Re: -insurance & Medications

December 24, 2003

Hi - - I totally agree with you about this insurance

garbage. We are paying around $150.00 a month in co-pays for my

medications and about another $30.00 for my hubby's. Through our

insurance we can mail in for a 90 day supply for one month's co-pay.

This helps, but it's still expensive. I also still end up at the

pharmacy for my pain medications and usually 1 or two other

prescriptions during the month. The pharmacist added up our cost for

prescription meds if we had to pay full cost and it was over $500.00

a month. It is so mind boggeling it about makes my head spin around.

Hugs - a

> a & Donna,

>

> I'm glad you found a drug that works. Xanax works for me, but

> because it's addictive they limit you on the amount of time you can

> take the stuff...like anxiety/panic attacks go away or something.

I

> just wish insurance companies would learn that not all

> antidepressants work the same whether they're SSRIS or what.

Generic

> Prozac is on the low tier on my insurance, where Effexor and

Lexapro

> is on the high end. My high tier co-pay goes up to $45 a

> prescription after the 1st. On a tight budget that's kind of

rough.

> Especially after spending $60 in co-pays on 3 doctor visits that

> month. The way my insurance seems to look at it, you should get

your

> doctor to prescribe the low tier stuff, whether is works for you or

> not.

>

> Just adding my two cents to the posts. I went to the internist

> yesterday and am a little punchy. Plus I haven't taken any

> antidepressants for the last 2 months and I really need to. For

some

> reason I miss my mom a lot this time of year. She died 6 years ago

> from complications of scleroderma...and I had to get lupus. Auto-

> immune diseases be damned. Enough of my whining. Hope everyone

has

> a great holiday!

>

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