Hello to all!
I have been lurking but not posting for quite some time. I was diagnosed with MC several years ago. It just seems to come and go but this last round has me suffering all kinds of weird ailments! I am 67 years old with Osteoarthritis, carpal tunnel, gnarled fingers and, a failed knee replacement! A total prize package!! Anyway, I am in the middle of an active MC flare as diagnosed by a colonoscopy a few days ago. I am so fatigued, joints ache, left ankle swells every night, not the right, but who cares! I am on Medicare and found out today the medication that helped me a few years ago, Budesonide EC, 3mg, would cost me $255 for just one month!! My Doctor has been giving me samples but has none to share at this time. Thinking of ordering from overseas but am so afraid the dosage, etc might not be right. Can anyone help?
Thanks, Margaret
Budesonide EC Price!
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Hi Margaret,
I'm sorry that you're having a flare. Many members here order generic budesonide (Budez CR 3 mg) from AllDayChemist, because of their low prices and reliable service. As far as I am aware, everyone who has ordered from there has found the quality to be identical to the overpriced stuff sold in this country, and it works the same as the name brand product.
Tex
I'm sorry that you're having a flare. Many members here order generic budesonide (Budez CR 3 mg) from AllDayChemist, because of their low prices and reliable service. As far as I am aware, everyone who has ordered from there has found the quality to be identical to the overpriced stuff sold in this country, and it works the same as the name brand product.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Budesonide Price
Thank you so much, Tex!
Would you have any idea how long an order to ADC might take? Immodium AD can only do so much!
Margaret
Would you have any idea how long an order to ADC might take? Immodium AD can only do so much!
Margaret
I'm not sure. Maybe someone who has ordered recently will see this and offer some insight.
The things I've ordered from overseas have usually taken 10 days to 2 weeks to arrive, but it's been a couple of years since I've ordered anything from overseas.
Customs sometimes delays shipments, at the border. I believe most things usually clear within a few days, but during holiday periods it can take an extra week or more.
Tex
The things I've ordered from overseas have usually taken 10 days to 2 weeks to arrive, but it's been a couple of years since I've ordered anything from overseas.
Customs sometimes delays shipments, at the border. I believe most things usually clear within a few days, but during holiday periods it can take an extra week or more.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Budesonide from AllDayChemist
I've ordered drugs from abroad in the past ... usually successfully, occasionally not(!) ... and was considering ordering Budesonide from ADC, but was worried when I read posts here and elsewhere that cautioned they (ADC) were selling "illegal" or "illicit" drugs.
Finally decided those statements were maybe groundless, so as a test I recently ordered some Budesonide from ADC. Placed order on 10/29 and paid following their email and voice mail requests on 10/30. In another email on 10/31 I was notified my order was "accepted". On 11/3 got an email that my order had shipped and a couple days later got an email with a "tracking number" in it ... which I didn't try to use. Package arrived by USPS "Express" (???) today 11/10 which I had to sign for. So, all in it was 12 days from placing order to receiving shipment ... but I did pay via CC within hours of being asked to.
I ordered 180 tabs of 3 mg Budesonide -- about 2 months of full 9 mg/day dose -- and cost was about $100 plus $15 shipping = $115 total.
What I got were foil packets labelled "Budez CR" with a description that they contained "Budesonide IP 3 mg": 18 packets, 10 tabs/packet, tabs sealed individually. Other description says they were manufactured in India by Sun Pharma Laboratories, Ltd, in 9/2015 and they expired in 06/2017.
As with all orders from China/India/Israel/Singapore/Hong Kong/???, you have to wonder if what you're getting is "the real stuff". I haven't taken any of this batch yet, but it looks reasonable ... judging by the packaging at least. In the past I've gotten generic Lipitor (before it went off patent) and generic ED drugs from abroad ... but not from ADC ... and generally felt that I was getting the right drug at the prescribed dose. I actually did a test on myself at one point -- took some generic Lipitor from India for about a month and then had a blood test. My cholesterol readings were the same as when I was on the branded Lipitor I got from Walmart here. But Lipitor ain't Entocort, of course.
