Sudden Dextroamphetamine Price Quadruple???? (Page 4)

What happened? Oh, no... I am f+#*ed. Went to Walgreens to fill dextroamph rx tonight. Instead of approx. $75 they said for me with self-pay it's $355+!!!! This is for ONE month. No way I can afford it! Suddenly? What the _ do I do? Taper down with the 2 more days of pills that I have? So, you just blow, they are saying to me. Just be sick, and here, we'll make it so you're much, much sicker!!! Are all the pharmacies going to have the same astronomical price hike? Has anyone got information about about this?

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I started a petition against greedy Amedra Pharma to give assistance so low income patients can get Dexedrine. Please sign and get everyone you know to sign. There's power in numbers!

credomobilize.com/petitions/make-amedra-pharmaceutical-assist-low-income-patients?source=twitter-share-button

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If you receive Medicare, you do not have to have/buy any other insurance. Medicare is insurance.

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You found a Medicare plan that has Dexedrine in their formulary? That's amazing. No insurance company in Pennsylvania will cover it or the generic which is NOT a generic EQUIVALENT. I will have to pay $348/month starting in January 2014 because I lost my state assistance.

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Medicare will not pay for Dexedrine or dextroamphetamine.

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Sign this petition to get Amedra Pharmaceuticals to help us:

credomobilize.com/petitions/make-amedra-pharmaceutical-assist-low-income-patients

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It depends on what the diagnosis code on the rx is.

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You are So right! The MAIN purpose for which government exists is to PROTECT & DEFEND its citizens from other nations; OURS isn't even protecting us from our own obscenely wealthy pharmaceutical companies who seem to have been given free reign to prey on us with IMPUNITY...To play recklessly with our bodies, our minds and our money as if we were insignificant pawns to be raped & sacrificed at their alter of greed. Never mind that so many of their generics don't even work like their Branded meds anymore & cause weeks of wretched problems & misery for so many people because they're now made ANYWHERE in the world that offers Big Pharma the cheapest price...quality control be damned!

Our government can't even manage to oversee Quality Control of the FOOD supply within our own borders so what are the chances they're on-the-job Protecting us, vigilantly monitoring standards of quality & processing in every little manufacturing plant in India, Indonesia etc.? ZERO, NONE, ZIP, NADA! I'll bet they don't even have a CLUE where our 'equivalent generics' (NOT) are made.

I'm an enthusiastic cheerleader for capitalism, but this ISN'T capitalism; When Big Government allows Big Pharma to make these SUBSTANDARD meds and THEN REWARDS them for their 'efforts' with millions of our taxpayer dollars in obscenely expensive Medicare & Medicaid prescriptions that may or may not work...THAT is called CONSPIRACY to defraud the American people, NOT CAPITALISM. (Ron Paul goes too far w/ it but Libertarians may have the right idea..get Government the hell out of our daily lives ..then it will have plenty of time and money to defend us.). Re: Socialism. Saw a terrific bumper sticker last week: "The problem with Socialism is that, eventually you run out of OTHER people's money!"

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I am still hanging in there... barely. I was getting the Barr generic dextroamphetamine tabs at Walmart for $110/mo (60 x 10mg). Then I found a secret little pharmacy that was getting me a different brand (not sure - white diamonds) for $94/mo.
Now, Walmart is out of stock!!! That can't be good at all... So I am left getting them from the little secret pharmacy, but their price has gone up to $126/mo.
On the bright side: I am now getting yet another brand (WILSH?) and they are cool-looking, *small*, dark-peach, round tabs that are double-scored on one side (a cross/+) and they read 10/MIA on the other. They seem to have more of a 'kick' than some brands I've tried previously.

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So have you signed the petition to make Amedra pay? This directly affects all of you. (See post #65 for more details)

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There is usually a shortage at the end of the year and the beginning. They will be back in stock before March.

