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Forteo: What is your Experience?
I'm looking for anyone's experience with Forteo. What were your side effects? Were they tolerable? Did you see good gain in bone density? What med did you follow up with to lock in gains?
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I only scanned the article and saw that it mentioned a limitation with Forteo.
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1 ReactionWhere did you find the coupon ? Any suggestions on getting Forteo for less ?
Go to www. Forteo.com, savings and services. Copay is either $0 or $4.
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1 Reactionhttps://therxadvocates.com/ I think you pay a service charge of 70$ a month, then the Forteo is free. So it's actually 70$ a pen.
There is a new generic by Teva approved 11/23. I expect that there isn't much of a price break.
I sometimes travel for my pens because in most countries the cost is 100$ per pen.
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2 ReactionsIt doesn’t work as I have Medicare 😫
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1 ReactionCurious--has anyone hopped from Forteo to a generic to take advantage of the limited copay assistance on each? Now that there are three different brands (Forteo, Alvogen, and Teva) of teraparatide, wouldn't it be possible to, for example, take Forteo until the assistance runs out, switch to Alvogen until that assistance runs out, then to Teva until that runs out?
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1 ReactionThe endocrinologist advising me said that there is no problem switching from Alvogen to Forteo and back. He quickly found a goodrx coupon. But I got my first pens in Singapore at Raffles for $100 each. Columbia, Mexico, Canada the price is 100$ per pen for Eli Lily. RX Advocates has a plan for $80 a month, but I think the income limit is low.
The only reason Lily can charge all US patients inflated prices is because of Medicare Part D. The party of big business agreed to the passage of pharmaceutical assistance for seniors only if Medicare would be prohibited from negotiating prices. The current administration is struggling and has had some success in eliminating that prohibition. Drug prices for all of us in the US are on the ballot in November. Be careful with your vote.
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2 ReactionsDid you look into RX Advocates? Maybe they can help.
Yes I did. Thank you! Husband makes too much $. It seems like if you aren't in poverty you can't get Rx help. Very sad!
@inam @sodita @gently check this out:
https://www.alvogenteriparatide.com/healthcare-providers?utm_source=PHARMACY_TODAY&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024_ALVO_TERI_Formulary_HCP&utm_content=ALV-TERI-EM-048&utm_term=Learn_More
It is said “ 76% of Medicare patients and 68% of commercially insured patients in the US have access to Alvogen’s teriparatide.”