I Can't Afford My Prescription Migraine Medication - Anyone Know Of A OTC Alternative?

Question

I suffer from acute Migraines and my insurance does not cover it. It comes to over $600 for a month supply. I simply cannot afford that but my migraines are so bad that i can't even get up sometimes. Does anyone know of a over-the-counter equivalent?

I just don't want to keep taking Tylenol.

-Please help-

The prescription given to me by my doctor is: Rizatriptan Benzoate

Answer 1

Try contacting the maker of the drug lots of times if you can not afford the medication the will give it to you for free

Answer 2

Feverfew.

For now, get to a natural food store and buy a bottle of feverfew capsules. Make sure that the feverfew used has been freeze-dried, so that the essential oils are still there.

Feverfew is a member of the chrysanthemum family. It's an attractive plant, easily grown from seed or sets. It's a self-seeding annual, and the seeds can get into the lawn, but it grows at about the same rate as does the grass, so just mowing the lawn as usual keeps it in check.

When you do grow it (and you can also grow it indoors in pots, so you're covered for the winter), and you have the beginning of a migraine, grab a few leaves, rinse them off well, and eat them. You can also eat some leaves daily, and it will work prophylactically. It works for more than 80% of migraine sufferers. When it does work, it takes care of all of the migraine symptoms, in about 20 - 30 minutes.

People who don't get migraines find it far too bitter, and generally spit it out. Migraine sufferers seem not to be bothered by the taste, or they simply don't care about it because it works for them.

You can purchase seeds or sets from Richters, on-line, at www.richters.com

There apparently is an old wives tale that if a house has feverfew planted all around, no one in the house will become ill. Yeah, right, but, as I said, it's an attractive plant, so why not plant a lot.

If feverfew isn't helping you, then you might ask that neurologist about meds called beta blockers. They are a type of hypertension med, but because of the way that they work, that are also useful on a prophylactic basis for migraines. (I'll bet you never thought you'd hear or see the work prophylactic and have it associated with real headaches!)


Besides, migraine headaches are about far more than pain, so pain meds alone don't help.

Answer 3

At your next doctors visit ask if he has some samples that you can't afford that medicine. Or have the pharmacist call the doctor and tell him what is covered cheaper under your insurance plan that is close to what you can't afford. We get calls all the time to our office saying even with their insurance the medicine prescribed is too high, so the doctor will decide along with the pharmacist what will be paid for you at a lower rate.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

nothing over the counter is going to be as strong as the prescription, but try excedrin migraine. I think it has aspirin in it, and I know it has caffeine. If you are allergic to either or have stomach problems, this won't work for you.

Answer 6

Montel williams is doing a prescription drug plan for those who can't afford it you might want to take a visit to his website!

Answer 7

http://www.neurologyreviews.com/feb04/nr_feb04_foramen.html

Answer 8

Hi!!!!!!!!! My Mom has migranes and her doc. gave her vicodin which i believe is much cheaper????????????????

Answer 9

Excedrin is what I do.