A few months ago my doctor prescribed me Latuda.
He gave me a couple months worth of samples and then wrote a prescription for when I ran out.
I fell in love with it, I was also able to cut out two other medications so I don't have to take as many total.
For reference I now take 1,000 mg depakote, 40 mg prozac, klonopin as needed, and adderal for my ADD.
When I ran out off the samples I went to fill the prescription and they tell me insurance won't cover it because it's a brand name and it costs over a thousand dollars. So my doctor gave me more samples and put me in contact with their patient assistance program. The assistance program turned me down because I have insurance. Insurance that won't cover their freaking drug.
So my doctor says the most similar medication in generic is geodon and said if I try it he can prove to the insurance company that I tried a generic equivilant and if it isn't effective they'll have to cover the Latuda. Although he said it's also possible I'll like it and in that case I can just stay on it.
I'm starting it Friday because the pharmacy had to order it.
So does anyone have experience with both drugs and can compare?
I looked it up and what I don't get is that it's more for mania while Latuda is specifically for bipolar depression. So that's the complete opposite. Although I do have more manic episodes than depressive the depakote controls them pretty well, the latuda was great because it improved my mood overall and I felt like I had more energy and motivation.
Hopefully if I hate it or it isn't effective a month will be long enough for the insurance company to say I gave it a shot.
If anyone took it for schizophrenia I'd welcome your input on side effects even though your experience with how it works for you will be different from mine.
Side effects always sound worse when you're reading them but they were really random, like sneezing and lactating. Not the typical "may cause drowsiness" on most of my meds.
He gave me a couple months worth of samples and then wrote a prescription for when I ran out.
I fell in love with it, I was also able to cut out two other medications so I don't have to take as many total.
For reference I now take 1,000 mg depakote, 40 mg prozac, klonopin as needed, and adderal for my ADD.
When I ran out off the samples I went to fill the prescription and they tell me insurance won't cover it because it's a brand name and it costs over a thousand dollars. So my doctor gave me more samples and put me in contact with their patient assistance program. The assistance program turned me down because I have insurance. Insurance that won't cover their freaking drug.
So my doctor says the most similar medication in generic is geodon and said if I try it he can prove to the insurance company that I tried a generic equivilant and if it isn't effective they'll have to cover the Latuda. Although he said it's also possible I'll like it and in that case I can just stay on it.
I'm starting it Friday because the pharmacy had to order it.
So does anyone have experience with both drugs and can compare?
I looked it up and what I don't get is that it's more for mania while Latuda is specifically for bipolar depression. So that's the complete opposite. Although I do have more manic episodes than depressive the depakote controls them pretty well, the latuda was great because it improved my mood overall and I felt like I had more energy and motivation.
Hopefully if I hate it or it isn't effective a month will be long enough for the insurance company to say I gave it a shot.
If anyone took it for schizophrenia I'd welcome your input on side effects even though your experience with how it works for you will be different from mine.
Side effects always sound worse when you're reading them but they were really random, like sneezing and lactating. Not the typical "may cause drowsiness" on most of my meds.
