Posted by chemist on June 13, 2004, at 1:34:52
In reply to Re: Generic Ativan (lorazepam) vs real Xanax » chemist, posted by Fred23 on June 12, 2004, at 23:04:31
> > sorry, again...the answer is yes you can, just make it clear that you want the name brand. you might get hassled from your insurance company, so you might do the following: tell the pharmacist you do not want to run it through your insurance, and will pay out of-pocket. however, be warned: i am sprescribbed 60 tablets of alprazolam per month, and my doctor writes for the 2 mg tablets. i pay $23.08 for my generics (Geneva, now Solvay), and the savings from the brand name? $173.48.
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> Looking in that Electronic Orange Book, I find that the name brand for Ativan is BIOVAL, and the generic lorazepams are MUTUAL PHARM, MYLAN, PUREPAC PHARM, RANBAXY, SANDOZ, and WATSON LABS.
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***** bioval is #1, then purepac, sandoz, watson and mylan are tied. go for bioval. all the best, chemist ********> The CVS I went to had the MYLAN I was given, so we can assume they'll also have the BIOVAL, in case they get a DAW, right?
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> The impression I get from the historical posts is that a particular pharmacy only carries certain generics, so if CVS doesn't have any other than MYLAN, I'd have to look around, it seems.
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> I'm hoping that I'd only have to pay the $50 co-pay for the name brand, per the insurance company's tiering. (I still have to check into this.)
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> What are the respective reputations of the companies listed above? It may be practical to try only a few of them.
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