You are not alone Gritsar. About a year or so ago my husband had Crohn's disease like symptoms. They actually never diagnosed him with Crohn's disease but treat him for it anyway and his symptoms are all gone while on medication. (He could not work without the medications - He could barely leave the house) One of the first medications they put him on was $300.00 per week out of pocket. We bought it as long as we could, maybe 5 months then finally told the doctor that we couldn't continue it and he put him on a cheaper one that is $100.00 per week. All in all just his medication out of pocket bill is around $700.00 per month. Of course that seems like a bargain since at one time we were at $1500.00 per month.
We thought about buying on line from Canadian pharmacy's but I'm pretty sure that it was illegal. Going to jail was not an option and the fear of not knowing who you were buying from on line was a bit scary.
We've really had to make some major lifestyle changes to get through this but a year or so into it we're doing much better. I really pretty much in the beginning kinda panicked and had a hard time dealing with the reality of it, lost some friends who couldn't deal with my nervous break down. That was hard.
Now, a year or so later things are so much better but I completely understand what you're going through.
One thing I have been told though is that even though you have insurance if you contact the company that makes the medication that you need, there may very well be a program for reduced rates or coupons to assist in purchasing the med, some at no charge, depending on eligibility. They usually will have an application type form they will send you to see if you qualify.
