I was refused this Rx, because its cost would put me over my alloted cap for per monthly fees. It was quite the struggle, and the neuro worked hard, but was told, NOPE! and they suggested I drink a cup of coffee instead. OMG! insurance companies are rude! Its horrible when your MD says you need something, and an non medical person can say ...nope, its too pricey.

I would call the NMSS and knock on other doors. Go down swinging.

Coffee...be careful, some pharm might try to make caffeine a drug and sell it...
makes you want to poke your head out the window like the movie "Network" and say, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore..."

Marion that really stinks. They mess with our doctors, drugs and tests. Now upping the co-pays, and still no increase in the cost of living. Don't they see that the cost of living is going up?
God help Grandma.

Here’s an excerpt of an article in the New York Times:

. . . But Provigil will face generic competition in April 2012 under terms of an agreement Cephalon made with several generic drug manufacturers. The Federal Trade Commission has sued Cephalon, saying it paid off those generic manufacturers to delay the advent of competition.

Cephalon, which denies the charges, is trying to shift patients from Provigil, also known as modafinil, to the very similar but slightly longer-acting Nuvigil, or armodafinil. Nuvigil has patent protection until 2024, although generic drug companies are already moving to challenge those patents.

To get patients to shift, Cephalon has raised the wholesale price of Provigil to $13.60, from about $5.50 a pill five years ago, including a 29 percent increase in November. So Provigil is now 50 percent more expensive than Nuvigil.

And Cephalon is also trying to have Nuvigil approved for new uses beyond those of Provigil.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/bu...2413.60&st=cse


The increase in price has nothing to do with how much it costs to produce the drug. It is simply a ploy to grab more money from sick people, and assure that they will continue to be able to do so until 2024.

So now, because of greed, people with MS will go broke trying to stay on medication that really helps them. Doesn't that really frost your cupcake? I know it does mine!

I kept having my Provigil rx refilled when I had insurance (and the co-pay was only $10). I don't take it everyday so I have a pretty good stash of it saved up. Does it lose it's effectiveness the longer you keep it?

I remember looking at my drug printout that the pharmacy attaches with each rx you get filled and it would say something like "your insurance saved you $769. I couldn't believe one rx could cost so much.

Yep, the watered down Health bill is not going to help the people in need.....once more, only the rich need apply. For Shame on you, Congress.

Oooops. Looks like Riverwild beat me to it. It's just as well, though. Anything worth posting is worth posting twice, right?

I learned a long time ago, before I was ever on any prescription medication, to always refill the prescriptions for the man whether he needed more yet or not. I stockpile them in a cool dry place with an even temperature. Now I do it with mine too.

I picked up my provigil scrip yesterday, $16.66 per 200 mg pill U&C. Good thing I have insurance!