Suboxone Help? Insurance?

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Hi my name is Carrie and I'm from Hermosa Beach, CA.. I have been taking oral 8mg suboxone for months, as it really helps me and keeps me from popping 40 vicodin or norco's a day. I was on cobra with Blue cross when I began taking it, but it was too expensive. The cobra was 600 a month. Do you know of any independent rx coverage for suboxone? Right now i just paid 400 for 90 of them, and that's a one month supply. I'm better off taking the vicodins. I am disabled, but haven't gotten approved for medical yet. I have no insurance. If you have any suggestions, please help me, best regards.

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I am not sure if there are any assistance plans that cover it, or not. You can try the manufacturers website or contact number, some other programs are

pparx.org

needymeds.org

and rxassist.org

Hopefully one of those may be able to help you.

To be honest, the COBRA price is much cheaper than the cost of the Suboxone treatment every month, however, I also realize it is still unaffordable.

Please post back and let us know how you are doing!

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The makers of Suboxone offers a Paitens Assistance Program if you meet the requierments. I am on the program now. Also Aetna will pay for Suboxone. But they will not cover you if you tell them that your on it when you sign up.

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if you are disable , an fall within income limits you should qualify for medicaid card until medicare an part d kicks in

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Yes, that is probably a good idea. You should see if you can obtain your state's medical coverage.

Have you contact anyone about it?

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What happens if youve been on Suboxone Under COBRA Insurance which is about up for me and yu do not list it as a pre existing condition? Will they cover it or pull your policy. I am afraid to mention it as I might get denied. Any help would be great. Thank you

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I am a former heroin addict originally from ct now living in florida and tried calling several different locations which prescribed saboxin. All of which are out of my price range and i found out that it was actually cheaper to get high than it is to get help, unfortunatlly. However i did find somebody off the street that sells them for a reasonalble price. So keep lookin around and im sure youll come across a good connect wether its a doctor or a dealer but really, whats the difference.....ha

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Hi Ive been on suboxone for almost 5 yrs any 1 have any questions about the medication please ask away!.

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my insurance runs out in dec. and i need to continue with the suboxone i live in florida does anyone know who may be able to help pay for it...i received a 75% off prescription card in the mail...but not sure if it includes suboxone is that my best bet...? or should i try the manufacturer? any suggestions???? NEED HELP..like most of u said it's almost cheaper to get high then to be clean...i'm strugglin any advice wud help thanks

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My daughter has been on suboxone for 1 yr and 2 months. The suboxone program only last for 1 year. We are now paying 646.00 a month. So she said the same thing cheaper to get high. I have almost lost her so many times to heroin. I have tried all the free meds and etc. nothing is working. Right before she got on suboxone she was on a ventilator in the hospital. We thought she was going to have her life back. It's like the pharmaceutical company gets you on it for a year and then you can't live without it. Shame on them. This is my daughters life.

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I currently have United Health Insurance and even though it does not pay for the office visit, it does pay the majority of my Suboxone prescription. I get 60 8mg/2mg a month and the retail for it is ~ $450. To make a long story short - I'm divorced now and will soon be loosing my insurance ( I was under my husbands ins.) Do you have ANY suggestions as to what type of insurance I should get or whom to contact to get the suboxone at a lower rate? Coming off the medication right now, is not an option . PLEASE HELP!

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THATS EALLY CHEAP COMPARED TO WHAT I PAY I 90-FOR 900 DOLARS

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how do you get on that program with the makers of suboxone ive been looking for the contact information but havent had any luck

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my daughter is on suboxin and it is killing me money wise it cost me 100 every week for doctors visit and them 106 for 15 strips is there some help out there to help pay for it they did give us a card where we get 45 of once a month but still this is a money racket

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Hi, I have insurance but am still worried about cost. And worried it won't really help me in the end :(. I'm scared. I have 20 percocets 10/325's left and that is it, to last me the next 18 days. I don't want to suffer. I also wonder if I can wean with what I have as I am really prescribed to take 5 a day but end up taking way more than prescribed. Do you have any suggestions for me? I would soooo appreciate it. My email is [email protected] [1]. Thank you SO much in advance. I just want to be normal again, and got addicted by taking it for real pain. Today I took 40mg, and was ok, just a little bit of an upset stomach and confusion/dizziness. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[1] Editor's Note: In order to protect privacy we do not allow individuals to post their personal contact information to our discussion threads (except in some very rare cases).

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how do i reach them?

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I am currently on the Suboxone Assistance program. If you qualify they will send you a prescription card, I am currently covered 100% and pay NOTHING for 60 films/mo. Here is the number that is on the back of my card: 888-898-4818.
Good luck!!

