hilbiligrl Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Im looking on the internet for prescription assistance for marinol..... my insurance won't pay for it and it's now my only option to try for now..... do any of you know of marinol prescription assistance programs that actually work? Not finding what i need on the net, unless im searching it wrong...... thankstennille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddm1960 Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 I'm looking at getting Marinol also, I'm going at it from a vasodilator, NO increaser. Then on a lesser side for pain reduction for joints, back and rib cage. Currently I'm taking 1,500mg of niacin and 5mg of Cialis each morning, I'm trying to keep my BP from climbing while I stand. Why are you looking to use it? I'm not sure if my insurance will cover it or not, I'm still fighting with them to cover my CoQ-10 which is $200 a month. Wish I had some answers for you, maybe someone else on the forum has had some luck with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 I'm looking at getting Marinol also, I'm going at it from a vasodilator, NO increaser. Then on a lesser side for pain reduction for joints, back and rib cage. Currently I'm taking 1,500mg of niacin and 5mg of Cialis each morning, I'm trying to keep my BP from climbing while I stand. Why are you looking to use it? I'm not sure if my insurance will cover it or not, I'm still fighting with them to cover my CoQ-10 which is $200 a month. Wish I had some answers for you, maybe someone else on the forum has had some luck with this.Well, im not making any progress at getting better. I want to try mestinon, but my doc just wont do it yet. He called today and said he would rather try me on marinol first and see how it does. No meds seem to help me... my nausea is crippling daily, some days i vomit for hours but the horrible nausea is relentless and always present 24/7..... plus we think it might help with many other symtoms, as, i take the 'real stuff'.... and he knows that i do.... and it will knock out 90% of my symptoms after 1-3 tokes..... he has no prob with me doing it at all.... Also, when im an attack where it's like a long term seizure and i can't move, walk, talk, nothing but lay in agony, suffering.... well, its like death.... if i take 1, 2 or 3 hits... within 5 mins im up walking and talking and normal..... he and i keep discussing how it makes me 'work' right again.... weird. If i dont have any, well, if i have an attack, it can last weeks and it is unreal suffering..... i dont get scared at anything, but when i have the attacks, i get freaked out scared cuz it literally feels like death is near..... sorry, my cognitive function is very poor these past few weeks..... ughIm glad i have a supportive doc..... Oh, and my insurance won't cover marinol either.... for a 30 day supply, i have called around here and the highest price was 700 some dollars.... at the cheapest $425..... It would cover it if i were a cancer patient..... but i am not a cancer patient.... its just my nausea is quiet unreal..... everything we have tried hasn't worked..... Ugh, my brain is totally out of whack today...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandymbme Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Just a thought, you might ask your pharmacist. Sometimes they are better informed about discount programs. And a word to the wise, Mestinon really helped my POTS symptoms for the most part, but I couldn't tolerate it because of the GI side effects. They had to take me off of the drug after less than 3 months. Good luck!Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenna Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Mestinon is a vasoconstrictor. Marinol is a vasodilator. If you're helped by one of these meds, chances are that you would feel pretty lousy on the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted July 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Sandy and Lenna,thank you! Sandy~ i was a pharmacy tech for 4 years (was heading to pharm school, but got massively sick and had to quit everything in oct of 2009)...... so yes, those programs are what i was looking for, and i called several pharmacies but several of them acted like all weird as if i was a drug addict... a few wouldnt even talk to me about marinol, said that they didnt have it in stock and hung up. Im gonna call the pharmacy I use to work at and talk to them today.Lenna!! I had NO IDEA that mestinon and marinol worked these ways! Very very interesting! As regular cannibas helps me TREMENDOUSLY, but its illegal and hard to find and well, i just dont know where to get it. I guess i shall be seeing if the marinol works.... if it doesnt then maybe the mestinon will???? I supposedly don't have true POTS..... both tilt tests were borderline, both were done, not so correctly, but I have dysautonomia (generalized i suppose). Hmmmmm..... very interesting. Thank you for adding that tidbit!!!best wishes,tennille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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