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I am a cronic pain patient. I have been taking Morphine ER 100mg for about 2 years. The price on my pills just doubles at my local pharmacy, My Dr is very open to recommendations, Can anyone recommend an alternative drug with the same pain killing potency with a lower cost. He had prescribed my Oxycontin, but the price at the pharmave was going to be about $700 per month out of pocket for me. The Morphine ER 100MG (qty 90, 3 per day) had been costing me $97 with my drug discount card, today when my wife refilled, they charged $190. When I called about it they said that the retail price of the pills had gone up.

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Has the price for extended release morphine 100mg. more than doubled in the last month? I am taking 2 100mg ER a day (1 every 12 hours) which is 60 pills per month and was told that my prescription which had been about $220.00 (no insurance or discount card) would now be $900.00. Certainly can't afford that. Is anyone else seeing this insane price increase?

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Yes, Jerry; they are currently going up everywhere...checked at Sam's Club, where they wanted 149 for my 90 count 100 mg morphine er....but 6 days later when I went to get them the price had raised to 300 dollars...I paid it this month so I would not go into withdrawal, but now have no money for food for the rest of the month....and have no idea what I will do next month as I have no more money...and actually owe 2 friends who loaned me the 300 this month....I have never been a depressed person. but at this point I am considering just giving up this life, as I have no where else to turn....maybe it's just my time to go....I am mostly scared to leave my pets homeless, but what good am I to them if I can no longer feed them or myself?....I didn't see all this coming when I rescued them all years ago...I know I am failing them....but I can't see a way out........

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The same happened to me . My morphine 30 Mg er doubled in price. To $103. I am considering methadone. Its about $15 for 90.

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I'm a chronic pain patient and I take 100mg er morphine and 4mg diluadid and have been on the dose I'm at for several years. Today I went to get my prescriptions filled and the cost has more than doubled from $300.00 to $700.00 so I asked the pharmacist why and was told that because Obamacare will limit the generic drug companies from raising their prices they are raising them now while they still can. I have no insurance and Obamacare will not help me get affordable coverage for pre existing conditions that covers medication costs. My mother is now helping me afford my meds.The neurologist wanted to put me on a seizure med too but it has gone from $800.00 to over $1100.00 so I will just keep Having seizures instead I suppose.

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I tried getting a quote over the phone for morphine 100mg er and they refused to give the price. When I asked why they said it was because they didn't want the possibility of a robbery. Telling the wrong person what they have in stock. They wouldn't even tell me if they had it in stock which makes it hard to find the best prices. I had found online info on discounts specially for ms contain 100 er and morphine sulfate 30 IR. I just have to find it again, since someone deleted it.

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If you sign up for the Obama Care now after the first of the year they can't hold pre-existing conditions against you. Which I'm in the same boat you are with my pain meds and several needed surgeries. I'm trying now to sign up for insurance.

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You have to watch and see if your present prescription medication is now "generic". When they make the generic brand the "name brand" often doubles or triples in price as it did with Kadian. I could not find anyone to sell me the "generic" so I call the company who made the drug and explained my problem. I then asked for the name of a drug store they sent generic Kadian to. It has worked out for me the Drug Store they gave me orders my generic Kadian when I need my prescription filled. Yes, I drive past 10 CVS's, 5 Walgreen's, 2 Rite Aide's and numerous supermermarkets and Targets but they would not get my medication only this small mom and pop Drug store would.

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You can always try methadone but they no longer give out 40mg pills. You will get them in 10mg & they work pretty well. Is what I've been told. And they are inexpensive.

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The problem I got into with swapping meds is that they aren't all created equal. Even among the few manufacturers of morphine sulfate ER some work and others don't. I've found Mallinkrodt to be some of the best but hard to find. I have to go to a pharmacy that's able to order by manufacturer. CVS and others can only order generic morphine and only dispense what their supplier sends. And magically if it doesn't work you still own it and pay for it. I tried to get CVS to take it back but they wouldn't. So I had to suffer for a couple weeks with a less than desirable medication.

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I would recommend First to talk to your physician about this situation. If your physician is not a pain management physician I would recommend you're going to Dr. William Conard in Sacramento as he is the bet best pain management physician in the state, not just the area. You can find him under Asclepious Pain Management. Also, I would recommend you consider Oxycodone 30 mg tabs or Oxycontin because both of them are effective and cheaper, regardless of dose and quantity. Dr Conard is the best. He will help you with alternatives to narcotics too WHICH IS GOOD!!! Trust me on this! I have incurable cancer pain & I still am working on lowering my narcotic doses. Pain meds can lead to more pain so be open to new ideas and new help. I know from experience. Tell Dr Conard that Linda advised you to call and show him this note. He won't disclose my identity, but he will HELP YOU & he will also know I really get it now & that I believe in what he is doing. He is a Mn doc; unlike CA docs. They actually care! Get well. God bless you.

