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(Message started by: maokitty on Apr 29^th, 2004, 9:19am)

Title: Need Cheap Amerge Is there Such a Thing?
Post by maokitty on Apr 29^th, 2004, 9:19am

>:(4:30 am this morning made a trip to my friendly emergency room cause I am stubborn and stupid and did not have my O2 script filled on time and had a class 10 banger! Oh by the way I have 3 Stooges Insurance that doesn't cover that particular hospital. So now I was double screwed.

My main point of this message is......money....my meds are killin' me. I recently found Amerge in Canada for about $13.50 a tablet as here is the States it can run anywhere from $17-20 a tab.

Anyone know how to get the stuff cheapo?

I have heard that if you walk right over the boarder into Mexico, with your US prescriptions, there are very reputable pharmacies right before you get into Tijuana. Anyone ever had an experience buying meds over the boarder or have any suggestions? I need this stuff at an affordable price.

I am following a fellow sufferer's advice about COQ10 and magnesium but I need a stash of my Glaxo Miracle Drug

Title: Re: Need Cheap Amerge Is there Such a Thing?
Post by miapet on Apr 29^th, 2004, 9:38am

I live in Texas . . .I'm not the clusterhead, but I do take medication (will for the rest of my life) . . .and I go to Mexico. I am able to buy 6 months of my medication for less than one month of US prices WITH insurance . . .I don't take a script with me, I do take the bottles . . and I looked up the names in Spanish. miapet

edit: my husband doesn't use any scripts, other than his o2, so I can't tell you the price of the meds in question.

2nd edit: I have a website for a pharmacia (at home, on laptop), which lists prices, if anyone is interested, I can post it tonight.

Title: Re: Need Cheap Amerge Is there Such a Thing?
Post by floridian on Apr 29^th, 2004, 9:47am

There was a discussion here about a month ago about ordering imitrex from India. It was way less expensive than the US. Don't know if ~~sumatriptan~~ naratriptan (amerge) is available from that source at a nice price.

I can't figure out how to reference another post on this board - my web browser always has the same generic URL in it (http://www.clusterheadaches.com/wwwboard/index.html)

So here is the message that started the post "Generic Imitrex - India"

Quote:

India drug patent law differs from the US in that only the process for making a drug is covered, not the drug itself. For that reason India is a bane of the western pharma industry.

That said, I see that generic Imitrex recently became available at one of the more popular India RX sites.

shoprxonline.com is held in fairly high regard by the hardon-challenged lot, with plenty of lumber resulting from their generic Cialis. Check them out on groups.google.com

6000mg of the Trex for $255... that is one shitload of Trex.

I will give it a shot. 20 or 30 of the 100's. Delivery takes about 3weeks, per the messages I see. God willing I will not need them in 3wks, at which point some lucky CH head in Central PA gets to buy me a beer.

Imitrex 25mg (10 pills) $35.00 $3.50/pill Add to Cart
Imitrex 25mg (20 pills) $60.00 $3.00/pill Add to Cart
Imitrex 25mg (30 pills) $75.00 $2.50/pill Add to Cart
Imitrex 50mg (10 pills) $45.00 $4.50/pill Add to Cart
Imitrex 50mg (20 pills) $80.00 $4.00/pill Add to Cart
Imitrex 50mg (30 pills) $105.00 $3.50/pill Add to Cart
Imitrex 50mg (60 pills) $180.00 $3.00/pill Add to Cart
Imitrex 100mg (10 pills) $55.00 $5.50/pill Add to Cart
Imitrex 100mg (20 pills) $100.00 $5.00/pill Add to Cart
Imitrex 100mg (30 pills) $135.00 $4.50/pill Add to Cart
Imitrex 100mg (60 pills) $255.00 $4.25/pill Add to Cart

Title: Re: Need Cheap Amerge Is there Such a Thing?
Post by Lizzie2 on Apr 29^th, 2004, 11:25am

FYI Amerge is Naratriptan

Imitrex is Sumatriptan

Title: Re: Need Cheap Amerge Is there Such a Thing?
Post by floridian on Apr 29^th, 2004, 12:32pm

Oops - my bad. It's been a few years since I used triptans. I crossed out sumatriptan and replaced it with naratriptan in the post.

Title: Re: Need Cheap Amerge Is there Such a Thing?
Post by Lizzie2 on Apr 29^th, 2004, 1:49pm

No prob :) When I did my research internship at Jefferson Headache Center last summer, the med students there called me "drug girl" because I could rattle off brand and generic names for virtually all commonly used preventives and abortives. My mom calls me "rain man" cuz I do the same thing with phone numbers. hehe It's one of those rather useless skills that my brain seems to have developed. :)

Title: Re: Need Cheap Amerge Is there Such a Thing?
Post by floridian on Apr 29^th, 2004, 4:57pm

Quote:

My mom calls me "rain man" cuz I do the same thing with phone numbers. hehe It's one of those rather useless skills that my brain seems to have developed. Smiley

It's not a useless skill, Lizzie. Having a good memory gives you an advantage. And if nothing else, you can go to Vegas and count cards.

Title: Re: Need Cheap Amerge Is there Such a Thing?
Post by Rock_Lobster on Apr 29^th, 2004, 10:42pm

If you are tight on $$$ you may want to give Baclofen a shot. I had an allergic reaction to it the first time I tried it, but was fine the second course.

10mg 3x daily supposedly has fairly decent success terminating a cycle after a week or two.

A full months supply is under $20.

Good Luck,
Rock