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645390 tn?1338555377 Do you think that maybe she misunderstood you? I'm on Copaxone and it cost about the same price. My copay is $15.00/month, my insurance covers the rest. I would call your insurance company and ask them how much it will be. If your insurance doesn't deal with shared solutions try calling Pression RX.
Avatar f tn The price on copaxone was climbing during the time I was on it but I am still shocked at this new sticker price. When I quit copaxone it was up to something like $4,500 which of course my insurance didn't pay. It was $2,800 when I started copaxone in 2008. Shame on TEVA for taking this kind of profit on a drug they have long since recouped their researches expenses on through world=wide sales. I hope your insurance company works through this quickly.
620048 tn?1358018235 Yes, copaxone went up in price. the insurance side use to be a little over $2000 a month and I noticed it went up to $3000 a month now, it didnt affect my co-pay but that is what happend. a big jump in price for sure!!
Avatar f tn If copaxone has been around for so long, why hasn't the price come down? Just curious.
Avatar f tn Does anyone know what the price for copaxone will be effective January 2012? It's almost tripled in six years!
Avatar m tn I answered your question elsewhere but here it is again. (Wanted to be sure you saw it.) No need to apologize for your good news! I just hope you're able to look forward to a healthy future now and don't have to re-enter diagnostic hell or adjust to life with some other disease process.
Avatar f tn how much is evryone paying for thier medication/month...i take copaxone...it costs 11oo. candian..it used to be the least expensive..now i am wondering 12 years later is this the same?
338416 tn?1420045702 Took my Copaxone today, for the first time in six months. I've been off it because I couldn't afford it. Well, after my leg started acting wonky again, I went to the neuro and told him I was ready to get back on Copaxone. (This was when I still thought the copay was $75, like last time.) Then we started the process of financial assistance....
Avatar m tn I will be switching to Medicare when I run out of COBRA on my disability. I didn't know that about the price of Copaxone on Medicare. And it sounds like Teva/Shared Solutions doesn't work with them on it for the cost?
Avatar f tn They own hundreds of generic drug companies around the world. The only patent medicines they do are high price MS and Cancer drugs. Copaxone took them over twenty years to get on the market. They tried it as a pill first and it did not work in the digestive system. They had hopes on getting the first oral out after Copaxone but that did not work so they had to make more profit on Copaxone. They call it their goose that laid the golden egg.
1876457 tn?1322405589 Can anyone explain the way Medicare works with part d coverage for copaxone? The term catastrophic coverage has raised my eyebrow a smidge. I'm awaiting a call back from shared solutions and their "medicare" expert team. If im understanding the sales lady right, she informed me I would be responsible for the first $4700 approx.?
382218 tn?1341181487 Interesting discussion re: the pricing of MS drugs. I am quite surprised to see Copaxone priced at $5500 - $6000 per month at Walmart/Walgreen's in the US. Mine is priced at about $1600, though I don't pay anything out of pocket for it. http://www.healthline.
333672 tn?1273792789 Here is an interesting article that explains why generic interferons or Tysabri won't be cheap. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fda-to-approve-new-generics Basically, they're biologic drugs and their production can't be reduced to a chemical formula and a mechanical set of steps. Because "biological drugs are manufactured in living cells, there can be tremendous variation in the drug molecules produced.
648910 tn?1290663083 But my question is out of the 20, 5 ppl or 25% use Copaxone. So for you guys why did you chose Copaxone. I am really interested because I am not sure how one makes a decision which med to use or to begin with ect. Does the neuro usually allow input or is a case of this is what I am prescribing. I see my neuro on 12/1 to get more results. If he should discuss DMDs (which is probably wishful thinking) I would really like to have my head on half way straight.
Avatar f tn Thank you for responding. I have had about every "side-effect" the Copaxone warns of. Itching, bee-sting like feeling, lumps under skin, the dreaded tightness of the chest, flushing, etc. That has happened 3 times since I started this. I no longer inject into my legs because every time it happened, it was after my leg was injected. It scares me so bad. I'm not vain to where I am scared of showing stuff...my arms look terrible with all the scabs.
Avatar n tn Copaxone is made by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. For more information, visit the Copaxone website, or call Shared Solutions at 1-800-887-8100.
645390 tn?1338555377 Ok, today is day 5 on Copaxone. It hurts...bad. I have "heard" it is just supposed to hurt for a couple of weeks, and am curious if this is true for most? I also know someone who has been on it 6 months and still has pain from the injection. After the shot it burns immediately and feels like a hornet sting for about 2 hours. I get a large red bumpy blotch that is there for a couple of hours and the "after" pain is for a few days.
1637739 tn?1371688706 I have been taking Copaxone going on 5 months now. For the last 3, I have had the itchy lumps for a day or two after. I thought maybe they would get better but they really aren't. The PA at the neurologist office said they probably wouldn't. My question is this: Should I continue to tough it out or should I switch? I am curious from others if they have dealt with this and what they did about it. The itching isn't that bad, it's the lumps that bother me the most.
181575 tn?1250198786 They are used to treat diseases that may be fairly common, including multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia, hepatitis C and some cancers. There are no cheaper equivalents for these drugs, so patients are forced to pay the price or do without. Insurers say the new system keeps everyone’s premiums down at a time when some of the most innovative and promising new treatments for conditions like cancer and rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis can cost $100,000 and more a year.
Avatar m tn The mail order pharmacy called yesterday and they are reasonable. Their price for the Copaxone is 200 dollars a month cheaper that Rite Aid. So of course we will go with them. But when you talk about a 2,200 dollar a month drug the whole thing is scary. Good thing is that Craig already paid so much money this year that he is at his co-pay limit and the Copaxone will have no co-pay till January. One blessing.
572651 tn?1530999357 I just did my nightly injection of copaxone and forgot to take the red cap off of the autopen. Of course nothing came out and I thought that was dumb of me so I removed the red cap and unfortunately squirted my entire dose of copax all over my dining room. The autopen obviously loaded the syringe... there was no stopping the shower of medicine and I didn't think to just jab the needle into my abdomen. I lost an entire dose - all $150 or so worth.
1253197 tn?1331209110 The MS Society is calling for the scrapping of a scheme set up in 2004 to provide Betaferon, Copaxone, Avonex and Rebif to patients at an approximate cost of £8000 each a year. The price paid by the NHS was supposed to fall if the drugs proved not to be cost effective but htis has not happened even though research haws shown that 10000 recipients would have been better off with a placebo.
1323278 tn?1298122488 Hi Pablo.....I never managed to find out about that for you. Been feeling vile until the last 5 or so days (you know how it is!). As for Aussies, there's me of course, Udkas, and SupermumSS that I know of. Maybe one of us can help. The US dollar is neck and neck with the Aus dollar this week, in fact the US $ is set to be worth LESS very soon. Apparently your Federal Reserve are printing money like some tin-pot regime.........1000USD per annum is 20 bucks a week......