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It's the same exact story that I would've told. I found that by going to the local hospital which also has a pharmacy that they were able to get me the Mallinkrodt's but their cost has been going up and up, 27% in just the last year. That's ridiculous for a medication that's probably been around since WWI and only changed in that it's now Extended Release.

The other brand, Rhodes is pretty much all that's available at any drug store simply does not work. In fact I reported them to the FDA stating that I suspected they're not selling what they say they are...but all that and bucket of dimes didn't get anything done and I too was stuck with pills that wouldn't work that I ended up throwing away that cost just as much. During my investigation into another durg and alternatives I saw that the two different companies manufacturing the same medication are now being reimbursed at different rates. I guess you know that Rhodes was cheaper which is why it's all you can find in local drug stores. How sad for unsuspecting consumers that will pay thousands of dollars for something that's not working as it should and they won't even have anything to compare against.

Once again in the US we're all but stuck with a monopoly operation that can name their price. What the hell happened to US? I seem to recall that monopolies were to either be regulated to the extreme or eliminated and now we do neither. In fact we don't even insure they sell what they claim everything is now caveat emptor in America.

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I'm with you I feel the same. I thought that I would get relief from paying the high costs of being in the donut hole since March last year. I was floored when my pharmacist priced my copays for my MS Contin generic and Percocet generic. MS was 101.05 and Percocet 111.00. I cried and felt like giving up on everything. I have severe spine pain, failed back fusions times six since 2009, just dx'd with Sjogrens disease, RSD since 2006, fibramyalgia, ect... We need help.

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That's a great price. We lost our insurance and were quoted 360$ for 60 count 100 mg ms contin. My insurance information shows the pharmacy excepts 160$ total for copay plus insurance pay. Equaling approx. $2.63 per pill.

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I am afraid that you're not going to find much else on the market that is available in high enough doses to equal the effectiveness of Morphine.

You could try something like Dilaudid, which contains Hydromorphone, but the price will probably not be a lot better.

https:/­/­rxchat.com/­wiki/­Hydromorphone/­

While it does greatly help some people, it is also not available in doses as high as the Oxycontin or Morphine.

You are, however, not restricted to that pharmacy, you can try calling around or stopping at other pharmacies to see what prices they offer.

https:/­/­rxchat.com/­wiki/­OxyContin/­

https:/­/­rxchat.com/­wiki/­Morphine/­

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

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I have RSD, fibro, + and am also on Morphine ER. I am a disabled, retired Nurse Case Manager. I also ran into the price jump (almost $40 more a month at Walmart, Walgreens & with mail order pharmacies). I also had the same problem with Publix and Walgreens not taking discount cards! And the very irritating, "We can't tell you how much it is over the phone!!" Hello I can't drive now!!! Grrrr!

Anyway solutions:
If you have NO prescription insurance and low income, you can recieve KADIAN for $5 from Alpharma Patient assistance Program. (phone 1-888-206-9743). The application is available at :
http:/­/­www.needymeds.org/­papforms/­kadian0071.pdf (They will NOT help if you have Medicare A & B but NO Medicare D as I do. With other drug manufacturing companies they will with many medications.)

The other answer: If you have low income, no prescription insurance you can get MSContin for Free thru Purdue Frederick Patient Assistance Program ( http:/­/­www.purduepharma.com/­Programs-and-Resources/­Pages/­Patient-Assistance-Programs.aspx phone 800-599-6070). The major hoop is that ONLY the doctor office can get the application. This has been an obstacle because the staff says, the dr has to say they can call first, the dr can be leary. I had to explain to my dr that because it is a narcotic medication, they do not accept patients printing up the application it is Purdue's requirement that it must be requested by the dr's office and faxed right then. Most nurses and Pain Mgmnt drs have no problem calling Purdue to request the application to be faxed.

Hope that this helps! Hang in there!

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I just wanted to let you all know that I was on Kadian for years and when I received my meds this month they said after Dec. they are no longer giving Kadian out any more. So now I am trying to find something to take it's place. I can't afford Morphine but really need it because I am in a lot of pain because I injured by back. Been on this for five years and in one month can't get it any more.

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Sorry I need to clear up what I was asking. When I asked how it worked after the Doctor gets the application I was taking about MSContin. I just read it back and thought what are you talking about. LOL

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Good luck with Costco. Had my same prescription filled today that have been getting about a year. Last month the price was 76 dollars generic. Today I had to pay $220. Same med. I was told due to Obama Care. I only have medicare. nothing else. I am still sitting here trying to figure it out

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Shouldn't the doctors be on top of this? The patients don't have the authority to change medications and can o ly guess at what their doctor is thinking so they should be on alert that some meds are In short demand while others are not the same quality, etc. Consumers shouldn't have to take or waste their time each on their own going through all tjhedr gyrations. It should be handled by the prescribrer and staff.

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