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Margo


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bauhaus76 wrote:

margo i guess they expect i dont say nothing so they can keep it cheap,if i dont complain its because i agree thats the mentality around this parts,generics are qualitative good,but i just dont want them periode.i let them know that so now its solved. i hate the pharmaceutical monopoly earning billions of dollars and trying anyway to make it more profict from it!!DAHM!!!disbelief

That's true, especially in our case. It's a long treatment and expensive one too.

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Geno 1b, relapsed in 2009 a week before my treatment was to be over. Started triple therapy on April 28th, 2012. UND at week 4,8,12,24,3 months post tx.
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margo i guess they expect i dont say nothing so they can keep it cheap,if i dont complain its because i agree thats the mentality around this parts,generics are qualitative good,but i just dont want them periode.i let them know that so now its solved. i hate the pharmaceutical monopoly earning billions of dollars and trying anyway to make it more profict from it!!DAHM!!!disbelief



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hep c 1a on triple therapy with incivek UND at week 12 ,week 24...going for 48 weeks.
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bauhaus76 wrote:

DAHM!! they just call me back friday i get the original COPEGUS send home!! we are very sorry mister C.R it was a mistake we tough you had other insurance they said!! DAHM!!!! evileye im happy its solved.

Great you had it solved ! They should have notified you regardless.

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Geno 1b, relapsed in 2009 a week before my treatment was to be over. Started triple therapy on April 28th, 2012. UND at week 4,8,12,24,3 months post tx.
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DAHM!! they just call me back friday i get the original COPEGUS send home!! we are very sorry mister C.R it was a mistake we tough you had other insurance they said!! DAHM!!!! evileye im happy its solved.



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Hmmm, interesting question. I'm not sure how it is in other countries but I'm told we are very highly regulated in the U.S. so that generics have to be the same formulation as the original. We also only get a generic here when the original manufacturer's patent expires. I've noticed that the US people here are split between two brands of Ribavarin and two brands of Interferon. I'm not even sure which is the original and which is the newer competitor. I have noticed that some multiple treaters have expressed preference for one interferon over another....

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Mine is copegas, I don't even know if we have generic for that. You should request brand name, I'm pretty sure they will change that just the co-pay might be higher. I'm usually ok with generics, like antibiotics, but this is serious medication and treatment we are taking about.

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hi guys im so mad as i can get!!furious i found out that my RIBA is not copegus as i tough(original med) but a cheaper generic,some docs may say that its almost the same but almost its not enough when you are dealing with this,i made a few phone calls,and they said that tomorow they would call me i hope they change the meds to the original brand name COPEGUS and not the cheap version (ribavirine from TEVA PHARMA),my insurance covers all my meds so i guess they will change that...i will let you guys know.....DAHM!!!



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