Found Flurazepam

You’re right that’s the price Walgreens always charged with GoodRx. The last 4 months Walgreens says their distributor can’t get it…

I’m going to try Target and Publix they also have the cheapest price.

What’s with Costco $400-500 foot a prescription that’s been generic for 40 years?? … very weird.

I spent a good portion of my adult life on Anti-depressants. I don’t want them. Been without for 9 years. They were a bandaid. And side effects horrible. I started on amitriptyline back when it was called elavil … I’ve tried them all I think.
I’ve managed well without them.

The insomnia will always be a challenge.

I never take a medication daily anymore. I was addicted to Klonopin for many years. It took me a full three years to taper off it and it was very painful.

So I’m very cautious.

You’re right we all have to make our own decisions based on our reactions to these medicines and our conditions.

The manufacturer said Walgreens stopped ordering Flurazepam but are working with them to start re-distribution. That's why they still show a $35 charge on Good RX. CVS doesn't order anymore either. If you can find it, it's in the $500 - $600 range for 30 days. I smell a rat here.

One more thing you should try.... over the counter sleep aid called Unisom. Just make sure the active ingredient is Doxylamine. There are some Unisoms that have the active ingredient diphenhydramine.... which does help but I feel the active ingredient Doxylamine helps much better. You can break them in half if a whole pill makes you groggy the next morning.

I have unisom in my arsenal. It’s hit or miss with me.

That’s true of Midnite as well.

Melatonin has to be a very low dose 1-3 mg or it has the opposite effect. I also wonder if the sleep melt products that are sweet are part of the problem.

So I also have unisom in tablet form. Still hit or miss.

Nothing seems to work consistently perhaps because PTSD induced insomnia is very hard to combat as the vigilance is hard to turn off…

Yesterday I found an independent pharmacy that can order Flurazepam for $1400-1500. (That’s 10x more than I can afford…)
3 other pharmacies say it is listed as OOS in their systems…

Found a pharmacy that says they could order it but it would cost $1400.

Wrote Rising Pharmaceuticals s as they were supposed to be a new distributor. They said did write back, immediately, to say production was still TBD.

Will write them all and see. Google gave me a list, I’ll keep trying. Nothing else has worked for me.

Frankly, $1400 might be worth it if it led to 3 months of good sleep…

I have been in contact with Rising since early in 2023. Their initial release date was June of 2023, but keeps getting pushed back. Parent company is in India and they've had some issues meeting FDA specifications. I'm hoping their latest release forecast of Q1 2025 holds. I don't know for a fact that Chartwell is massively overcharging, but they are the only supplier of Flurazepam as of now. Competition is always a good thing.

I contacted the FDA and I get a monthly list of medication approvals. Checking every month for Rising. In the meantime, I'm preparing to grind my teeth and shell out 600 bucks for the next 30 days. Still better than no sleep for who knows how many nights.

Well they ARE overcharging. 6 months ago it was $20 with GoodRx.

They haven’t answered my inquiry in their website.

At least Rising wrote right back to say they did not have a date for release yet.

I was getting the same price with Good Rx. Pretty steep increase from $20 to $600. Chartwell was very responsive when I was trying to find a pharmacy for my initial fill a year ago. No response at all since I've been asking about the increase.