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Obamacare: My Crestor went from $30 to $180.
1/12/14 | sff

Posted on 01/12/2014 5:45:41 PM PST by SoFloFreeper

A couple years ago doc put us on Crestor for cholesterol...the prescription price via insurance was $30 for a month's supply.

Just got my first refill for the new year. $180. Thanks, Obamugabe.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: obamacare; obamacareanecdotes; obamacaredrugs; obamafail; ouch
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To: Hoodat

People’s experiences do vary with statins. My 96 YO mother, for example, has been taking statins continuously since Pravachol first came on the market (’88-89, maybe?). It is only now that she is beginning to show early symptoms of Alzheimers, as almost anyone that age would.


61 posted on 01/12/2014 10:08:52 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: usconservative
Other, somewhat similar drugs:

TNF inhibitors: infliximab, etanercept, certolizumab pegol and golimumab

62 posted on 01/12/2014 10:12:58 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

That price is a scam - buy it from Mexico (Costco/Walmart) or Canada.


63 posted on 01/12/2014 10:48:49 PM PST by I am Richard Brandon (center)
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To: Dan(9698)

Have you looked at the side effects of drugs like crestor?

It tears up your muscles. I used to have to help my Brother climb the three steps to get into his house.

He died a little over a year ago.

When contemplating what it can do to your muscles, remember that your heart is a muscle, so it is being torn up also.


I agree with that! It messed up my Dad’s legs pretty badly.


64 posted on 01/13/2014 3:21:24 AM PST by The Working Man
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To: An American in Turkiye

true..

i have had 2 heart doctors tell me the same thing..


65 posted on 01/13/2014 3:43:30 AM PST by joe fonebone (a socialist is just a juvenile communist)
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To: usconservative

A quick search found this site which offers a coupon for Humira. Might be worth printing it out and see what your actual cost would be.

http://www.helprx.info/discounts?search[name]=HUMIRA&utm_campaign=newmedia&utm_medium=search&utm_source=google&utm_term=cheap%20humira&adid=%7bAdID%7d&matchtype=b&Network=Search&SiteTarget&gclid=CN24xvCJ-7sCFTDhQgodX0QA-A


66 posted on 01/13/2014 3:50:05 AM PST by DAC21
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To: colinhester; arthurus

Tried the Niacin...my blood work did not change. Did see improvement with Crestor.


67 posted on 01/13/2014 4:03:48 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Hoodat

PRAISE GOD!

Thanks for caring for your parent. May God Bless you and give you strength.

I took care of both of mine til they passed.

I was glad to do it.


68 posted on 01/13/2014 4:14:07 AM PST by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty and Let the the Stupid AmericanTaxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: SoFloFreeper
.02:

I went for a physical some 15 years ago, first one in a decade, and the doc found 'elevated' levels and recommended a couple of medications. Tried every type of 'diet' known to man: No change, no food allergies. Relented on meds. Lipitor did nothing for my levels. Tried another I can't recall: Nada. Crestor was the only one. Slowly, over time, I began having side effects (muscle cramps). Called the doc, had tests: No sign of liver issues. Another year later I began having circulatory problems (waking up in the middle of the night with 'noodle arm'). I also suddenly began having unexplained weight gain. One day I looked in the mirror and thought I looked a bit 'orange' and my eyes were sunken in their sockets. I quit Crestor.

Within a few years, ALL of the side effects have completely cleared up (muscle cramps, circulatory problems) save for the weight gain. Even my Mother noticed a change in my appearance later, with a return of a 'normal-looking' face. I'm also convinced the Crestor damaged my system. I now have to avoid processed foods of all types or I pack on a pound a day.

If you're subscribing to the fact that cholesterol is bad for you and don't mind poisoning your system for someone's gain (not you), keep taking it.

Otherwise, read this and maybe you'll find you can save some $$ and improve your health.

69 posted on 01/13/2014 4:51:05 AM PST by logi_cal869
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To: steve86
TNF inhibitors: infliximab, etanercept, certolizumab pegol and golimumab

Thanks for looking and trying to help. Very much appreciated. Unfortunately those have all been re-classified under Obamacare and have seen the same/similar price increases. Some are cheaper, unfortunately for me Humira's the only thing that's managed to work. Each of the biologic drugs attempts to affect inflammation/switch off TNF in different ways. It's somewhat of a trial and error process to find the one that works for a specific individual.....

70 posted on 01/13/2014 5:22:25 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: logi_cal869; All
and this - statins

and this - coconut oil

71 posted on 01/13/2014 6:00:35 AM PST by pa_dweller (Extremist tea-party-driven hostage-taking legislative arsonist without a life)
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To: SoFloFreeper

It is evident that your self interest overrides your concern for others.So you have to pay a little more,what about the people waiting for gender reassignment medication,or the
impoverished hanging on by their fingertips waiting for Methadone,did you think about all the children,suffering and waiting for Ritalin.
What about our women especially single mothers whose lives are in turmoil,wallowing in poverty and in desperate need of Zanax and Valium.
You must be a uncompassionate mean old Republican.

While this is written tongue in cheek,this is precisely the way that Democrats will respond to your post in 2014.


72 posted on 01/13/2014 6:22:37 AM PST by managusta (The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

See if he can switch you to Lipitor. I believe the generic for that is free at Miejers. (Or $4 if it’s not)


73 posted on 01/13/2014 6:35:25 AM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

Is it safe to stop statins once you are on them? Or do you have to wean gradually off of them?


74 posted on 01/13/2014 7:31:27 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

bflr


75 posted on 01/13/2014 7:51:31 AM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: chicagolady
‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Deut. 5:16

One of those rare places where God tells us the 'why' of it.

76 posted on 01/13/2014 9:13:49 AM PST by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: DeFault User; SoFloFreeper
Excellent blog (The Self-Pay Patient) and this was a recent post:

GoodRx blog a handy source of news on prescription drugs

Note - I have no affiliation with the Self-Pay Patient blog other than I find it a useful and helpful source of info.

77 posted on 01/13/2014 10:03:39 AM PST by MissMagnolia (You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
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To: hattend

I have found nothing to suggest that stopping statins needs to be done gradually. I would suggest supplementing with things like
. Vitamin D3
. CoQ 10
. B-Vitamins
. Vitamin C
. Selenium


78 posted on 01/13/2014 4:28:25 PM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

cholesterol bump


79 posted on 01/14/2014 9:47:31 PM PST by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve and neither do I)
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