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I've seen many websites that sell Rocephin and generic rocephin...but they are not all that cheap.
I have a scripts for 1 gram /day w/ 3 refills and 2 grams/day w/ 3 refills.
I worked insanely hard to finally get my insurance company to insert picc-line.When I tell my Dr's about the trouble I'm having w/ insurance...they just want to take the piccline out!!
"IM NEVER TAKING THIS THING OUT!" I said to them! Not 'till I'm BETTER! I'Ve made WAY too much progress to stop now!!
It really ****ed me off that my new PCP suggested that...but wouldn't rx a cell wall inhibiting drug to take the place of the rocephin and complete the triple combo.
My Dr's a pathetic idiots. I'm sure of it now. All xcept the guy who rx's me the rocephin & picc-line...and he's NOT EVEN an LLMD!!!!!!!!!!!
I went 3 weeks @ 1 gram/day...then 1 week @ 2 grams/day.
That coupled w/ the Zithromax and plaquenil and a little amox. left over...I made some REAL progress. I have been on orals for over 2 years prior to this also.
My night sweats, pain and chronic diarrhea started to subside! I was sleeping better too.
Then, I was forced off the Rocephin by my Aetna insurance (They SUCK! by the way.).
Now I have my infusion/nursing company working on getting me cleared/approved, along w/ my almost daily hour+ on the phone w/ Aetna to complain/appeal.
So what I was going to try was online purchase of ceftriaxone. I bought 2 grams of it from a Canadian pharmacy online last year and it was LEGIT. I shot it IM though...it stung like a hornet-Ouch!
Now I have found an online pharmmacy that is selling ceftriaxone for: $6.90/gram!!!
I figured it was a typo. But when I called them they swore by it's quality and said that they get it from REAL pharmacies. It comes in REAL pkging with lot/batch #'s to ID the stuff and everything.
That, coupled with the fact that I have successfully purchased Ceftriaxone from a foreign pharmacy b4 leads me to believe that there is a REAL chance that this stuff is REAL.
The stuff I bought b4 was the orangey looking color...just like the stuff I got from the Infusion company here in the U.S. via my insurance.
I've also sucessfully purchased diazepam and codeine from foreign pharmacies SEVERAL times over the last few years.
Has anyone bought from Foreign pharm's?
I bought a few grams of it and it's supposed to be here in about 10-21 days. So, if it's legit...I'll just buy a bunch more:120 grams or so.
I hear all these stories about how it's dangerous to buy from foreign pharm's MANY , MANY times...however, I'm starting to think it's all PROPAGANDA initiated by the U.S. gov't and the "triad of evil" (Dr's-insurance companies-Big pharma.).
If you want to talk quality assurance and FDA approval and stuff...think about: Zyprexa, Serzone, paxil, Vioxx, the Duragesic fentanyl patch etc.... ALL THESE DRUGS have been overseen by the FDA and U.S. regulatory agencies AND HAVE KILLED and/or INJURED PEOPLE!!
I'll just get a sample tested by a lab b4 I use it. For $6.90/gram...I can afford too!
Just about anyone could afford that?
If this is true for Rocephin...why not other drugs like Mepron, Flagyl, IV zithromax etc...?
Why bother with AS*-**** Dr's & insurance compapnies at all?
It's not like we all dont alreday know what drugs we need. We just need a prescription pad and/or the $ to buy the meds.
The meds are typically offered at about 1/10th the cost in 3rd world countries as they are in the U.S. it seems.
Our healthcare system is WAY MORE than ****** up.
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I just got word from: [email protected] that my e-check has cleared and they have shipped my order for a few grams of ceftriaxone out.
I should know in a couple-few weeks if it's legit or not.
$6.90/gram!
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Hi James,
It is true; you can get some pharmaceuticals much cheaper in other countries. Bicillin is I think one-tenth the cost in Europe as it is in the US.
It helps to know these things. Mepron does not seem to be available at a highly discounted rate, though it is around $200 cheaper to purchase from outside the US.
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Be sure to keep flushing the PICC line even when you don't have the drug to use. Important to keep it clear.
Hope it all works out for you.
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James, Infuserve America sells ceftriaxone for less than $6.90/gm. Keep in mind that is only the med in the sealed vial though, you still need the vial transfer pin, the minibag with dextrose or saline to mix the med into solution, the admin tubing and flushes.
Ceftriaxone is stable for less than 24 hours at room temperature once in solution, and something like a week in the refrigerator, so I would think the med is being shipped dry in the vial.
