Availability Of Bellamine-s (Page 2) (Top voted first)

Are Bellamine-S and similar drugs still available? My pharmacy can't find them, so if you know how and where you can get them, please let me know. Thank you.

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My pharmacist has gotten the ingrediants to compound it. What a blessing.

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Would appreciate knowing what pharmacist/pharmacy will compound this and other medicatons. Difficult getting anyone to release info. on compounding meds. Hou; TX

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You can have your pharmacist call the Medicine Chest North in Sulphur Springs, TX and maybe he can help. He is now compounding this drug.

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Call around there ARE pharmacies that still have it. I just set my mind to it and with the computer and the telephone book, and I called til I found one store and then another that still had some on the shelf. One pharmacy even had a whole bottle of unopened pills! One was a Wal Mart and one was a CVS. I have taken Bellamine-S or Bellegral for almost 8 years. I have taken Tamoxifen or Aromasin for breast cancer and those drugs caused me to have terrible hot flashes. The Bellamine worked like a charm and I hate that it will be no more. I have even spoken with the pharmaceutical company. All of you need to KEEP TRYING!!!!!!!
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I have found a compounding pharmacy in Oceanside, CA to make this medication. My doctor told me she had tried to find one with no luck. She is in another county. Any way I told the pharmacy to expect a few calls from her patients, because many of us would pay almost any price. I have not felt this normal in years. And sleeping with out night sweats, and hot flashes is a super plus. This medication has been around for years. My doctor said her father had prescribed it with much success for years and it is better than the adverse affects of hormones.

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Many older drugs were available under the provision of Generally Recognized as Safe and Effective, which means they were approved before the modern FDA testing procedures. The FDA has in the past few years begun requiring these drugs to be submitted to the approval process, the same as newly created drugs. Since Bellamine was a generic drug (the brand name was Bellergal, which has not been available in years), the company probably had no procedures for getting a new drug approved (and it probably wouldn't be profitable anyway). So adios to the drug.

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Please put bellamine-s back on the market, it has helped me a other ladies with hot flashes. This is the only drug that has worked for me.

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This is in response to every post above. For some odd reason, I have not had a problem getting my prescriptions for Bellamine S tablets...not a generic either. I live in southern California, and I get my meds from CVS pharmacy. It costs less than $20 with insurance. Maybe they have a supply backlogged, but I am hoping it isn't discontinued.

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I have been using dietary supplements since I cannot obtain any more Bellamine. Though I use them everyday, it is really not consistently helping he sweats during sleeping. I haven't tried having the pills formulated. I keep hoping that they begin reproduction of the medication! Until then, I am just tired all the time from lack of sleep.

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I talked to my doctor about Bellamine being taken off the market. I'm on Belladonna-phenobarb eliquiker which helps, but it's as good as the Bellamine tabs. My doctor told me of a drug company that are working on generic drugs for some drugs that are no longer available. He was going to tell the rep about Bellamine. I hope we can find a way to get it back.

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Thank you for the information. I do hope that you can get something accomplished in getting this medicine available again. Please put a post on here if you do; I get e-mails as new responses are put on here. I appreciate your help, for all of us who have been helped by Bellamine. Originally I was taking Bellergal-S, then Bellamine-S.

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If you have your original RX compounded, can they do that from the original refill, or do they need a whole new RX? Just curious how that works. I have never had anything formulated before!

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Good news! I got the Bellamine-S compounded at a local pharmacy and my insurance did pay for it. It was considered a 3rd teir drug, so the cost was $48.00, but I am sleeping much better! Definitely pursue the compounding route until the drug becomes available again!

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This is the best medicine I've ever uesd. Helps me sleep, but doesn't make me a zombie. Helps my stomach too. I didn't realize it might be a problem getting it, I just now left a message asking my gynocologist if he would prescribe it for me again. I really, really need it. I haven't slept in weeks.

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what is the compound for Bellamine-S. I am so exhausted from lack of sleep and hot flashes. Bellamine-S gave me my life back. What drug store makes it up? Please help!!!

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I have not found anything on the canadian or us pharmacies that have Bellamine S. If anyone has found it on the internet or anywhere it's available please let us all know with an address or the info.

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Please try Medicap Pharmacy...When CVS stopped carrying it I had a nurse at my doctor's office recommend trying them and they came thru. And...my insurance covers it.

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I've been taking Bellamine-S since it was called Bellergal in 1972. I have post-traumatic autonomic dysfunction, called RSD and various other things. I am also on Clonidine patches, but for major flare-ups Bellamine is the only thing that works.

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I live in Canada and my doctor recently prescribed Bellergal Spacetabs to treat my hot flashes which cause me to sleep very poorly, so I can tell you that they are available here in British Columbia.

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I found several pharmacies that would compound this medication for me. I chose a particular one due to recommendations from my doctor's office. Do an internet search for compounding pharmacies near (your zip code). When I searched for just compounding pharmacies I found several hundred all over the country. The compounding pharmacies are typically private non-chain pharmacies as they employ actual pharmacologists (pharmacists with an MD) who are allowed to make medication. I took this medication for more than 10 years before it was discontinued. My doctor and I spent 2 years trying other medications to no avail. I did some internet searching, and found a pharmacy that would make the medication for me. My insurance will not pay for it, but the price (~$80 every 3 months) is well worth it. This medication works wonders for my migraines with absolutely no side effects! Good luck finding local or semi local pharamacies to fill your scripts. If the pharmacy isn't local, look into having it made and shipped to you. The extra money for shipping would be worth it.

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