Comments on: 100mg doxycycline no better than oracea http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html Where the rosacea community meets to support each other Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:38:49 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Digital Davo http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html/comment-page-1#comment-21203 Digital Davo Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:12:07 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html#comment-21203 Hi Eric, Collagenex hope that with insurance the co-pay will be under $25. They also have a rebate card to offer $25 towards the price. I don't imagine that anyone without insurance would find Oracea compelling - generic doxycycline is always going to be a cheaper option. Oracea is marketed as a treatment for rosacea, other antibiotics haven't been tested and approved directly for rosacea. Thus Oracea has high visibility so it is easy for doctors to prescribe it. Good luck ! davidp. Hi Eric,

Collagenex hope that with insurance the co-pay will be under $25. They also have a rebate card to offer $25 towards the price. I don’t imagine that anyone without insurance would find Oracea compelling – generic doxycycline is always going to be a cheaper option.

Oracea is marketed as a treatment for rosacea, other antibiotics haven’t been tested and approved directly for rosacea. Thus Oracea has high visibility so it is easy for doctors to prescribe it.

Good luck !
davidp.

]]> By: Eric Steiner http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html/comment-page-1#comment-21202 Eric Steiner Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:51:32 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html#comment-21202 I just returned from the pharmacy without my prescription for Oracea because it costs way, way way too much. Apparently Oracea is simply low dose sustained release doxycline. I think I could get doxycline for far less money. I think this is a good example of a drug company trying to rip off consumers. Why did my doctor prescribe this instead of doxycline? Did he get a free vacation to the Bahamas? Did he really know how much it cost? I just returned from the pharmacy without my prescription for Oracea because it costs way, way way too much. Apparently Oracea is simply low dose sustained release doxycline. I think I could get doxycline for far less money. I think this is a good example of a drug company trying to rip off consumers. Why did my doctor prescribe this instead of doxycline? Did he get a free vacation to the Bahamas? Did he really know how much it cost?

]]> By: ben http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html/comment-page-1#comment-11667 ben Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:16:01 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html#comment-11667 I hope that Restasis and low dose doxycycline some day become a much more used ocular rosacea treatment (if indeed they are effective... which is looks like they are) Both are very safe as far as side effects go. Then if col-118 or something similar passes, and we had a decent treatment for flushing/redness, we would have a decent way to actually treat all parts of this multi-pronged disease. I hope that Restasis and low dose doxycycline some day become a much more used ocular rosacea treatment (if indeed they are effective… which is looks like they are) Both are very safe as far as side effects go.

Then if col-118 or something similar passes, and we had a decent treatment for flushing/redness, we would have a decent way to actually treat all parts of this multi-pronged disease.

]]> By: Digital Davo http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html/comment-page-1#comment-10636 Digital Davo Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:30:50 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html#comment-10636 Indeed Collagenex has milked as much as they can to get Oracea as the rosacea treatment. If you consider that they once had the patent for Periostat (it expired) then you realize how much work they have done to get back to where they were before ; but this time marketed towards rosacea. We will no doubt see ocular rosacea press releases as soon as their trials finish. This is all good news for us, though - good sales means more money to be invested in R&D for products like Sansrosa. davidp. Indeed Collagenex has milked as much as they can to get Oracea as the rosacea treatment. If you consider that they once had the patent for Periostat (it expired) then you realize how much work they have done to get back to where they were before ; but this time marketed towards rosacea.

We will no doubt see ocular rosacea press releases as soon as their trials finish.

This is all good news for us, though – good sales means more money to be invested in R&D for products like Sansrosa.

davidp.

]]> By: Ben http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html/comment-page-1#comment-10635 Ben Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:20:36 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/100mg-doxycycline-no-better-than-oracea.html#comment-10635 seems like they've tested it just about all they can for P&Ps.... hopefully they will move on to its effectiveness in ocular rosacea. seems like they’ve tested it just about all they can for P&Ps…. hopefully they will move on to its effectiveness in ocular rosacea.

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