A few notes about prices. My GI doc originally prescribed Uceris, but my Medicare Part D insurance doesn't cover it and even at the pharmacies at Sam's and Costco ... the cheapest places I could find ... it was going to cost me > $1,750/mo. One month = 90 tabs. Entocort/generic apparently retails for between $700-$1,000/mo, depending on who you believe, but my insurance covers it ... with about a $260/mo copay. I've dealt with NorthwestPharmacy.com before -- online pharmacy in Canada -- so I checked there and they'll sell the generic for about $275/mo. I also note that it's possible to buy many drugs in Mexico either OTC or via an RX written by a Mexican doc at very reduced prices. For example, Cialis 20 mg costs about $30/tab here in the US now; last spring in Puerto Vallarta the price for branded Cialis OTC at a Costco was about $8/tab; and elsewhere, if you're willing to settle for a generic, it can be had for $3-$4/tab. Don't know about Budesonide there -- haven't been back to check since my LC DX in July.
All the US-based pharmacies require a prescription, of course. I had one from my GI doc. The ADC site had a place that on the order form that seemed to request a prescription, so I sent them a scanned copy. However, in a phone conversation I had with them, they said they don't need one for that drug. NorthwestPharmacy requires a prescription.
So, definitely a case of ... you pays your money and you takes your chances!
-- Rand
Finally decided those statements were maybe groundless, so as a test I recently ordered some Budesonide from ADC. Placed order on 10/29 and paid following their email and voice mail requests on 10/30. In another email on 10/31 I was notified my order was "accepted". On 11/3 got an email that my order had shipped and a couple days later got an email with a "tracking number" in it ... which I didn't try to use. Package arrived by USPS "Express" (???) today 11/10 which I had to sign for. So, all in it was 12 days from placing order to receiving shipment ... but I did pay via CC within hours of being asked to.
I ordered 180 tabs of 3 mg Budesonide -- about 2 months of full 9 mg/day dose -- and cost was about $100 plus $15 shipping = $115 total.
What I got were foil packets labelled "Budez CR" with a description that they contained "Budesonide IP 3 mg": 18 packets, 10 tabs/packet, tabs sealed individually. Other description says they were manufactured in India by Sun Pharma Laboratories, Ltd, in 9/2015 and they expired in 06/2017.
As with all orders from China/India/Israel/Singapore/Hong Kong/???, you have to wonder if what you're getting is "the real stuff". I haven't taken any of this batch yet, but it looks reasonable ... judging by the packaging at least. In the past I've gotten generic Lipitor (before it went off patent) and generic ED drugs from abroad ... but not from ADC ... and generally felt that I was getting the right drug at the prescribed dose. I actually did a test on myself at one point -- took some generic Lipitor from India for about a month and then had a blood test. My cholesterol readings were the same as when I was on the branded Lipitor I got from Walmart here. But Lipitor ain't Entocort, of course.
A few notes about prices. My GI doc originally prescribed Uceris, but my Medicare Part D insurance doesn't cover it and even at the pharmacies at Sam's and Costco ... the cheapest places I could find ... it was going to cost me > $1,750/mo. One month = 90 tabs. Entocort/generic apparently retails for between $700-$1,000/mo, depending on who you believe, but my insurance covers it ... with about a $260/mo copay. I've dealt with NorthwestPharmacy.com before -- online pharmacy in Canada -- so I checked there and they'll sell the generic for about $275/mo. I also note that it's possible to buy many drugs in Mexico either OTC or via an RX written by a Mexican doc at very reduced prices. For example, Cialis 20 mg costs about $30/tab here in the US now; last spring in Puerto Vallarta the price for branded Cialis OTC at a Costco was about $8/tab; and elsewhere, if you're willing to settle for a generic, it can be had for $3-$4/tab. Don't know about Budesonide there -- haven't been back to check since my LC DX in July.
All the US-based pharmacies require a prescription, of course. I had one from my GI doc. The ADC site had a place that on the order form that seemed to request a prescription, so I sent them a scanned copy. However, in a phone conversation I had with them, they said they don't need one for that drug. NorthwestPharmacy requires a prescription.
So, definitely a case of ... you pays your money and you takes your chances!
-- Rand
Hi y'all -- Greetings from Houston, TX
