Save $50 off your copay for XOPENEX

[LoveBWVVBR]

We use this medicine a lot because my younger DD ends up on the nebulizer every time she even gets a cold. It's $$$$, though. This program gives you (up to) $50 off your copay every time you fill the prescription, up to 12 times a year.

You have to tell them to put it through as secondary insurance when you go to the pharmacy to be sure that it takes the entire $50 off. Anyways, sign up and you can print the temporary card right off to bring to the pharmacy. They mail you a permanent card too I guess.

I just did this today and saved the $50 which was great. I just wish I'd had a $25 new prescription coupon to use too though!

https://secure.xopenex.com/xopenexPromos/eligibility-card.cfm

 

[Jennifer in MI]

THANK YOU!!!!!!! I can't tell you how much this will save us!!!!!! Our copay on this prescription is $40!!

 

[pbs14]

I can't thank you enough!!!!!! I just activated our card and called to verify elgibility!!! What a great program!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!

 

[luvthatduke]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[midas]

There are quite a few drug companies that offer these type of deals.

Go to the main webpage for your drug and if there is an offer, there will be a link on the main page.

 

[MyDizneyBoyz]

Most awesome! Our copay is $40 so THANK YOU!

 

[MomToOne]

THANK YOU - from the bottom of my lungs

 

[BabyFu18]

Thank you so much! I am paying OOP for this medication and I am so thankful for some help with the prescription cost, since this is one of my recuse inhalers.

 

[LoveBWVVBR]

Bumping up for other families who have to pay for this $$$ med. I am about to go pick up a refill...$57 even WITH insurance and the $50 off card

ETA - Our youngest daughter has been diagnosed w/asthma since I first posted this, so we're going through Xopenex like water. I really wish that it would go generic.

 

[deide71]

Bumping up for other families who have to pay for this $$$ med. I am about to go pick up a refill...$57 even WITH insurance and the $50 off card

ETA - Our youngest daughter has been diagnosed w/asthma since I first posted this, so we're going through Xopenex like water. I really wish that it would go generic.

Xoponex is the single isomer version of Albuterol, which is available as a generic. The theory behind single isomer drugs is that one isomer is responsible for all of the side effects and the other is the active ingredient, so single isomer drugs are more effective and have fewer side effects. The problem is that there have not been any serious peer reviewed studies that bear out the manufacturer's claims about Xoponex. Compared to previous generation bronchodilators Albuterol (may I restate is available as a generic) has far fewer side effects. I don't know many pulmonologists that perscribe Xoponex unless the patient demands it. Look into Albuterol.

Also, Bronchodilators should be your "rescue" medication not taken daily if you are not having symptoms. You should be on an inhaled steroid daily with bronchodilators on an as needed basis...no one should be going through Xoponex "like water". If this is the case you asthma is not being managed properly.

 

[LoveBWVVBR]

Xoponex is the single isomer version of Albuterol, which is available as a generic. The theory behind single isomer drugs is that one isomer is responsible for all of the side effects and the other is the active ingredient, so single isomer drugs are more effective and have fewer side effects. The problem is that there have not been any serious peer reviewed studies that bear out the manufacturer's claims about Xoponex. Compared to previous generation bronchodilators Albuterol (may I restate is available as a generic) has far fewer side effects. I don't know many pulmonologists that perscribe Xoponex unless the patient demands it. Look into Albuterol.

Also, Bronchodilators should be your "rescue" medication not taken daily if you are not having symptoms. You should be on an inhaled steroid daily with bronchodilators on an as needed basis...no one should be going through Xoponex "like water". If this is the case you asthma is not being managed properly.

Thanks! My DD was just diagnosed w/asthma on Friday. Unfortunately she has been sick constantly for the past few months, and Xopenex was the treatment drug of choice as she has been having bad symptoms all winter. Her ped. gave me several asthma treatment options on Friday, one of which is the daily inhaled steroid with the Xopenex being used as needed when she gets symptomatic. I think that we are going to go with this option.

Albuterol just scares me. I've seen how wired my friends' kids get on it so I've never opted for it when offered. It is a lot cheaper, though.

 

[disfan07]

I'm surprised at some of your copays for this med!. Our copay is $20 each time I fill my nebs. We get 100 vials for $20.

