I am on Medicare. I learned today that none of the prescription providers will cover Entocort (Budesonide EC 3 mg) in Missouri beginning 2016! Currently I pay $300/60 capsules. I paid $500/60 capsules in 2014, but changed prescription providers, hence the lower rate for 2015. This year my new G.I. doctor prescribed Balsalazide Disodium 750 mg/6 capsules/day to replace the Budesonide. I am weaning off of the Budesonide. The new meds are not doing much good yet, but make my bones and joints hurt! That medicine will be tier 4 starting Jan 1, 2016! What are we to do when we are on fixed incomes, need medicines for chronic illnesses, pay for insurance, but the insurance companies do not cover the medicines we need?
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Insurance coverage for Entocort!
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Hi Marianne,
Most members here in that situation order their generic budesonide from the overseas pharmacy at the link below. This product seems to work just as well as the expensive domestic branded version. The main difference is that it costs only a small fraction of the cost in this country. You can also order the exact same product (Budez CR) from Canadian pharmacies for a higher price (about 40 % markup, the last time I checked). If you order from Canada you need a prescription. If you order from the Indian pharmacy at the link below, no prescription is needed, because prescriptions have no validity across national borders. The drug companies are royally ripping off U. S. citizens, with the apparent blessing of our government. Most generic drugs are manufactured in India and SouthEast Asia, but look at what Big Pharma charges us for them after then get them into this country.
As you can see at the site at the link below, a 30-day supply (90 capsules) costs $49.66 in U. S. dollars, plus shipping. You can order up to a 3-month supply in a single order. If you order more than a 3-month supply, you run the risk of the package being confiscated by Customs at the U. S. border, because they have a policy of assuming that larger orders are going to illegal dealers.
AllDayChemist
Tex
Most members here in that situation order their generic budesonide from the overseas pharmacy at the link below. This product seems to work just as well as the expensive domestic branded version. The main difference is that it costs only a small fraction of the cost in this country. You can also order the exact same product (Budez CR) from Canadian pharmacies for a higher price (about 40 % markup, the last time I checked). If you order from Canada you need a prescription. If you order from the Indian pharmacy at the link below, no prescription is needed, because prescriptions have no validity across national borders. The drug companies are royally ripping off U. S. citizens, with the apparent blessing of our government. Most generic drugs are manufactured in India and SouthEast Asia, but look at what Big Pharma charges us for them after then get them into this country.
As you can see at the site at the link below, a 30-day supply (90 capsules) costs $49.66 in U. S. dollars, plus shipping. You can order up to a 3-month supply in a single order. If you order more than a 3-month supply, you run the risk of the package being confiscated by Customs at the U. S. border, because they have a policy of assuming that larger orders are going to illegal dealers.
AllDayChemist
Tex
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