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Hello All: I started a thread some months ago regarding the 1491% increase in my anticonvulsants once I became eligible for Medicare. I have been seizure free on a brand name med which is not covered on any available plan. My out of pocket will be over $1200 a month.
I am still trying to get Patient Assistance from the pharmaceutical company but they have been daunting. I have provided EVERYTHING that have asked for and they still find a way to ask for even more. I realize now they are not exercising compassion at my plight. It feels more bureaucratic, as if they are doing their best to discourage me. I cry when I get off the phone with them out of frustration.
Between the spaces of hoping for them to help me I ordered my medications from a Canadian pharmacy which told me my pills would be coming from the UK. Cool. They arrived, looked the same, packaged beautifully. They were made in Turkey and came to me from Mauritius, off the SE coast of Africa.
I took half a dose and had a severe drug reaction. I believe if I had taken a full pill there would have been life threatening consequences.
I do not want to make this too long. There are many more details. Dealings with the Pharmaceutical company in the US, etc. My purpose here is to tell you to be careful. The Canadian company was well reviewed. I did my homework before and after these events. My system is sensitive to medications and this could have been an individual event. I think not. The more research I did the more I learned about the rise in counterfeit products.
All of us already fight to survive and thrive.
Peace and Love to you.
I am still trying to get Patient Assistance from the pharmaceutical company but they have been daunting. I have provided EVERYTHING that have asked for and they still find a way to ask for even more. I realize now they are not exercising compassion at my plight. It feels more bureaucratic, as if they are doing their best to discourage me. I cry when I get off the phone with them out of frustration.
Between the spaces of hoping for them to help me I ordered my medications from a Canadian pharmacy which told me my pills would be coming from the UK. Cool. They arrived, looked the same, packaged beautifully. They were made in Turkey and came to me from Mauritius, off the SE coast of Africa.
I took half a dose and had a severe drug reaction. I believe if I had taken a full pill there would have been life threatening consequences.
I do not want to make this too long. There are many more details. Dealings with the Pharmaceutical company in the US, etc. My purpose here is to tell you to be careful. The Canadian company was well reviewed. I did my homework before and after these events. My system is sensitive to medications and this could have been an individual event. I think not. The more research I did the more I learned about the rise in counterfeit products.
All of us already fight to survive and thrive.
Peace and Love to you.