Self pay ceftriaxone treatment in the US at wholesale cost will probably run somewhere in the $500-600/month range, depending on your admin tubing, dressing type, if you use a stat-lock on your PICC, etc.
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I have lots of extra supplies if that will help; stat locks, tubing, dressing change kits, saline flushes and heparin. Let me know.
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Cuz I saw a bunch of sites that showed it for $1.60/gram ceftriaxone...then right next to it Rocephin for like $40 or $50/gram...but they were all "OUT OF STOCK".
I guess evryone's buying it allup?
Oh yeah, Self pay is $523/week !! At least for me here in Buffalo, NY. Dang! They ARE trying VERY hard to fight my insurance company though, I'll gibe them that. Although it's ultimately so they can make more money off me.
I'm doing it this week and prob next week while I wait for my mail order to come in.
I cant wait to tell my nurse from OptionCare that I'm getting it for less than 1/10th the price!!
I know it just comes in powder form...it has to, cuz it significantly breaks down after mixed w/ sterile water/saline/sugar solution in about 8-10 days.
I bought it last summer b4 I had my piccline and shot it IM.
If you use it immediately and are relatively cautious about sterility...I don't think u really need a hood or laminar flow safety cabinet to mix it up.
I'm thinking that's just if you're mixing up a weeks supply at a time.
Plus what bacteria is significantly gonna grow in a Rocephin solution? Have to be a fungus, mycoplasma, or some cell wall deficient microbe.
ANyone think that should be a big concern if ur mixing it immediately b4 use?
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Thanks for the offer Tracy9! That's REALLY VERY nice of you!
But I got about 7 cases of 30- saline syringes and am getting more and more now that I'm paying cash for the nurse to come by. She gave me more than I really needed. Very cool.
Also, She gave me this new One-way valve end to put on the two leads on the picc line. So there is NO chance of coagulation and blockage somehow. So also, way less chance of infection. Is that the "Stat-lock" TCW mentioned?
So she said NO more heparin necessary!? So no more S.A.S.H....just S.A.S.
So I have 6-7 boxes of heparin syringes I dont need. I guess I could fill them w/ peroxide for detox purposes?
Since you guys seem to already know about the availability of ceftriaxone for WAY cheap prices, I'm not woried about it's quality so much.
I'll go ahead and order as many grams as I can afford, ASAP.
Thanks 4 your votes of confidence. I was a little concerned cuz of the ultra low price.
Why dont more of us Lymies buy medlocks or heplock cathetors and just insert them into a vein in our hands/wrists? Then we can all buy Rocephin?
TCW: DOes that infusion place you mentioned sell injectable Zithromax and levaquin as well?
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James - Infuserveamerica have a list of there meds on their site. Send them an email. I think they do pretty much everything. Good luck.
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James, Infuserve America is an above board US pharmacy, so no risk of contamination, counterfeiting, etc. Like any pharmacy you do need a script though. They specialize in helping patients exactly in your situation - give them a call they are very helpful and friendly.
The stat-lock is a device that holds the PICC in place on your arm - kind of looks like a plastic clip attached to a piece of foam tape. It sits underneath the clear dressing. Some people have PICCs stitched into place, maybe some just use a dressing with no stat-lock, but I would be nervous with that arrangement personally.
Strange about the heparin flushes - I have not heard of that before, but if it works it sounds good to me. My son just has a single lumen PICC with a removable Luer lock, sounds like you have something a bit different.
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I gave my 2 gram/day script to "optioncare"....since I could only afford 1 gram/day out of pocket...they said I'd have to get ANOTHER script from my Dr....even though I had one but was written PREVIOUS to the 2 gram/day one.
They said this new 1 gram script VOIDS my 2 gram/day script! *******s.
Maybe I could get my original script back from "optioncare" and send it to Infuserveamerica?
If they wont give me the script back, I'll have to use my original 1 gram/day script w/ 3 refills on it. Also I'll be pretty upset they did that to me.
Plus they say they charge $40.34 a gram for Rocephin, but somehow 7 doses are costing me $623.00/week? How? They're CROOKS. This sux.
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James, try having your MDs office fax the script to Infuserve America. There is also another community pharmacy much closer to you - Fountain Valley pharmacy www.fvmcp.com. I have not talked to them, but I know other posters here have worked with FVMCP and have excellent things to say about them. At the very least it would say on shipping costs or it could be a long day trip to get supplies.
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James, I was just taken off Rocephin today and have extra; email me at [email protected].
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