Cost of Elmiron in Australia

[George]

Hi All,

Are any of you on Elmiron? I am interested to find out how much it costs here in Australia.

George

[MarthaB]

:) hi George, I have been told by my chemist approx $ 1000.00 for 6 months , give or take a few dollars, martha

[George]

Hi Martha,

My goodness that is a lot of money and I don't think I would get much back from my health insurance. Why on earth does it cost so much? My doctor hasn't suggested it and as a matter of fact I am due for botox injections in about 3 weeks. But, I just think I may want to try Elmiron in the future if botox doesn't work for me. I should be more positive than that!!

How are things going for you Sheebah?

Thanks for replying,

George

[MarthaB]

:) hi George, yes it is indeed a lot of money, I asked my chemist about the cost of elmiron because I was curious, I think in the US it's even more expensive, I do not know how I am going to afford this stuff, because I am not in private health insurance, but anyway I don't have to worry about that just yet, because I have not been diagnosed yet, I had the cysto/ hydro, with biopsy but I still do not know what the heck is going on, I have to go back to see my uro on the 21st this month, and I find out then. hope all goes well for you with the botox injections in november, take care martha

[George]

Hi again Martha,

Gosh you have to wait a long time to get your results from your cystoscopy. I was lucky this time around that the dr spoke to me after my cystosopy when I was in recovery. Hope your appointment comes around quickly for you and you get the answers to this problem and then get treatment started.

Best wishes

George

[MarthaB]

:) hi George, yes it is taking a long time , but the reason is that this particular uro only visits my area every 2 weeks, I am not sure what to expect when I see him, I have heard it can take a long time to get diagnosed sometimes, when I went to see this uro for the very first time, I mentioned to him that I get a lot of burning on top of my leg, and inner thigh, he dismissed it immediately, he said people with IC don't get those symptoms, I beg to differ, it is definately a symptom for IC, some girls on this board get it too, anyway I did not want to upset him, so I just left it, he is actually a really nice guy, but he is the pro, and I did not want to argue with him, but because of the remark he made about the burning not being a symptom makes me wonder if he knows much about IC.
It's cost approx 1.400.00 dollars so far to get this done,( the cysto) I'm not privately insured, but I thought instead of having to wait forever, I'll just pay, and get it over and done with, because of our wonderful health sytem here,
( not) It could take forever to get it done publicly, anyway the good thing is I did get some relief from the bladderburning, and frequency was never a problem for me anyway, I hope the botox is going to give you relief from your frequency, I know that it is a major problem for you. take care martha

[andcohen]

Hi George, I have been taking Elmirion for about 3 years & yep it is ssooo expensive. I was given many dirrerent prices from pharmacies around here ranging from over $200, to $175, & $155. That was 3 years ago so they are prob. more than that now. How ever I did get a quote from a chemist about an hour out of town, where both hubby & I worked, & he said if I get all my scripts through him he can do it for $129 which is a bit cheaper, so that's good. So it pays to shop around. Are you certain that it is cheapper with private health cover?? I was told it wasn't covered???? But I should look into it again. It really does make things better for me.
Good Luck
Andrea

[George]

Thanks Andrea. I'm not on Elmiron as yet. But I just wanted to find out what it costs should I need to go on it. I'm not sure whether health insurance will pay anything for it either.

Cheerio

George