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Old 05-06-2012, 08:28 PM
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Thumbs up My expensive pain medication dropped substantially in price!

I'm not sure if it went generic, or was generic and really expensive before.

What I do know is, my Cesamet is no longer called "Cesamet/Nabilone". It's simply "Nabilone" now.

I'm used to paying $35 out of pocket (after 90% insurance) for 1 month's supply (90 pills, 3 per day).

The pharmacist advised me that while it's the same medication, the 'look' may be different (they're marked different on the capsules, and the color of the capsules is a bit different) and there's a sticker on the bottle as well advising of such.

I purchased a few other items and just swiped the Credit Card per usual routine, not really noticing the cost until I looked at my receipt when I got home...

My 90 pills, following insurance's 90% coverage, cost me $16 out of pocket!

Still costly without the insurance, but my out of pocket has dropped substantially!

(this is the medication I take for my neuralgia pain pressure that I have on the left side of my head, it's the only medication for me that's helped this pain at all)
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2004 to present - Trigeminal Neuralgia
2007 to present - Burning Mouth Syndrome
March 2008 - Multiple Sclerosis DX
05/2008 - Relapse
05/2008 to 02/2009 - Copaxone
10/2011 - Relapse - Optic Neuritis developed
9/2012 - Relapse - Balance issues 1 sided
8/2012 - Erythema Nodosum - diagnosed 10/2012, reaction to Topiramate (Topamax)
April 7/14 - Raynaud's Syndrome DX
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