I use a Trelogy Elipta inhaler for my asthma. I refill monthly since last June. My original co-pay was $149 which went up to $175 in October. I went to pick up my refill today and pharmacy said my co-pay went up to $559!! I called SilverScript, my Part D Medicare insurance company and they said Astra Zeneca raised the price. I told the pharmacy no thanks and notified my pulmonologist to call the insurance co. to remove it so I can drop back down to tier one. I researched for a generic but there is none and Trelogy is the ONLY inhaler available with the three ingredients which includes a steroid. I will choke before I will pay that! Only the poor on medical assistance will get it at OUR expense. Thanks for the vent….I feel better.
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I may be able to help. I gave a co-worker a bottle of NAC when he wasn’t recovering well from Covid. Unbeknownst to me, he had asthma and used an inhaler. His father is a retired DO and he checked with his father (who also has a chemistry degree) about the safety and efficacy of NAC before taking any. Father said “it can’t hurt”.
Co-worker called me a witch doctor the day after as he stopped coughing and slept all night the first day he took it. He takes it daily, asthma has improved, and he hasn’t used his inhaler in the year since starting it.
Father also had asthma, saw improvement in son, started NAC, and has also improved to point of not needing inhaler. I tell everyone about NAC now (after someone here told story about Big Pharma exec (at bar encounter years ago) who stated “If you take nothing else, take NAC.”
I point everyone to this website:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nac-benefits
I second this