Hi everyone, I am currently taking Ortho Tri-cyclen, a decision that was based solely on the fact that it was available in a generic version, and I don't have to pay a co-pay. If I go with a namebrand formula, it's a $50 copay--per month. So it ends up being $150 every three months when I pick up a prescription, and that's steep (especially when I pay $50 per month for Ambien, and I will be starting Effexor, and I was stunned to pay a $70 copay when I picked that up yesterday).
So, does anyone take a BCP that comes in a generic version while still offering some PCOS-controlling benefits?
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Visit me on Facebook:
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
ortho-tri-cyclen does have a generic. i believe it is called trinessa. i was on it for a while. i didn't notice a difference between the generic vs. brand.
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
I'm on a generic for Ovcon 35. Well actually Ovcon turned into a chewable birth control but a generic was developed (it's not chewable...who the hell needs to chew a BCP anyway???) called Balziva. I've been on that for a looooong time.
I took Apri which is the generic version of Desogen.. I have taken both and couldn't tell any difference. While I was on it, almost ALL of my PCOS disappered.
__________________ Heidi(29) Josh(29) (Hannah To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Hank To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. & Huey To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ) Male Factor 1/05 (hx of testicular cancer) 3 failed injectable/IUI cycles and 2 failed IVF's w/no frosties Meds: Prenatals + DHA, 2000mg Metformin XR, 25mcg Levothyroxine, baby aspirin, & 100mg B6
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Hebrews 11.1
My work trainer is on the generic for seasonelle (the one that gives you AF four times a year), but I don't know the name of it. Sprintec-28 is generic for another pill but I am not sure which one. Also check to see what's on the Walmart drug list.
__________________ Whoa! bfp 11/22/08. A YAZ "reset" baby!
allergy shots 2 yr
Soma sleep apnea pillow--yeah it works, but it wears out after a year
Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.
I checked the Walmart list but I didn't see low dose BCP. That would really help me out if they had it. Right now I pay 31.00 a pack... I am a freelance writer and health insurance is a foreign idea to me. Any info you ladies have on this would be...GREAT!
__________________ Meds: Saw Palmetto
Dong Quai
Calendula
Valerian
Black Cohosh
Dandelion Root
Cinnamon
Vitamin C
Fe
St John's Wort
Chromium Picolinate
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
PCOS DX 6.7.04
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
A wonderful man luvz To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. me...
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. [/size]
Thanks, ladies! I'm on Tri-Sprintec now--like I said, I chose it simply because I'd been on it before I was pg, and knew that it was a $0 copay with my insurance. I'm going to look into some of the other ones, too! Thanks!
Soul, they switched me to Tri-Sprintec after I'd been taking the namebrand Ortho Tricyclen for years...I don't remember noticing a difference. I'm having a lot of migraines and breakthrough bleeding (and my skin hasn't cleared much, like they advertise) with the Tri-Sprintec right now though, so that's why I'm thinking about switching.
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Visit me on Facebook:
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Anne, the reason that I have a namebrand Ambien is because I have the Ambien CR (the extended release formula), and it's not available in a generic...yet!
__________________
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Visit me on Facebook:
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
BCPs available as generics? 
thank you much. I'll look into it
