Posted by johnnyzero on November 29, 2006, at 14:01:54
In reply to Re: Calling all EMSAM experts/JohnnyZero, posted by stargazer on November 29, 2006, at 9:44:51
SG,
Yes, I forgot to mention that going 2 days/patch is also a great way to stretch a 30-day refill for 2 months - cutting them into pieces has the same advantage.
I'm lucky enuf to have RX coverage thru my wife's insurance, but even the $50 co-pay for a months supply (+ $50/month for Lunesta) sometimes stretches it for us. I guess I should consider myself very fortunate: the "regular" price for (30) 6mg Emsam patches is $580+ - or about $18 PER PATCH - insane!
You can't tell me that the drug company needs to charge that much in order to recoup their R&D costs & make a little profit:
1) It's not like they had to custom-design an entirely new molecule or anything like they now do with a lot of modern drugs. Selegilene has been around for many years as an effective treatment for Parkinson's Disease. In fact, it may even have been around long enuf for the patent to have expired.
2) The technology for manufacturing transdermal drug delivery systems was perfected years ago with the introduction of nicotine patches & scores of other drugs.
So it's not like they've introduced anything really novel here - they've simply created a product that uses existing technology for a new application. I bet their stock is doing very well, tho.
Anyway, enuf of my griping. Good luck w/ Emsam and keep us "posted".
best,
JohnB
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