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03-11-2005, 05:45 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WISCONSIN
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I can't Believe How Much it was
Hello everyone, I called my doctor again yesterday and I asked him if he would perscribe me Ditropan XL. When I got to pick up the medicine it was $105.00 for 30 tablets  My Boyfriend could not believe it. I have no insurance so that didn't help, but I sure hope this medicine will help  because it sure was costly.
Tanya
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03-11-2005, 07:46 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Michigan
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dang tanya where are you getting it at www.riteaid.com it is $84.99 for 30 tabs and rite aid is usually expensive
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03-11-2005, 08:50 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WISCONSIN
Posts: 174
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I go to Shopko Pharmacy. Never had it before so i didn't realize how much it will cost. Hopefully it will work. If their is anyone else taking this could you tell me how it works for you.
Tanya
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03-11-2005, 09:13 AM
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IC Friend
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Rochester New York
Posts: 2,852
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wow that is quit a bit of money are you able to qualify for any help for medical/medications. Here's a link http://www.ic-network.com/drugassistance/.
Also I sometimes ask for a lesser script written for like a week supply sometimes its cheaper not always that way I can pay a little each week.
Kelly
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03-11-2005, 09:53 AM
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Support Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 7,510
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My doc gave me the regular ditropan, not the XL --just for the cost factor alone. Granted, I gotta remember to take 3 a day, but I take it when I take my elmiron. For the month supply, it runs me 20.20. I would have liked to gone to just one a day, but the cost was too much for me to ignore. I have had my share of pharmacy shocks too!! Especially when I first got my elmiron filled, I almost fainted! LOL
hugs,
Tracey 
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03-11-2005, 11:24 AM
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ICN Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 304
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I always try to use Costco... you don't have to be a member to use the pharmacy. Just tell them at the door that you are using the pharmacy and they let you right in... I find that 99% of the time, they have MUCH lower prices. I agree with using the regular Ditropan, as opposed to XL... You may have to take 2-3 a day, but it's still way cheaper since you can get the Generic. Here's the Costco info... Good Luck!
Missy
OXYBUTYNIN 5MG TABLET(WAT)
Generic Alternative
30- $10.17 50-$12.60 100-$18.45
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03-18-2005, 06:06 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Queen Creek, Arizona
Posts: 60
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This medication made NO difference in my frequency to the bathroom...and for the price if it had helped I would have continue taking it...despite the price....
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09-21-2005, 03:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Queen Creek, Arizona
Posts: 60
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it is now sept 2005 and i gave it a try again...actually I had such cotton mouth and felt dehydrated that I made about twenty or more trips to the bathroom which is about ten more for me than normal...as I kept trying to quence my thirst.
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09-21-2005, 03:47 PM
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ICN Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Georgia
Posts: 69
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Discuss the price with your dr and let him know that you do not have insurance. I have a wonderful dr that knows that my 23 prescriptions monthly are outrageous even with a copay and he gives me samples of ditropan. Also, check some of the websites to see if they have a patient assistance program.
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09-21-2005, 05:13 PM
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ICN Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Olympia, WA
Posts: 1,927
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I had a strange situation today with oxybutin (generic non-long acting ditropan)
I got my scrip filled and the balance was 0.00!
Neither my pharmacist nor I could figure it out why the medication was free.
I haven't tried it yet!
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29 year old Mother to Sienna (born 4/17/09), Midwife, Birth Doula, Herbalist, and Massage Therapist with sudden onset of IC approx. 2/16/05 (after a PAP smear and routine gynecological exam). I tried a HUGE list of natural and alternative treatments (including Cystoprotek, Desert Harvest Aloe, Aloe gel, Glucosamine/Chondroitin, L-Argenine, Quercitin/Bromelain, Marshmallow Root...etc) for the first 9 months of having IC, without much relief, until I finally researched and started on my one allopathic medication that I take, which is Elmiron. This medication has really helped me.
My Elmiron experience:
~Previously took Elmiron 100mg three times a day
(9/29/05-7/06)
~Experimented with dosage (1-2 Elmiron a day recapped into a plain gelcap) and did well with occasional mild flares. (7/06-9/09)
~Stopped all together at the 1 year mark (9/29/06) for 10 days. Still felt good, with low-level symptoms.
~Decided to go back on it (10/16/06) to see if another year on it will bring me into full (zero symptoms) remission. Currently taking 1-2 pills a day, recapped into a plain gelcap.
~ 6/08...Tried to go off Elmiron again, had huge flare at the 3 week mark, went back on 100mg once a day for maintenance.
-I went off Elmiron for 2 months due to pregnancy and had a complete relapse of IC symptoms to pre-diagnosis levels of pain/frequency. I then went back on Elmiron at 10-12 weeks, but was unable to take it further due to severe morning sickness. The 2nd/3rd trimesters were MUCH better IC-wise, and postpartum is the best I have felt in years. I am no longer on Elmiron for now.
Also doing:
~Sugar-free/gluten free and strict IC diet (With an emphasis on organic, alkaline and whole foods)
~Prelief as needed
~Prenatal DHA/Fish oil supplement
~Vitamin D supplement
~Fem-dophilus and/or Culturelle probiotic
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09-21-2005, 11:28 PM
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IC Friend
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Croghan, NY
Posts: 423
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I work in a doctor's office and know for a fact that the company hands out samples of that stuff right and left....call your doctor and ask them for samples (free!) or have them call the company directly and ask a rep to stop by and give them samples for you. Most offices do it all the time.....good luck!
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