If you're taking Eliquis...

[trof]

Found out I have afib and am taking Eliquis.
My cost with UHC AARP Medicare Advantage was $6.04 a day.
2 ea. 5mg tabs daily.

I found the generic, Apixaban, at a Canadian pharmacy for about $3.75 a day. Still steep, but better than 6 bucks.

BTW you cannot buy Apixaban in the U.S. at any price.
Big pharma has congress on a short leash.

https://www.google.com/search?q=apixaban&gs_ivs=1#tts=0

[multigraincracker]

1. Have you looked into

Watchman implant. Have a few friends that are happy with it.
I have a Pacemaker, but no sign of a/fib yet.
Doc tells me to keep jogging.

[trof]

2. That has not come up with my cardio.

I like non-invasive.

[Faux pas]

3. Kickin

[dweller]

4. Have you tried CostPlus?

Mark Cuban’s site ?
If there is a generic he might carry it



✌🏻

[trof]

6. furniture? That's what I get on a search.

[dweller]

8. I looked they don't carry it

Sorry

[bahboo]

5. kicking...same here, afib and Elliquis....

first couple months are reasonable....then it gets expensive. On Medicare......have looked into Canada.....

[gab13by13]

7. Apixaban is not generic Eliquis,

it is Eliquis. I was paying big bucks through Expresscripts. My druggist set me up through the company that makes Eliquis. I pay 10 dollars for a 30 day supply, that's 60 pills, 5 mg. Get you family doctor to prescribe the Eliquis (not through your cardiologist) go through the 340B program. My pharmacist filled out the paperwork, I am good at this price for 2 years, then after 2 years all I have to do is make a phone call and I am good for 2 more years.

I messed around with A-fib for 9 years until I found a fantastic surgeon at UPMC, Pittsburgh. He did an ablation, froze the bad electrical signal and I have been rid of A-fib for 4 years. If it does come back he said he will just go back in and do another type ablation. It is out-patient, just a catheter up the groin.

[gab13by13]

9. There is no generic Eliquis, they got an extension.

If any of you people live near Pittsburgh I can give you the name of a fantastic doctor. His last options to treat A-fib are a pace maker and defib, he has 3 other options he uses first. His first option worked for me, the cryo-ablation. My ECHO, heart infraction is back to normal, knock on wood.

[bcool]

10. Same plan as mine, but mine is much cheaper

I'm also on UHC AARP Medicare Advantage, but my Eliquis (same dosage) is about $1.50 a day. I'm in Missouri - can that be the cause of the difference?

[gab13by13]

11. I pay 33 cents a day, through Medicare and I have a union secondary insurance.

I was paying like 1,000 dollars a year.

[trof]

14. DAMN!

I'll check into thus.
THANKS

[trof]

15. I'm in Alabama

How could there be that much difference?

[badhair77]

12. I'm definitely going to check into these suggestions.

I’m paying about $430 a quarter and that’s with my cheaper mail away program. They had their patent extended to 2028, so at this point no generic can be available. They’ll probably get it extended again.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Maybe a dumb question: how do you find a Canadian pharmacy?

"Drive north" is my first thought.

[trof]

16. There's this thing called "the internet".

And on the internet there's this thing called "Google".
Just type that in and you'll see a blank oblong 'box' where you can type in "Canadian pharmacies".

You'll be amazed at what you find.

Or you could just drive north and hope for the best, eh?

[CrispyQ]

17. $80 a month for Eliquis, $0 for Pradaxa, on my plan. -nt