Forteo and generic prescription experience

Posted by debsinwa @debsinwa, Feb 16 10:48am

I'm sorry this is so long but I thought I'd share my recent experience with my Forteo prescription. I started on Forteo in Oct '23 with a copay of $80/month but have a copay assistance which brought it down to $4/month! Awesome! In January when I received my pen a bill came with that said the copay was $150 but that any copay assistance may not have yet been applied. I contacted the pharmacy and they said that (I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't notice) a generic had just been made available and they switched me to that so the copay assistance was denied and I would have to obtain the assistance from another company!
So if your doctor has not written your prescription for the brand name and you don't want the generic then make sure they rewrite it for the brand name!
I contacted my Dr and next month will hopefully be back to the brand name. I have noticed that my blood pressure has risen recently and am wondering if the generic works a little differently? I will be checking it after I return to the brand name.

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i really think some of the generic drugs just aren't like the real ones

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@proliamistake

i really think some of the generic drugs just aren't like the real ones

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@proliamistake- In what way… can you explain please!!

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@proliamistake- In what way… can you explain please!!

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sometimes i have found that when i was taking a drug and then switched to generic it didn't seem to work as well. most however are fine i also had an incident with changig the mfg everybody is different

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I too have found that some meds can react differently depending on the mfg. The active ingredient is the same amount, but the filler used can make a difference for some people. I have definitely noticed that for a me in one of the meds that I take for seizures. I’ve had some doctors and pharmacist tell me that there’s no way that would make a difference, but needless to say … seizures do not lie

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