. smuggling drugs through the postal service
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Dec 31, 2010, 09:45 PM
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can't believe i'm posting this, and you didn't hear it from me! just put them in a box and label it "FRAGILE glass beads, handle with care"
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