*gasp*... damn asthma... damn hyper-expensive asthma meds !

[cbelt3]

:villagers:
Damn Astra Zenica.... their 'Advair' product works for me, but it's so damn expensive I can't stand it. So I'm using it .. less than I should so it lasts longer.

And of course, with allergy season here, I'm having more trouble breathing. And the company offers 'help' with me paying for their insanely expensive meds... a $10 off coupon. Woo hoo. $150 a month drug. Bastiches.

[anonymouse1]

If you're low in Vitamin D, that can aggrevate asthma.

[mattkime]

have you tried cheaper alternatives?

[mrbigstuff]

cbelt, assuming you have not already done so, google the buteyko method of breathing. there are some good videos on YT, also, that demonstrate this technique.

another home remedy: boil water, pour in basin, drop in some oil of eucalyptus, put towel over head, enjoy aroma.

[Pam]

Get vitamin D levels up and try this stuff http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/store/en/br...id=DB-1002. I only take one a day so it took awhile to see any allergy/asthma effects. Like 3-4 weeks. I wonder if taking the 3 a day as on the label would have sped it up. I'm at a point now where I feel I can do with advair 1x day instead of 2x.

[Speedy]

Hopefully you have insurance. If not, in four years you will so hang in there. We have insurance to help cover some $25k in prescriptions but only pay $3k of that a year. We pay a lot for the insurance after the old insurance company cancelled their policy once we put in a few claims and they saw what was coming. I hope we never go back to that kind of insurance system again.

[Racer X]

mattkime wrote:
have you tried cheaper alternatives?

There ARE no cheap effective asthma medications. Singulair is due to go generic in 2012, but it is a secondary asthma med, not a primary one.

[dmann]

Racer X wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
have you tried cheaper alternatives?

There ARE no cheap effective asthma medications. Singulair is due to go generic in 2012, but it is a secondary asthma med, not a primary one.
Yep. I take one daily. I just ordered a 90 day refill and my copay was $124, not too bad all things considered.

DM

[mattkime]

Racer X wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
have you tried cheaper alternatives?

There ARE no cheap effective asthma medications. Singulair is due to go generic in 2012, but it is a secondary asthma med, not a primary one.
I use Proventil HFA for relief from attacks. It does appear that Singulair is a preventive drug.

Proventil is $50/90 inhalations. Its cheaper, but i don't know if its what you need.

[Grumpyguy]

Advair is a great medicine and probably the first asthma medicine that put it under control.

I keep Singular around, but find it mostly useless compared to Advair.

CBelt is right though, it is expensive. Luckily I have insurance, but I see what it costs on the print out.