Comments on: how Collagenex are Promoting Oracea

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.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:19:45 +0000

I have mild oracea on nose and cheeks with severe outbreaks most likely enhance during hormone variences. With insurance and rebate I am paying
$ 5.39/161.56.
$161.56 for a 30 day supply.
$5.36 per capsule.
Miami FL

By: Ty

Ty — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:34:33 +0000

Oracea worked for about a month and then things went down hill quickly. I had to go back on daily mynocycline, which I find to be much more effective against my p&ps.

By: Digital Davo

Digital Davo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:32:08 +0000

How long did you take the generic doxycycline for Elizabeth ? was it one month ? Did you doctor advise taking it at the same time each day ?