Comments on: Pregnancy and MS http://msgirl.org/2008/06/11/pregnancy-and-ms/ LIVING with Multiple Sclerosis Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: nina http://msgirl.org/2008/06/11/pregnancy-and-ms/comment-page-1/#comment-35 nina Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:18:26 +0000 http://msgirl.org/?p=18#comment-35 I am very lucky and don't take that for granted at all. I just don't understand insurance logic. I think they might lack some logic but that is fine. I am benefiting from it. I am very lucky and don’t take that for granted at all. I just don’t understand insurance logic. I think they might lack some logic but that is fine. I am benefiting from it.

]]> By: Lisa Emrich http://msgirl.org/2008/06/11/pregnancy-and-ms/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Lisa Emrich Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:57:39 +0000 http://msgirl.org/?p=18#comment-34 I also use Synthroid rather than generic, but it is still substantially cheap. For some MSers, Copaxone is not covered by insurance with a tidy little co-pay. Mandy pays $500 each month for Copaxone on top of $550 for her monthly insurance premiums. My insurance's drug coverage caps out at $1500 each year - that's only about 3 weeks worth of Copaxone. I wish I could get away with a 10% copay. Count yourself very fortunate to have insurance which actually behaves like insurance. I wish I did. I also use Synthroid rather than generic, but it is still substantially cheap. For some MSers, Copaxone is not covered by insurance with a tidy little co-pay.

Mandy pays $500 each month for Copaxone on top of $550 for her monthly insurance premiums.

My insurance’s drug coverage caps out at $1500 each year – that’s only about 3 weeks worth of Copaxone. I wish I could get away with a 10% copay.

Count yourself very fortunate to have insurance which actually behaves like insurance. I wish I did.

]]> By: nina http://msgirl.org/2008/06/11/pregnancy-and-ms/comment-page-1/#comment-33 nina Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:33:26 +0000 http://msgirl.org/?p=18#comment-33 Well, I am ok with that. I don't think I want a generic right now. :) Generic meds are a little too different from brand name for me to be comfortable at this point. My doc makes me get the brand name for my thyroid replacement and it costs MORE than my copaxone because there is a generic on the market. It's sick. Well, I am ok with that. I don’t think I want a generic right now. :) Generic meds are a little too different from brand name for me to be comfortable at this point.

My doc makes me get the brand name for my thyroid replacement and it costs MORE than my copaxone because there is a generic on the market. It’s sick.

]]> By: Lisa Emrich http://msgirl.org/2008/06/11/pregnancy-and-ms/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Lisa Emrich Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:22:18 +0000 http://msgirl.org/?p=18#comment-32 Nina, sorry to break it to you. But we won't see generic Copaxone in this country for several, although Teva is moving into the generic biologic market in 2009. http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/2008/03/when-will-we-have-option-of-generic-ms.html Nina, sorry to break it to you. But we won’t see generic Copaxone in this country for several, although Teva is moving into the generic biologic market in 2009.
http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/2008/03/when-will-we-have-option-of-generic-ms.html

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