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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 367276" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Thanks for the info. I find it helpful to take a list of the $4 rx's at walmart with me to the doctor. Also the $3 list from another grocery chain. The docs forget which medications are on them and they can rx the cheapest medications possible if they know you want them to.</p><p></p><p>Many rx medications have OTC equivalents. I ask about those too. Jessie's neuro INSISTS that she take 500 mg of naproxen sodium. OTC it comes in tablets of 220 mgs. The rx is not covered because it is available OTC and the cost for a 30 day supply was $19 for the rx version. I bought a weeks worth of the rx version and had her take it for a week. Then I had her take the OTC version at 440 mgs per dose. She didn't see a difference, so we stayed with the OTC kind and didn't tell the doctor. He is very out of touch with reality esp as it concerns budgets, so I just bypassed him.</p><p></p><p>For those with migraines the latest and greatest medication is treximet. It is sumatriptan (imitrex) with naproxen sodium (aleve). I think that it has 500 mg of naproxen sodium. I cannot take aleve but Jess and my mom and my aunt are getting the same relief from the samples of treximet they have gotten as they get from imitrex and 2 aleve. With our insurance the cost of treximet is $80 plus 20% of the difference in cost between imitrex and treximet. The imitrex costs us $10 per month, so the choice is a no-brainer.</p><p></p><p>When I took ultracet I saw that it was tramadol and tylenol. At the time tramadol (ultram) had just been made generic, hence the release of ultracet. I had the doctor change the rx to the generic and promised to take it with a tylenol. With the insurance we had then it saved me over $60 a month. </p><p></p><p>Most pain relievers other than tylenol can be made to work more effectively by adding tylenol (acetaminophen). NSAIDS like ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin are all more effective when you add tylenol. If you take them with a cup of coffee or a coke they become even more effective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 367276, member: 1233"] Thanks for the info. I find it helpful to take a list of the $4 rx's at walmart with me to the doctor. Also the $3 list from another grocery chain. The docs forget which medications are on them and they can rx the cheapest medications possible if they know you want them to. Many rx medications have OTC equivalents. I ask about those too. Jessie's neuro INSISTS that she take 500 mg of naproxen sodium. OTC it comes in tablets of 220 mgs. The rx is not covered because it is available OTC and the cost for a 30 day supply was $19 for the rx version. I bought a weeks worth of the rx version and had her take it for a week. Then I had her take the OTC version at 440 mgs per dose. She didn't see a difference, so we stayed with the OTC kind and didn't tell the doctor. He is very out of touch with reality esp as it concerns budgets, so I just bypassed him. For those with migraines the latest and greatest medication is treximet. It is sumatriptan (imitrex) with naproxen sodium (aleve). I think that it has 500 mg of naproxen sodium. I cannot take aleve but Jess and my mom and my aunt are getting the same relief from the samples of treximet they have gotten as they get from imitrex and 2 aleve. With our insurance the cost of treximet is $80 plus 20% of the difference in cost between imitrex and treximet. The imitrex costs us $10 per month, so the choice is a no-brainer. When I took ultracet I saw that it was tramadol and tylenol. At the time tramadol (ultram) had just been made generic, hence the release of ultracet. I had the doctor change the rx to the generic and promised to take it with a tylenol. With the insurance we had then it saved me over $60 a month. Most pain relievers other than tylenol can be made to work more effectively by adding tylenol (acetaminophen). NSAIDS like ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin are all more effective when you add tylenol. If you take them with a cup of coffee or a coke they become even more effective. [/QUOTE]
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