SooooooOOOOOO not happy

[baronessekat]

I learned today that the new generic for my inhalor (used to be Albuterol, is now a version of Proventil) which they have to give now because the old one had CFCs is a Teir 2 drug.

This means instead of the $10 I was used to paying I'm now paying $50. (that's the insurance co-pay). Next time I need a refill I'm going to have to see if I can beg the doctor for samples because I just can't afford that all the time. Which luckily isn't that often because it is my rescue inhalor.

Still not happy.

Comments

[baronsteffan.livejournal.com]

I thought "generics" were supposed to be "cheaper".

Oh, well. It sucks.

[emt-hawk.livejournal.com]

talk to them about xopanex[sp?] [pronounced soap-an-ex]. it's what we use on the ambulance instead of albuterol, under certain conditions.

--H

[retiredmaj.livejournal.com]

Score one for the "grennie" crowd. Reduce the effectiveness of the inhaler, increase the cost for those who use it having targeted something that *at best* only released trace amounts of CFCs (even allowing for the large number of them in use). But see, the greens don't care if *you* die, so long as the environment is okay.

(Yes, I'm being an ass, and there's a difference between being honestly concerned for the environment and being in the camp who thinks humans should disappear, but I'm in a lousy mood today....)

[baronessekat.livejournal.com]

Oh I totally agree. I was like, is there really that many in a inhalor that asthmatics are sending into the air that the hole in the ozone is going to be so enlarged that we have to go to a more expensive drug that is even more nasty tasting?

totally stupid.

[ostgardraine.livejournal.com]

agreed, there is way too little balance in things, extremes (in either direction) tend to be really bad