Could you be getting more medicine than you thought?

Hi everybody,

I just had something great happen and had to share it with you.  I read an article last month that suggested it might be possible to get more of my Imitrex than I thought was available through my insurance plan.  I have used ALL types of Imitrex in the past... the injections, the nasal spray, and the pills.  I always had great luck with the shots, but when the pills came out I just automatically switched over to the pills as they are more "portable" and easily taken with my pain medication.  It hadn't even occured to me that I didn't have to choose which delivery method I wanted... but could continue getting both.  I never even thought about that until last week and had just assumed Imitrex would only be covered in ONE delivery method per month... I was WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

After I read that article I found that I had needed to get a new prescription for my pills anyway so I asked my doctor to put through a script for both the pills (50 mg) and the shots just to see if my insurance would cover both.  I went to pick them up tonight and low and behold, they covered both prescriptions and all I had to pay was my $30 copay for each.  So for $60, I got 9 50 mg pills and 8 injections.  Now that is HUGE for me.  The shots knock out my migraines so much faster than the pills, so now I will have those as a backup for those migraines I can't get to go away.

So, if you currently have a migraine prescription (doesn't have to be Imitrex), I highly suggest you check to see if that medicine is able to be dosed in multiple ways as your insurance might cover multiple delivery methods as mine did. (I have an individual Blue Cross Blue Shield health plan).

It's funny, and I'm sure you can all understand this, but I was literally giddy with joy at the fact that I now have almost double the amount of medicine per month... that is a huge deal for me and will make a big difference in my life from now on.  Here is a picture of the medicine so you can see the different type of meds they are (kitty not included :)

No more migraines,
Kelli  :)

Comments

[rsNvt]

I'm sure you know about the Imitrex rebound effect.

Also, I noticed on a few pharmacy sites that the 100 mg tablets cost less than the 50 mg. Don't know if that is always true.

Happy New Year Kelli! May we both find a cure this year!

[Kelli Smith]

Yes, I unfortunately do experience that darn rebound effect sometimes with Imitrex (which sure makes it even harder when you only have 9 pills and have to take 2-3 per attack). It's not every migraine through and I don't seem to get the rebounds as much as I did when I was younger. I attribute that more to the fact that I'm able to relax more though and not get so upset about the migraine like I used to.

Thank you for the great tip on the 100mg pills... I will definitely look into that as it's something I wasn't aware of.

Happy New Year!

[migraineguy]

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