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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: Jonndad on December 25, 2012, 04:36:31 PM
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Hope everyone is enjoying the Holidays. I am paying $55.00 per month for 90 Renvela. Is that a good price or can I get it cheaper? Thanks for any advice. John
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Frank's neph just put him on this drug. It's in the highest tier of our copays- $40 and it's killing us. But he needs it, his potassium was like 8.4. We pay $10 for pretty much everything else. The other binders available are equally expensive. I guess it's because theres no generic yet. The pharmacist says Renvela is not that new though, it's been out since 1998 so I would have thought there'd be a generic by now!
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I guess I am lucky. I get my Renvela through the Davita Pharmacy and my co pay is $12.00 for a 90 day supply. I am on Medicare Part D.
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I'm on Kaiser through Medicare and it is $55.00 for a month's supply. I tried searching Canadian pharmacies but it seems they are a lot more expensive!
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On my Part D I paid $125 for a month of Renvela. Now I have my transplant and I pay more for Valcyte.
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For those who are on private insurance for their meds or do not have prescription insurance, try the copay card at www.renvalue.com
Renvela is really expensive for me because I have to pay 25% of brand name drugs with my stinky prescription insurance. With the card, the copay goes down to $5.
Another option might be to see if you can go on generic PhosLo (calcium acetate). I take one generic PhosLo and two Renvela with each meal and it seems to do the trick.
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can't you get the cupon that brings it to $5?
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The coupon does not work if you use Medicare Part D for your prescription plan. It only works with private insurance or no insurance.
I used generic PhosLo for a while. I loved it but my body didn't. PhosLo's main ingredient is calcium and my calcium level got too high. I had to switch to Renvela.
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Check with your social worker there my be a state program to help cover your co-payments for dialysis drugs. There is in Wyoming. Just a thought.
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I'm on Renegel, but I think it's the same thing... we used to have private insurance, and we had to pay 20% of the cost.. one bottle, which is supposed to be a 60 day supply, cost us $80.. that's a $400 bottle of pills that only last 2 months.. we lost our insurance, cuz Mom's boss said it was costing her too much, so obviously, I haven't had a new bottle in a while.. I've just been taking calcium
Anyone who thinks that medication in Canada is cheap or free really doesn't know what they're talking about..
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cattlekid, thats a really great coupon but it looks like it expires on the 31st, hopefully they'll have another one for the new year.
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Franks wife, I take it that you mean Frank's phosphorous is high, not his potassium?
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Yes, amanda, I saw I had done that after i had posted but I figured you wise ones would know what I meant! ;D
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When I could not afford to buy Renvela my Doctor told me to take TUMS. They bloated me too much though. Ask your Doc about that.
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Tums are also made of calcium and work like PhosLo. Make sure you know your calcium level before using Tums.
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I can't use calcium based binders either, along with zimplar my cal went to the roof.