I promised terrie, but...I got it!

[ScoobyRoo]

Hopefully something will give and you will get good news.

 

[gritsar]

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Thanks for the input, but it is the rheumatologist that put me on the new med. I was diagnosed with the fibro. by a rheumatologist back in 1996 and the hemangiomas the same year.
I'll give this other med. a try. I think they call it step therapy. If it doesn't help after awhile I think they'll have to pay for the more expensive med.

 

[TipsyDog]

I am NOT a doctor, so take this advise with a grain of salt... If you are not on Vitamin D3 start taking it now. 5,000 IU per day for a month. If you have any liver pain, stop taking it. I have read time and time again how much it helps with Fib. Most people are too low on Vitamin D anyway.

I would REALLY try to get that medicine from somewhere else. What about Canada or Mexico? Try the internet or do you know anyone going to mexico on vacation, etc.? Drugs are much cheaper there. I've gotten medicines shipped to me from India and the Ukraine. They were all just as good as the ones sold here. It is such a scam in this country with mediciation prices and prescriptions. I am going to Europe soon and I buy alot of stuff in the drug stores there with NO prescription. I try to stock up anytime I am overseas.

Best of luck to you and I hope you feel better no matter what!


ETA: 1,000 mg of Lysine will also help ALOT with fib. Give it a try!

 

[cassie]

Have you checked to see if you can get the medicine from Canada? A lot of drugs are MUCH cheaper there.

 

[Abby's mom]

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I was going to suggest that or an online pharmacy

 

[Germaine_11.20]

I think you are talking about tiers. Tier one, tier two and tier three. The good ol ins. companies and government make you try all the "cheaper" ones first. Then if they are not helping, they try the next tier. So on and so on...

Most likely they will have to give you the tier 3 sooner or later if the others don't help so keep the faith! And ask your Doctor or his nurse if this is correct. Find out how long you have to try each tier.

I may be wrong. I hope I'm not.

 

[Dar]

sent you a PM

 

[chickenzoo]

( Mean ol' Insurance Companies !!!!) Did that help?.....

I'd write a letter to the Makers of the med and tell them your story, perhaps they have some program that could help.......

 

[Whispering Winds]

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that was what I was going to suggest, Canada. And, try the supplements, although I am NOT a doctor either, but my chiro told me that fibro is also nutritional. We are all lacking so many life helping supplements, it can't hurt to try them. Go to a good Health Food Store and talk to someone in there, we have one close to where I live, and the owner is amazing, he has a masters in nurtition, so when he tells you something, he KNOWS what he is talking about. Good luck, I have early stages of Fribro, and my chiro has vitamins that I took when I worked there, and they helped me so much!!!! I hope you can find some relief!!!

 

[gritsar]

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I started taking the vitamin D3 about two years ago, slacked off and realized that I really did need it. I take 3,000 IU a day, sometimes 4,000 IU in the wintertime. Also, the rheumatologist put me on gingko biloba and magnesium. The magnesium doesn't settle well on my stomach. I have noticed that I'm not as foggy headed with the gingko, which was the whole point - increase blood flow to the brain.
I have to be really careful what I take as far as supplements go. I have a brain injury due to an accident at birth and seizures as a child. The wrong supplement with the anti-seizure drug I'm already taking and I can go to one extreme or the other real fast.
I appreciate all the support.