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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 332083" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I guess it all depends on one's personal biology, so to speak. I have to take large doses of Depakote to maintain therapeutic blood levels. Luckily, so far, my liver hasn't started to complain. Lamictal made me hallucinate of all things.</p><p></p><p>At the same time, I am incredibly sensitive to the atypical APs. I did a lot of research on Haldol and other medications in that class beforhand as this was something that had come up on a previous psychiatrist visit.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, my psychiatrist has been in practice for over thirty years, has used this medication a lot for bipolar and schiz patients, and is extremely familiar with the medications in this class.</p><p></p><p>He thinks modern mood stabilizers are a great thing, but feels that some of the thing with the atypicals might be hype and drug mfrs really pushing these medications.</p><p></p><p>Now, I just have to figure out how to get over being insanely angry about having 3 mos supply of 400 mg Seroquel tablets, that have to be destroyed. This is a medication that WITH my part D carried a 195 dollar copay for month's supply. I think it goes full-retail for around 5-600 dollars per month.</p><p></p><p>I'd been getting my medications through the VAs medications-by-mail program, which entitles me to free medications.</p><p></p><p>It would figure that I had just gotten another order before being pulled off the medication. I understand WHY the medications can't be "re-used", but wouldn't it be nice if there were some way to microscopically "tag" medications so that they could be scanned for authenticity and safety? Then the leftovers could at least be given to a charitable cause.</p><p></p><p>My psychiatrist actually suggested that if "you have a friend who is taking the same medicine?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 332083, member: 1963"] I guess it all depends on one's personal biology, so to speak. I have to take large doses of Depakote to maintain therapeutic blood levels. Luckily, so far, my liver hasn't started to complain. Lamictal made me hallucinate of all things. At the same time, I am incredibly sensitive to the atypical APs. I did a lot of research on Haldol and other medications in that class beforhand as this was something that had come up on a previous psychiatrist visit. Mind you, my psychiatrist has been in practice for over thirty years, has used this medication a lot for bipolar and schiz patients, and is extremely familiar with the medications in this class. He thinks modern mood stabilizers are a great thing, but feels that some of the thing with the atypicals might be hype and drug mfrs really pushing these medications. Now, I just have to figure out how to get over being insanely angry about having 3 mos supply of 400 mg Seroquel tablets, that have to be destroyed. This is a medication that WITH my part D carried a 195 dollar copay for month's supply. I think it goes full-retail for around 5-600 dollars per month. I'd been getting my medications through the VAs medications-by-mail program, which entitles me to free medications. It would figure that I had just gotten another order before being pulled off the medication. I understand WHY the medications can't be "re-used", but wouldn't it be nice if there were some way to microscopically "tag" medications so that they could be scanned for authenticity and safety? Then the leftovers could at least be given to a charitable cause. My psychiatrist actually suggested that if "you have a friend who is taking the same medicine?" [/QUOTE]
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