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I am prescribed buprenorphine 3 8MG TABLETS a day i pay $350 for the doctor vist i get 90 a month but medacade wont cover my prescription it need dr. Auth required which he never answers so i have to pay an extra $368 just to pick it up from the phramacay i can not afford that is there any time of insurance that does not need dr. Auth required or some kind of help

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I have medicare and medicade and my prescription plan is healthsprings. I was paying 3.30 for 90 strips. now i pay nothing its just how my insurance is. but i am having trouble paying for the doctor visit i pay 260 monthly and have to attend 4 groups a month. I know 260 sounds cheap to some people but im on a fixed income. I pay what i can when i can but i cant seem to catch up on my payments.

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I had a great doctor in Chicago for six years. I was an over-the-road truck driver, which meant I could not show up for regular appointments. I paid $75 every other prescription for the "office visit", and when generic buprenorphine became available, thirty pills were $130 at Walmart.
Now that I have moved to the South, no doctor will work with my schedule, no doctor will prescribe generics, all want me to pay for and attend weekly "therapy", and the doctor's fees are extortionate. What's worse, is that I had to quit my job to obtain treatment.
I don't know how I'll pay for it all. I don't relish the thought of having to return to crime to pay for my habit. I hope I can find some different sort of work, but I am in my fifties. The initial couple of "visits", and the first script will clean me out.

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I had a great doctor in Chicago for six years. I was an over-the-road truck driver, which meant I could not show up for regular appointments. I paid $75 every other prescription for the "office visit", and when generic buprenorphine became available, thirty pills were $130 at Walmart.
Now that I have moved to the South, no doctor will work with my schedule, no doctor will prescribe generics, all want me to pay for and attend weekly "therapy", and the doctor's fees are extortionate. What's worst of all is that I had to quit my job to obtain treatment.
I don't know how I'll pay for it all. I don't relish the thought of having to return to crime to pay for my habit. I hope I can find some different sort of work, but I am in my fifties. The initial couple of "visits", and the first script will clean me out. Obamacare does not take effect until 2014, (assuming that's not sabotaged), and the drug war seems far from over, in spite of recent progress. I thought the buprenorphine law was to give us our lives back, to allow us to live with simple dignity, but it seems the rehab industry has clawed its way into this area, too.

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I have been told the reason a lot of insurance companies do cover subs is because they want you to be monitored by drug and mental health counselors. I see a lot of people on here having problems with doctors not writing them to ya or the cost of the meds. I have left a reply on a few of your comments but everyone should try and get into an outpatient drug/mental health program (here in Missouri we have one and it's called SEMO). I give them a group meeting once a week for a dr. Appointment once a month and an hour with the nut doctor every 3 months and I get all my meds and dr. Appointments free of charge. If you have a methadone clinic in your area see what they say or they may know of a program for your needs. I wish all of you luck. Stay clean cause we deserve a good life. I'm 14 months clean of opiates on the 19th .....Go me go me.

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Re: Healthy in Indiana (# 92) Expand Referenced Message

Yes they are weaker. No one i know thinks they are the same. Maybe look for a drug/mental health place to get them to pay for your meds. Mine does and i take 3 subs a day and some other meds, but i give about 6 hours a month up for free meds.

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Re: Healthy in Indiana (# 92) Expand Referenced Message

i too am on sub films 3 a day and i have no insurance. in MO. we have a drug and mental heath rehabilitaion place called SEMO i see my doctor there and get all my meds free of charge ,i go to this place 6 hours a month. I am 14 months clean and living that sober life feels good .i sure hope you may be able to find something like this where you live

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i too am on sub films 3 a day and i have no insurance. in MO. we have a drug and mental heath rehabilitaion place called SEMO i see my doctor there and get all my meds free of charge ,i go to this place 6 hours a month. I am 14 months clean and living that sober life feels good .i sure hope you may be able to find something like this where you live

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Re: Verwon (# 4) Expand Referenced Message

I live in Indiana and since I have a job the state said I made to much for ordinary Medicaid. But however I do qualify for the healthy Indiana plan or (hip) I believe it must be a form of Medicaid because when they sent me my insurance cards it say HIP/Medicaid. I pay about 30 dollars a month for this and I'm given a prescription for sure ozone weekly. They now pay for all of my script and I pay nothing at the pharmacy. Before I had to pay 130 dollars for a seven day supply. The catch is that HIP will only cover the tablet form and will no longer cover the film's. I prefer the the film's.s which I was on till I had to switch because insurance wouldn't cover them. They still get the job done and it may just be me but.i feel these tablets are a bit weaker even though they are the same milligram supposedly. But I have not had any withdrawal or sickness but the craving is there much more than with the strips.

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Re: Patti (# 89) Expand Referenced Message

What discount card do you use? My wife is covered through NY Medicaid and uses it for pain management but we are nervous about prescription prices

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So what do you think I should to if I am on suboxone and want aetna to pay for the medication?

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I am on 90 as well and my insurance won't cover it. I live in Florida and I use an RX discount card and it dropped the price from 900 to 344.

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Do you have insurance? If so what carrier? I've been looking around like crazy. It seems to be hopeless out there .

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Does the obama care ins. Cover the suboxone generic tablets?? I pay out of pocket for doc and scripts. Paying 700 a month right now using goodtx card helps.

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