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zalinda

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4. My new doctor suggested that I take a different drug

Reply to Jnew28 (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 11:15 PM

May 2016

I was taking Clonazepam at night so I could fall asleep. I've been taking it for years without an increase in dosage. But because this drug has the possibility of being abused they put me on Ambien. So, after a few months, the insurance company refused to pay for it any more, and my doctor put me on this new drug called Rozerem, which apparently acts like Melatonin.

Clonazepam cost $20.49 a month and the Rozerem costs $534.99 a month, how obscene is this? Well, tomorrow I go to the doctor and try to get my Clonazepam back, I have serious ethical problems with Medicaid paying over $530 a month to a greedy drug company when something cheaper works better. I am having side effects with this new stuff, but I told the doctor I'd try it.

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Making Money Off the Sick is a Sick Idea! [View all] Jnew28 May 2016 OP

The one thing I don't see in that article is patients who demand such drugs from docs, Hoyt May 2016 #1

Broke shoulder...went to hospital angstlessk May 2016 #3

I had oxy as a pain reliever, and it was no better to me than asperin angstlessk May 2016 #2

My new doctor suggested that I take a different drug zalinda May 2016 #4

Making money off the sick is a sick idea. Igel May 2016 #5