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Yes , contact the Food and Drug Adm

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Amedra doesn't have a shortage. They're just greedy and keep on hiking up the price. Please sign the petition I started to get them to help us. This petition is for ALL OF YOU. (See post #65 for more details)

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Ask for Zenzedi (Branded Dextro) they offer the following doses 5, 7.5, & 10

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Here in Northern Ca. (Crescent City) I paid $64 for 150 10mg tabs with a coupon I found on the internet 3 months ago at Wally World. The following month the same rx was $277 the next $238 on the 3rd month. Right now igeneric is $356. I don't have insurance so I changed to the cheapest rx with some dextramphetamine. Cost me $69 for 90 - 30 mg generic Adderall. I have a few Barr Dextroamphetamines left so I take 1 of each (40 mg total each time = only 24mg of Dexi and 16mg of the other salts). The other amphetamine salts seem to extend the life a little so I think I'll have my Dr. write me 2 scripts 90 adderall 30's and 90 Dexi 10's. I went to social services and it looks like I'll be able to get state (Ca) assistance I just have to struggle along for a week or so. I am also thinking about giving Vyvanse a try if I can get assistance. I looked at their program and qualify easily (68, married and don't have anything left to show for 44 years of hard work). I've been on amphetamines of various types for the past 14 years. My mood swings were/are real dramatic but amphetamines help keep me stay closer to normal - cut the top and bottom. Without them I would hurt someone (manic side) or myself (depressive side). Capitalism sucks a big dog gland. 44 years of hard labor and the a****s can't wait to put me in the ground..

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Same thing here, been on them for my narcolepsy for 5 years and it's the only thing that works after trying EVERYTHING else. have to go off them this month. 90 bucks a month to 300 something a month for 180 here at walgreens in south Florida west palm beach. I feel your pain.

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Been on 15 mg dexedrine spansules almost 30 yrs. the price went from under $100.00 for 180 spansules to $2200.00 called amedra n they purchases formula to make it name brand so the do not have any pt assistance program. Told them they must not want to sell product...fact is generic sucks n they r no much cheaper. When on disability. This price is beyond...amedra didn't seem to give a s***

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My reply is a long-shot. Your post was quite a while ago. I clicked on to your link for the FTC's article re: Teva/ Barr's price-gouging and it said "not found/ does not exist". Yes, it's been a while but not THAT long. They removed it. Curious, huh?

I filed a complaint today (28 Feb 2014) re: Teva's monopoly on generic Dextroamphetemine tabs (and their sudden 7 times price hike that occurred the day they acquired Barr) (and keeps climbing). The FTC rep I spoke with said she had never heard this complaint before.

I spoke to Teva customer service and it would have been laughable if it wasn't so atrocious. The rep denied all responsibility. She said Teva never upped the price of the med. She said this is the distributor and the pharmacies' doing. She said they are strictly monitored by the FDA and wouldn't be allowed to just arbitrarily raise the price of a med 7 times-- But that's exactly what they did. We all know that's what they did.

I tried to file a complaint with the FDA who said they have virtually nothing to do with Rx med prices what-so-ever. The FTC took the complaint but was quick to add that they do not assist individuals = nothing will come of that.

How is this legal..?! It isn't as if we're talking about a McDonald's hamburger going from $1 to $20 overnight-- this is a Rx med that was formerly $50 and has become cost-prohibitive $400. No longer manufactured in a tablet-form, this generic from Teva is the ONLY one = price gouging/ unethical/ abuse.

I have Narcolepsy and hypersomnia. They've tried every single solitary direct stimulant on me and most put me to sleep within 5 minutes. Adderall makes me dizzy and I fall asleep within 2 minutes. Dextroamphetemine does, too but when I awaken I at least have a small window of function-time. Otherwise I sleep 22 hours each day- no kidding.

Generics are supposed to be more affordable but the opposite is true now. Price-gouging companies like Teva are despicable. How are they getting away with this..?

All pharmacies point the finger at the manufacturer = Teva.

Teva says they haven't upped their prices AT ALL, and the gouging comes from the distributors and the pharmacies.

It's Teva.

I spoke to Teva's corporate office today and informed them of my .gov complaints against them and requested an answer.

If you happen to review your post from so long ago, and you have any new-er information, links, insights, etc... please do tell!

Every time I manage to find a really helpful forum online, inevitably it's dated years prior and there are no current posts. Do you know of a current forum for those with Narcolepsy and/ or treatment options..?

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The FDA has nothing to do with the price of meds. The pharmaceutical company that makes it and the drug store that sells it are the ones who set the price you pay.

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Go to the FDA's website about the drug. They usually list the maanufacturer and its availablity.

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Seems like price gouging out the ass.shen i started taking fhis med 20 yts ago it cost me 28.00 w insurance.when i went to refill it had gone up like 12.00 i could live with that.Price going up over 700.00 a month i consider that PRICE GOUGING THE DRUG MANUFACTOR NEEDS TO BE SUED

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