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I know it's mean to laugh, but... lol
I didn't mean generic. In Canada they can only charge the outrageous price for X number of years. They were talking on the radio the other day about, I think, Lipitor, or Lipidor ? A cholesterol type drug and saying only another couple of years before the bottom comes out of the price.
Well do check it out, I can't be certain I am correct as I only take Vitamin E, aspirin for arthritis and the Migranal.
I wasn't the one using foul language, Sheena did, and she was one who resorted to name calling. If you have an issue with it, take it up with her rather than accusing me falsely.
I do have friends here, ones who do sympathize and support me. If that wasn't the case I wouldn't post my vents, fears, frustrations here. MANY others do it all the time, without you singling them out and telling them to grow up.
You and Sheena both get your jollies by calling me names or claiming I need mental health care. Neither of you has the least bit of credibility as neither of you are capable of doling our your crap in a balanced way. So either learn to ignore me or killfile me, but for goodness sake stop acting like you are so much better than I am, because it's obvious that are both more petty and vindictive than I can be, even on my worst days.
Then you must often be very sad, Lucille, as you`re not known for holding back! LOL!
I have never seen Caryn use foul language - or have I missed something? Another thing is that I`ve never seen Caryn whine about anyone else causing her problems, or so-called "friends" letting her down. I`ve never seen Caryn expecting anyone to do anything for her, either.
Here I`ll follow my own advice and use the killfile - suggest you do, too, Caryn.
By the way - has anyone heard from Victoria lately? I`ve emailed her, but had no reply, which is unusual. I hope she`s all right.
That's true. But I never thought of that as a bad thing.
If you never saw Caryn use foul language, I suggest you get new glasses. She does and she does it all the time. That's not to say others don't, and I'm guilty at times as well, but yes-she often does and it's generally directed specifically at a single individual.
We all whine a little at times and we all report problems at times, but airing dirty laundry in public like that isn't flattering. There are some things that should be kept private.
No doubt! Those two old fools are definitely not worth my time are they? Some folks just want someone to bully, I should let them rant all they want into dead air!
It has been reassuring to see that others have found relief from their migraines, either thru medications or merely the passing of time (and children moving away LOL).
Caryn p.s. No, you didn't miss something, Lucille just accused me of something I didn't do, anyone can see that it's a lie.
If you knew my SIL, you'd feel free to laugh. Basically, we feel sorry for my DB about things like this. It's just that she's one of those people who regardless of her lack of knowledge is absolutely sure that her opinion is the RIGHT one, that she knows best, and must be in charge. By that point there had been many occasions of suddenly "S has a headache - she had to go lie down" so we can't do..... At my first wedding - she actually faked a migraine after the rehearsal dinner - and suddenly had to go to the ER, insisting that a shot of demerol was the only thing that would help her. I like to think that this Imitrex episode opened my DBs eyes about dealing with her spoiled acts, and taught her that her hypochondria and dramatics could have some ill effects - besides inconveniencing everyone else. I will say, that since they had their 4th child, who has a pretty rare disability - well, at least the last year or so - she's gotten much better. She's the asst director of national media for a charity, and works quite a lot with that, as well as heading up the state chapter. So, I think her business with the charity (even though I'm sure the mingling with the donors, and getting in the press stuff for herself does greatly influence her) has made her much more pleasant. If anything, while sad, it is the silver lining of the situation with their son. OTOH, while they love him dearly - I'm sure there is a cautionary tale involved - she was nearly 40 when she got pregnant, and had 3 very healthy, happy, children (16, 13, 10) when the 4th was born. My DB was convinced that it was just one of those accidents - but all were suspicious as the SIL was bored - the kids kind of grown, and she loves babies, and had been talking about it, so.... Given that their 1st child was also an accident, so to speak. Anyhow - it's a complicated situation - but there you are.
I don't know that there is price regulation like that here. I think the price stays high until the patent is up, and then it usually drops when a generic or competitive brand is available. But, honestly, I'm not sure. The cholesterol drug is Lipitor - a great thing. Seems that none of the other drugs work so well for so many. The biggest drawback - depending on dosage - you shouldn't have grapefruit with it - so DH limits his grapefruit intake. One friend on Lipitor won't even have any grapefruit or juice at any time.
I will. Personally, I just live on all varieties of Tylenol (can't take any of the NSAIDS or ASA), the occasional Imitrex, Meclizine as I need it, and Nexxium/prevacid/aciphex & carafate for the stomach thing. I mostly keep check on the tylenol so that it doesn't get too high or affect other things. And I use a lot of Arnica gel, and some other herbal rub stuff - not internal - too many potential interactions.
Ok - now I'm back to the resume thing. Got to get it e-mailed to the Canadian Embassy today.
The US also tends to drop in price once the patent expires. Here it means usually that another company can come out with a generic, but they don't always & then the price can stay high. For example, I take an old tricyclic antidepressant every day, and it has been out of patent for 30+ years. The demand is low, so no one ever came out with a generic, so it still costs hundreds of dollars a month for my ins. company, even with their discounts. On the other hand, my Zoloft just came out of patent, & has now dropped in price dramatically, because other compaines are now making it as well. I'm just thankful I have extremely good ins.
The thing that strikes me is we (this newsgroup) aren't all that big of a community. Yet we have a fairly good percentage of people on here who either have or had migraines. And very few found success from the same treatment. In fact the very thing that eliminated the pain for some CAUSED it for others. So given this, why do so many doctors think migraine is a singular condition with a singular cure? Seeing such diversity just in our group, let alone the entire suffering population, should easily suggest otherwise.
You're right on the time frame. One of the guys where I worked 1990-97 had migraines and came in one day singing the praises of this new stuff the ER gave him.
Well, umm, it is obvious, but because it is a very rarely seen offshoot of a rarely seen genetic dysorder. Making for very difficult diagnosis, and now a specific to him (my nephew) NIH research activity. Hence, a "rare" disability.
I was replying to Daniel, who has a fixation with the word 'rare'. He searches Google Groups for instances of its use, and demands that the user explains why they did so.
This old fool could definitely teach you something about life. Using a euphimism like "freakin" doesn't make it any less having a foul mouth and calling me a liar isn't exactly a nice or ladylike thing to do. And you, who are constantly being impossibly obnoxious to another member of this group, has the nerve to call me a bully.
Give it up sweetheart. You are sounding more and more silly as time passes.
I think Imitrex is still under patent because (sneaky buggers that pharmaceutical companies are) they have subtlely changed the formula just to keep it patented.
I could be wrong, but I think my neuro said they'd done it. As she handed me a bunch of free samples! lol
T Michelle Jensen wrote: > I'm just thankful I have extremely good ins.
Oh, me, too. Between my time in the service and then being married to a military member, I haven't had to deal with medical costs at all since 1984. This discussion got me curious and I just found an online source for meds and did a quick run through on the daily meds for our daughter and myself and found out that, to buy without insurance, would cost almost $500/month and that doesn't include the doctors' visits. The new cervical cancer vaccine will cost (just for the injections) *at least* $360 dollars....
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