Generic Risperdal

I just got some and realized I had gotten it before, called
Risperidone. I remember some people on here looking forward to when
Risperdal becomes generic... well apparently it's here already. Did I
miss something? My insurance, Medicaid, automatically substituted the
generic I suppose. Like I said, I also think this is not the first
time I got it either.

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:54:14 -0700 (PDT), in alt.support.schizophrenia Gelly
<Gelly.D@gmail.com> wrote:

>I just got some and realized I had gotten it before, called
>Risperidone. I remember some people on here looking forward to when
>Risperidone becomes generic... well apparently it's here already. Did I
>miss something? My insurance, Medicaid, automatically substituted the
>generic I suppose. Like I said, I also think this is not the first
>time I got it either.


Interesting.. Risperidone causes mania and lactation I would not take that shit
even if they paid me to.

On Jul 19, 12:14 pm, socialsecurity@statepatrolspies wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:54:14 -0700 (PDT), in alt.support.schizophrenia Gelly
>
> <Gell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I just got some and realized I had gotten it before, called
> >Risperidone. I remember some people on here looking forward to when
> >Risperidone becomes generic... well apparently it's here already. Did I
> >miss something? My insurance, Medicaid, automatically substituted the
> >generic I suppose. Like I said, I also think this is not the first
> >time I got it either.
>
> Interesting.. Risperidone causes mania and lactation I would not take that shit
> even if they paid me to.


A word got changed in the message when you quoted it. I originally
said, "when Risperdal becomes generic" not "when Risperidone becomes
generic". How did that happen?

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:50:55 -0700 (PDT), in alt.support.schizophrenia Gelly
<Gelly.D@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Jul 19, 12:14 pm, socialsecurity@statepatrolspies wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:54:14 -0700 (PDT), in alt.support.schizophrenia Gelled
>>
>> <Gell...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >I just got some and realized I had gotten it before, called
>> >Risperidone. I remember some people on here looking forward to when
>> >Risperidone becomes generic... well apparently it's here already. Did I
>> >miss something? My insurance, Medicaid, automatically substituted the
>> >generic I suppose. Like I said, I also think this is not the first
>> >time I got it either.
>>
>> Interesting.. Risperidone causes mania and lactation I would not take that shit
>> even if they paid me to.
>
>
>A word got changed in the message when you quoted it. I originally
>said, "when Risperidone becomes generic" not "when Risperidone becomes
>generic". How did that happen?


My spell checker.. sometimes I let it do what it pleases.. lets see what it
changes this time.. sorry,,, if it freaked you out.

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:50:55 -0700 (PDT), in alt.support.schizophrenia Gelly
<Gelly.D@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Jul 19, 12:14 pm, socialsecurity@statepatrolspies wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:54:14 -0700 (PDT), in alt.support.schizophrenia Gelly
>>
>> <Gell...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >I just got some and realized I had gotten it before, called
>> >Risperidone. I remember some people on here looking forward to when
>> >Risperidone becomes generic... well apparently it's here already. Did I
>> >miss something? My insurance, Medicaid, automatically substituted the
>> >generic I suppose. Like I said, I also think this is not the first
>> >time I got it either.
>>
>> Interesting.. Risperidone causes mania and lactation I would not take that shit
>> even if they paid me to.
>
>
>A word got changed in the message when you quoted it. I originally
>said, "when Risperdal becomes generic" not "when Risperidone becomes
>generic". How did that happen?


there it changed gelly to gelled and changed risperidone to something else..

socialsecurity@statepatrolspies wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:54:14 -0700 (PDT), in alt.support.schizophrenia Gelly
><Gelly.D@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I just got some and realized I had gotten it before, called
>>Risperidone. I remember some people on here looking forward to when
>>Risperidone becomes generic... well apparently it's here already. Did I
>>miss something? My insurance, Medicaid, automatically substituted the
>>generic I suppose. Like I said, I also think this is not the first
>>time I got it either.
>
>
> Interesting.. Risperidone causes mania and lactation I would not take that shit
> even if they paid me to.


It causes lactation if it increases your prolactin levels to dangerous
amounts. Most of the anti-psychotics do that if they affect prolactin
levels.

How much cheaper was it? A few hundred $$?

On Jul 20, 12:36 am, Erik the Red <spock_smo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> How much cheaper was it? A few hundred $$?

It was still like $375 before tax, for 4mg, 30 days. I don't know how
much the brand-name is, I never looked so far. I've never had to pay
for more than 10 or so out of pocket, thank god.

On Jul 19, 1:14 pm, socialsecurity@statepatrolspies wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:54:14 -0700 (PDT), in alt.support.schizophrenia Gelly
>
> <Gell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I just got some and realized I had gotten it before, called
> >Risperidone. I remember some people on here looking forward to when
> >Risperidone becomes generic... well apparently it's here already. Did I
> >miss something? My insurance, Medicaid, automatically substituted the
> >generic I suppose. Like I said, I also think this is not the first
> >time I got it either.

I read about Risperidone going off patent, but the last time I asked
at a drugstore they didn't know anything about a generic. Right now,
I'm getting 3-month prescriptions, so if it happened in the last three
months I wouldn't know.

> Interesting.. Risperidone causes mania and lactation

Not usually. I think elevated prolactin levels are common, though.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:08:21 -0700 (PDT), in alt.support.schizophrenia Pies de
Arcilla <dearcilla@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Jul 19, 1:14 pm, socialsecurity@statepatrolspies wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:54:14 -0700 (PDT), in alt.support.schizophrenia Gelly
>>
>> <Gell...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >I just got some and realized I had gotten it before, called
>> >Risperidone. I remember some people on here looking forward to when
>> >Risperidone becomes generic... well apparently it's here already. Did I
>> >miss something? My insurance, Medicaid, automatically substituted the
>> >generic I suppose. Like I said, I also think this is not the first
>> >time I got it either.
>
>I read about Risperidone going off patent, but the last time I asked
>at a drugstore they didn't know anything about a generic. Right now,
>I'm getting 3-month prescriptions, so if it happened in the last three
>months I wouldn't know.
>
>> Interesting.. Risperidone causes mania and lactation
>
>Not usually. I think elevated prolactin levels are common, though.


Yes it elevates prolactin and breast cancer feeds on prolactin!

"Gelly" <Gelly.D@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:132c5cb4-e490-4e8b-b8ef-61ace52bdd92@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 20, 12:36 am, Erik the Red <spock_smo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> How much cheaper was it? A few hundred $$?
>
> It was still like $375 before tax, for 4mg, 30 days. I don't know how
> much the brand-name is, I never looked so far. I've never had to pay
> for more than 10 or so out of pocket, thank god.
>
>
>

The FDA gave a particular company exclusive rights to generic distribution
for 180 days. After that, we should see a true market value.

In my case, my HMO has a schedule with certain prices for name-brand (to me)
and certain prices for generic (to me) that have nothing to do with the
HMO's cost. Thus, even an expensive generic will save me a lot of money.