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Title: goin on medicare. will hit coverage gap-no generic evoxac here?
Post by: valene2009 on June 19, 2012, 10:36:19 AM
the company itself wont help me with evoxac since i have medicare in sept. even with the coverage gap... every pharmacy i call says there isnt a generic available.? i live in indiana... what can i do??? the evoxac is going to put me into the coverage gap within a few months and then my meds are mostly not covered at all...
i am 37.. anyone else go through this???
Title: Re: goin on medicare. will hit coverage gap-no generic evoxac here?
Post by: SueAnn on June 19, 2012, 12:21:07 PM
I can't remember when Evoxac will have a generic available, but maybe Salagen would be a better way to go until then.

SueAnn
Title: Re: goin on medicare. will hit coverage gap-no generic evoxac here?
Post by: SueAnn on June 19, 2012, 12:30:24 PM
I just found a chart that states that Evoxac should be avialable in a generic in December of this year, so you might be able to hang in there until it comes out. 

This is very good news for me as well.  There is no way I could go with out this med.

SueAnn
Title: Re: goin on medicare. will hit coverage gap-no generic evoxac here?
Post by: valene2009 on June 19, 2012, 02:30:19 PM
wow. thanks Sue Ann.. i dont want to try salagen unless i have to cause of the side effects and i tolerate evoxac so well... thnaks.
Title: Re: goin on medicare. will hit coverage gap-no generic evoxac here?
Post by: susanep on June 19, 2012, 02:45:01 PM
This is good to me too, because after I retired, I lost my Evoxac, and have been on Pilocarpine.

susanep :)
Title: Re: goin on medicare. will hit coverage gap-no generic evoxac here?
Post by: eyeamdry on June 19, 2012, 03:18:33 PM
I am in this and have to pay $$$$ for Evoxac and hope the December generic thing is real.  I cannot afford this drug and Lyrica, but they are the ones that help me the most.  We are on SS also.
Title: Re: goin on medicare. will hit coverage gap-no generic evoxac here?
Post by: SueAnn on June 19, 2012, 05:17:41 PM
eyeamdry,

Lyrica is not scheduled to come out in generic until 2019.  The dates are subject to change, but if you want the chart type in Medco Generic drugs release date in a search engine.  If you can not find it PM me and I will email it to you.

SueAnn
Title: Re: goin on medicare. will hit coverage gap-no generic evoxac here?
Post by: valene2009 on June 20, 2012, 11:04:54 AM
sueann how is the Pilocarpine..side effects??
Title: Re: goin on medicare. will hit coverage gap-no generic evoxac here?
Post by: Carolina on June 20, 2012, 12:31:42 PM
10 years ago I started on Salagen.

Switched early on to Evoxac, and took it until I went on Medicare.

Again, it was putting me into the GAP along with several other RX without generics.

So I went to Pilocarpine.

But now I'm not so sure it's cheaper.

However, the Pilocarpine (generic Salagen) is just as effective for ME as the Evoxac.

And interestingly, it isn't DIRT cheap, which is what you would expect with the generic.

Drug pricing is a mystery to me.

Keep us posted.

Hugs

Elaine
Title: Re: goin on medicare. will hit coverage gap-no generic evoxac here?
Post by: SueAnn on June 20, 2012, 01:32:40 PM
valene, I have never taken Pilocarpine, but you could do a search on the boards to see if someone has compared them.

SueAnn