Cost of Mestinon?
 

OK, as many of you know I started back on Mestinon :rolleyes: and here is my question of the month :Scratch-Head: ..LOL

How much do you have to pay for your mestinon? :mfr_wha:

18 years ago it cost me over $300 a month, :eek: well I just got my EOB from my ins. and do you know how much the store charged them? $37.05 thats right.. 37 dollars, what I don't understand is why when I had no ins. I was paying over 300! :sad-dollar: and that was 18 years ago.

Soooo if you don't mind answering.. what do you pay? :Hum:

:Thanx:

I pay $0.00 (Canadian dollars) :cool: I have a great co-pay insurance plan where my insurance covers the lions share and my wife's covers the balance including dispensing fees.

LOL, maybe I should ask Americans how much they pay, I forgot Canada has universal health care :Doh:

I am lucky in the fact that I am covered under my husband V.A. medical coverage so I too pay nothing but I am still wondering about people who do have to pay what it cost.

I pay $20 for 90 days
 

I pay for mestinon as a generic and my co-pay for generics is $20 for 90 days. Maybe 18 years ago, mestinon wasn't a generic yet? I don't know when it was initially developed and for the first 7 years, the drug companies can pretty much charge what they want. After the first 7 years, generic competition causes the price to go down. But, on second thought, I don't know if that would apply to mestinon since my understanding is that only one company manufactures it. Hmmmm???:confused:

Back in 01 my copay was $20 for the brand name and shortly after they started giving me the generic for $10. I don't know either when it became available in generic, but it would cost me $60 with my insurance for the brand name now.:confused:

Hugs,
Pat

It depends.....
 

:yikes: Boy was I being ripped off! I wonder how many people without insurance are paying through the nose for these meds?

Makes me wonder :Hum:

I ususally just pay a $15 co-pay, but until my COBRA kicks in I have to pay cash...I just paid 181 bucks for 240 pills...I take 120 mg 4x daily...and you bet I will be getting reimbursed once my insurance gets fixed.

Jessica

I pay $65 for name brand after my insurance has paid which is not much!

JJ

I take the generic. 90 pills cost me $43.85 flat cost - - no insurance. I shopped it across three different pharmacies and got three different prices. The hi - low variation was $10 (for the SAME drug!!).

Sue