Comments on: how Collagenex are Promoting Oracea

By: Britt

Britt — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:48:25 +0000

I had untreated Rosacea for 10 years. Was red, but never had p&p’s until one day when it came upon me with a vengeance, then I sought help from Dermatologist.

Initially, doc put me on Doxy, with metro gel, and it worked fine for a while till i had allergy to the Doxy. Next Doc put me on Solidyn, which worked perfect for about 3 months, till I had sever allergy reaction. Doc was at his wits end, and finally perscribed z-pack Azithromycin ($7.00 no insurance) with Erythromycin topical Solution ($18.00 no insurance). After 3 weeks, my face is totally clear of p&p’s now, with no side effects. I’m finally getting my self esteem back, and children not point and run anymore.
Not sure how long I’m able to take these antibiotics, but for now, I’m finally enjoying life again.

Hope this helps.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:57:48 +0000

Hello. I have been on Oracea 40 mg for more than 1 year. I did see good improvement with this drug. I also use the Metrogel (1%). I just checked my co-payments for the last year. I have prescription coverage under Medco. In June 2009 my Rx was for 30 days at $38.32 ($1.27 per pill). In November I got a new prescription filled for 90 days at $96.00 ($1.07 per pill). Today I went to renew the perscription and they want $136.00 for 90 days ($1.51 per pill). I googled ORACEA COST and found this webpage. I think I will discuss with my doctor the generic doxycycline and try that. Once I let my presription run out and my face was broken out again in less that a few days.

By: wayne

wayne — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:57:53 +0000

My old doctor left town,so I got a new lady dr,I told the wife before my first visit,well here we go ,I bet she changes the office around,paint the walls and put me another prescription,guess what,she did.Now the bad news,She gave me a new prescription called Oracea 40 mg 30 day supply,which I can’t see any different then the old one I had,This one cost my Ins.350.00 plus and she gave me a card that would save me,no more then $25.00 at a time,so I had the last one filled on 11/27/09,I leaving for Seattle,wa,tuesday morning and only have six capsules left,so I tryed to get a new prescription before I left,no, says Oracea says to early of refill,you already charged my Ins,350.00 plus and you have a proplem with $27.00 that you pay with my card plus the $25.00 I PAY,you are a rip OFF.

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:35:14 +0000

Oracea worked great for me…but price keeps going up!
Refill this time was $340.00! I declined.

By: britt

britt — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:28:44 +0000

I had sever untreated Rosacea with terrible P&P’s………was on Doxy for about 2 months and it worked, but I got to where i couldn’t swallow…so the doc took me off and put me on Solodyn with Metro 1%. The 6th day, i noticed i was drying up………35 days on it now and my face is completely clear of P&P’s. They have a prescription card for the first 3 months $10.00. Also doing Lysene…..seems to working on redness…..

Hope this helps

By: tommy

tommy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:06:53 +0000

i was prescribed oracea with metrogel initially.
my insurance company told me it was covered under my plan but i had a 100% co-pay ( i think that is thier way of saying it wasnt covered )
the total cost was $216 a month or $7.20 a day.
after talking to my dr again he ordered doxycycl 50 mg once a day with mertonidazol twice a day.
its been almost two months and im not seeing much if any difference.
would oracea work better or not

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:58:13 +0000

My price is 5.39 per tablet. Monthly cost is almost the cost of a car payment for a VW Jetta! I am definately going to ask about generic doxycycline .

By: Digital Davo

Digital Davo — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:14:45 +0000

Sorry I wasn’t being clear. $5.39 per table seems like a huge amount, all the more so considering that you do have some insurance.

Would your doctor and you consider generic doxycycline as an alternative ? From the comments above it looks like it might be a reasonable alternative for some.

davidp.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:38:30 +0000

The comment I left remarks that “I am paying $161.56 every month for Oracea medication.

The daily cost of $5.39 for each dosage daily.

In Miami, with the Collagenex discount and the persription discount from my major medical insurance.

I am healthy and self employed in Miami paying United Health Care/Golden Rule $ 1,200 a month for health insurance /a major medical plan. I have no eye, dental,or any other service included. Perscription discounts and doctor office visit copays that most people have are not in this plan. The plan pays only for catastrophe. Like when your heart and lungs fall out and you are walking into the emergency in hope that they can be put back in. My cost is over five dollars each day for Oracea. This is what insurence companies call “shared responsibility”.

By: Digital Davo

Digital Davo — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:37:16 +0000

Wow Barbara that is a scary amount to pay if you didn’t have insurance.