Posted by detroitpistons on March 1, 2009, at 15:18:31
In reply to Re: Doctors in England-detroitpistons, posted by West on March 1, 2009, at 14:37:19
Oops...I have my occasional moments of clarity (thanks in part to adderall), only to be followed up with things like this...I meant to say 270 x 75 mg for a total of 225 mg/ day x 90 days. Therefore, the $900 that I cited was actually for a 3 month prescription, and you are correct. It comes out to $300/ month. I also take Lamictal, which is less costly. It was $412 for a 3 month prescription, but when it went generic, it went down to $220 for a 3 month prescription. That's with the bulk mail order service. If you were to buy 1 month at a time from a pharmacy, it would be considerably more.
I know some other drugs are even more costly. I know one depressed person who was prescribed Abilify as add-on therapy because he is extremely treatment resistent. I believe Abilify is at least double the cost of Effexor XR.
> 'If you don't have drug coverage, one month's worth of Effexor XR is going to cost you about $900.00 (probably depends on dosage - that's for 90 x 225mg)!'
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> So isn't that 30 pills a $300 a month assuming you're taking the 225mg dose?
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