Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Mich12 on May 27, 2015, 01:05:01 AM
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Hi everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone knew of a medicine that would work just as good as Vagifem and be a simple tablet insert verses a messy cream insert as I currently use Vagifem but my insurance stopped covering it and it costs $150.00 US each month. That is more than I can afford for 8 pills a month. :o I use Vagifem for chronic yeast infection prevention, UTI prevention, and to ease dryness and it works sooooo well. I am sad my insurance won't cover it anymore. :(
Thank You. :)
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Poor you. I had a look at USA prices for vagifem on the internet. You are right. 8 vagifem tablets costs $150, which is in the region of £100, yet the price over here in the uk according to this site is £16.75 for 24 (May have misquoted the pence- meno memory) which is in the region of $20. This is outrageous.
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Mich tried internet Canada? I know my neice lives in NY state 40mins from Canada
She travels to Canada to buy medicines which cost an arm and a leg in USA
How do u cope with only 8 in a Pack they come in strips of 5 or 6? Do they rip one off?
Or are they specifically done for USA and MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!!!
Do you have Orthogynest pressaries in USA? But I dont think they are the same preparation?
Sorry theres nothing else I know of. You may just have to BITE the bullet cut back as much as u can
AND just buy them. YOUR health is more important than anything else Did ur HMO
isnt it called that in USA? Give u a reason why they stopped subsidy? :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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we need dogdoc here :-\
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Orthogynest pessaries are less messy than cream and do the same job ( although they are estriol not estradiol as in Vagifem). However they were discontinued here last year and I think it was manufacturing that stopped rather than there being unavailable in UK. Unfortunately as far as I know there is only Vagifem and the estriol creams in terms of pessaries/creams.
I think in US there is Estrace cream - but this will also be messy. The only other alternative is the Estring (vaginal ring) which may well be available in America, This lasts 3 months and delivers a slow release of oestrogen (estradiol). Might be cheaper in the long run? I don't know ho wmuch it costs. http://www.menopause.org/for-women/sexual-health-menopause-online/effective-treatments-for-sexual-problems/vaginal-and-vulvar-comfort-lubricants-moisturizers-and-low-dose-vaginal-estrogen
Hurdity x
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I use my preparation at night so that laying down stops seepage ;)
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Thank you for your reply. It sure is outrageously priced. :( I called my doctor and she said I could go down to taking it just once a week to save some money but I am afraid to do that as it may make me dry again and make the yeast and/or UTI infections come back. :(
Poor you. I had a look at USA prices for vagifem on the internet. You are right. 8 vagifem tablets costs $150, which is in the region of £100, yet the price over here in the uk according to this site is £16.75 for 24 (May have misquoted the pence- meno memory) which is in the region of $20. This is outrageous.
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Mich tried internet Canada? I know my neice lives in NY state 40mins from Canada
She travels to Canada to buy medicines which cost an arm and a leg in USA
How do u cope with only 8 in a Pack they come in strips of 5 or 6? Do they rip one off?
Or are they specifically done for USA and MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!!!
Do you have Orthogynest pressaries in USA? But I dont think they are the same preparation?
Sorry theres nothing else I know of. You may just have to BITE the bullet cut back as much as u can
AND just buy them. YOUR health is more important than anything else Did ur HMO
isnt it called that in USA? Give u a reason why they stopped subsidy? :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Hi there,
Thank you for your reply. :) I will check out Canada and see if I can get it there. I am in Ohio and I have a cousin in NY that loves taking trips to Canada so she would probably be able to get it for me there.
My Vagifem comes in a box with just 8 tubes with the pill inside already. They packaged in a perforated way so you just tear one off the pack. Our pharmacist just puts 8 in the box. My insurance is a PPO and they gave me no reason, just that they won't cover it anymore. :(
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Orthogynest pessaries are less messy than cream and do the same job ( although they are estriol not estradiol as in Vagifem). However they were discontinued here last year and I think it was manufacturing that stopped rather than there being unavailable in UK. Unfortunately as far as I know there is only Vagifem and the estriol creams in terms of pessaries/creams.
I think in US there is Estrace cream - but this will also be messy. The only other alternative is the Estring (vaginal ring) which may well be available in America, This lasts 3 months and delivers a slow release of oestrogen (estradiol). Might be cheaper in the long run? I don't know ho wmuch it costs. http://www.menopause.org/for-women/sexual-health-menopause-online/effective-treatments-for-sexual-problems/vaginal-and-vulvar-comfort-lubricants-moisturizers-and-low-dose-vaginal-estrogen
Hurdity x
Thank you so much! :) My doctor told me she wants to keep me on Vagifem even if I just take one a week verses the two I take a week now. I decided I will just bite the bullet and buy it as it helps me sooooooo much. I am going to look into Canada though.
I appreciate the info, thank you again. :)
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I use my preparation at night so that laying down stops seepage ;)
Thank you! :) I used to do that with the one medicine I used for yeast infections before the Diflucan pill I now take once a week.
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Mich tried internet Canada? I know my neice lives in NY state 40mins from Canada
She travels to Canada to buy medicines which cost an arm and a leg in USA
How do u cope with only 8 in a Pack they come in strips of 5 or 6? Do they rip one off?
Or are they specifically done for USA and MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!!!
Do you have Orthogynest pressaries in USA? But I dont think they are the same preparation?
Sorry theres nothing else I know of. You may just have to BITE the bullet cut back as much as u can
AND just buy them. YOUR health is more important than anything else Did ur HMO
isnt it called that in USA? Give u a reason why they stopped subsidy? :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
OURS COMES IN A LONG BOX WITH 3 STRIPS OF 6 each x10m in Ozz we still have 25m x2x7days
Our applicators are pre loaded and u open the covering and insert the applicator and click Vagi in x
Hi there,
Thank you for your reply. :) I will check out Canada and see if I can get it there. I am in Ohio and I have a cousin in NY that loves taking trips to Canada so she would probably be able to get it for me there.
My Vagifem comes in a box with just 8 tubes with the pill inside already. They packaged in a perforated way so you just tear one off the pack. Our pharmacist just puts 8 in the box. My insurance is a PPO and they gave me no reason, just that they won't cover it anymore. :(