Did you guys have to jump through hoops to get xoponex approved? We had to jump thorugh a lot of hoops with a lot of phone calls and doctors notes saying that I need xoponex instead of albuterol because of my heart. We had to prove that we had tried albuterol first before they would approve it.

 

[minnie1928]

Albuterol just scares me. I've seen how wired my friends' kids get on it so I've never opted for it when offered. It is a lot cheaper, though.

I've found what works for me with Albuterol is to just do 1 puff every 2-3 hours instead of 2 puffs every 4-6 hours. I don't get jittery/hyper that way and it still keeps me open and breathing.

 

[LoveBWVVBR]

I'm surprised at some of your copays for this med!. Our copay is $20 each time I fill my nebs. We get 100 vials for $20.

Did you guys have to jump through hoops to get xoponex approved? We had to jump thorugh a lot of hoops with a lot of phone calls and doctors notes saying that I need xoponex instead of albuterol because of my heart. We had to prove that we had tried albuterol first before they would approve it.

No hoops here, but we have a high deductable plan so we pay 100% of the allowed amount OOP. I don't suppose that Blue Cross really cares if we want to pay $107 ($57 after discount card) for a prescription. I can't believe that you get 100 vials for $20. We get one box (so 32 vials I think?) for $57 WITH this discount card. UGH.

 

[BabyFu18]

Has anyone tried to use the xopenex card for the Xopenex inhaler? I used to use an Albuterol inhaler until a few years ago when my doctor insisted that I change over to the Xopenex inhaler (which has been fine, just more expensive).

So I got the card in the mail, used it twice for my perscription but about a week ago I got a letter from the company that makes Xopenex telling me I could no longer use their discount card because the card was for Xopenex solution for a nebulizer not the inhaler.

I use a different type of albuterol solution for my nebulizer (not Xopenex) that is a lot cheaper (only about $5 a box), but I do use the Xopenex inhaler on a regular basis. The inhaler is not cheap so I was glad to be able to use the card for the medicine, but now I'm back to buying the inhaler straight out because the card doesn't cover it. Anyone had a similar problem?

I've had asthma for 17 years, and have been on just about every medicine combination possible. Even though my asthma isn't great right now and from an outsider standpoint it doesn't seem controlled, with my current meds (6 inhalers, 3 nebulizer solutions, and 1 twice daily pill) I haven't been to the ER with an asthma attack in a long time so my Doctor thinks I'm doing pretty good all things considered. However, meds are very expensive and every little discount helps. I'm thinking about contacting the company to see if there is another saving program or opportunity that is available for the inhaled version of Xopenex.

 

[disfan07]

No hoops here, but we have a high deductable plan so we pay 100% of the allowed amount OOP. I don't suppose that Blue Cross really cares if we want to pay $107 ($57 after discount card) for a prescription. I can't believe that you get 100 vials for $20. We get one box (so 32 vials I think?) for $57 WITH this discount card. UGH.

Thats probably a big difference. The high deductable. We have a very low deductable plan through my dads job. My personal deductable is $500 and family deductable is $1000. We have Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

I was orignially on albuterol but because I have tachycardia as well, the albuterol was sending my heart rate into the 200s after 1 dose which meant I had to stop using it so they had to fight for xoponex coverage. $107 is insane.

We hit $1200 for prescriptions just for me this past year. We're grateful for every dollar we save.

 

[MomToOne]

Bumping because I just tried to use my card for the first time in a few months (I was using up a bunch of old inhalers I had around the house before they expired), and found out they've discontinued the program for the inhalers - it's just for the solution now. The pharmacist called them about it for me when the system rejected my card with "drug not covered" or something such - and they told him they've changed the formulary so only the solution for nebulizers is covered now. Anyone else hitting this? Seems like bait and switch to me - they advertized it as good for 12 refills and I still had the majority of them left, so I had the doc write my prescription for Xopenex again just this week instead of for another drug. I'm not happy....

 

[ThisIsTheYear]

Wow! Thank you (and thanks for the bump). Our copay is $35 and I'm sure it went up because they downgraded our prescription plan.

 

[KBW]

We used the inhaled version...thanks so much!!

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

Tried but not allowed in Massachusetts- I've run into this restriction before but thought i would try anyway.