Questions for those doing medicated cycles?

tlc35

I had my RE follow up yesterday.  Everything looks ok with the exception of my lining being thin and I had a 19.5 mm follie so my RE recommended a trigger shot to increase my natural progesterone, vaginal estrace and vaginal endometrium.  If this doesn't work he recommends injectables+trigger+TI.

My questions are: where do you get your meds? I am all OOP for the endometrium and will be for the injectables as well if we do that next cycle.  I have heard the fertility pharmacies are less expensive than ordering though the local chains.

If you tested out your trigger, when did you start testing?

When do you start the stims?  Can I wait until CD 1 to decide and order the meds or will that be too late to get everything?

Should I intro on to 3T to ask these question?
Thanks for your help

megrae12

Hey, I am on 3T as well. They will certainly be able to give you an extra level of support. They are awesome!

With regards to meds, my RE calls them in. I get them from some pharmacy in FL b/c that is what my insurance uses. However, it's cheaper for me to go through Walgreens special order pharmacy thingy and pay OOP. There are a lot of programs out there that will help with the cost of meds. They can provide up to 75% off the cost of injects. Which will be super helpful. After we finish with our break, we will be starting up injects. 

I know it's not super helpful, but I hope that at least helped out some. I will have to get back with you on some of the helpful things, but in the meantime, check out Resolve's website. They have a lot of helpful info on there. 

CallaLily30

I use Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy as well.  My insurance covers a few things but I am mostly OOP.  I found there prices to be pretty low compared to others for most things.  They also have a few discount programs for people who are OOP.  There is one I use the you pay $25 for a card and then you get $100 off every $1000 you spend. 

I never started injects before CD3 so CD1 isn't too late to order unless its a weekend because they don't deliver Sunday or Monday.  I usually can get things next day from them.

I tested out the trigger before but it usually lingers around between 8-10 days for me.

rslh10

tlc35 said:

I had my RE follow up yesterday.  Everything looks ok with the exception of my lining being thin and I had a 19.5 mm follie so my RE recommended a trigger shot to increase my natural progesterone, vaginal estrace and vaginal endometrium.  If this doesn't work he recommends injectables+trigger+TI.

My questions are: where do you get your meds? I am all OOP for the endometrium and will be for the injectables as well if we do that next cycle.  I have heard the fertility pharmacies are less expensive than ordering though the local chains.

If you tested out your trigger, when did you start testing?

When do you start the stims?  Can I wait until CD 1 to decide and order the meds or will that be too late to get everything?

Should I intro on to 3T to ask these question?
Thanks for your help

My trigger has been ordered from Ionia pharmacy in California. I usually pay $90ish for it. That's with fed-ex shipping.  As for testing out the trigger, I have only done it once, and I hated it. I'll never do it again. 

LizBlue

Alexander Twin Pharmacy in NJ was by far the cheapest for follistim (the most expensive of my IVF meds) but they were NOT the cheapest for my progesterone (my hospital's speciality pharmacy was).  All this is to say - you may want to call around.  Some well known fertility med pharmacies are: Alexander Twin, Freedom Fertility Pharmacy and Walgreens.  All of the meds you list are not very expensive (the estrace was super cheap I think because you only need a few tablets).

You might want to ask on the IF boards too.  

Good luck!

tlc35

Thanks ladies.  I probably should intro into 3T and ask there but I have been putting it off, both because I already am active on this board and TTC >35 and don't know if I can be active on another board and because we haven't hit the year mark yet.  I know that since I am 37 it was/is appropriate to see a RE but I still feel a bit weird about it.
I did get the estrace at my local walgreens and ended up getting the endometrium at Freedom fertility where it was saved me about $45.

@megrae if this supported cycle doesn't work we may be on injects together!

Rachaeleigh

I do occasionally participate on 3T. They're very kind and welcoming

I use Walgreens specialty pharmacy and I would start stims on cd3. The pharmacy usually offered next day delivery, so ordering on cd1 was always fine. Ask about samples from your RE. My office always gave me follistim

I start on 7dpo testing out trigger, bc I know that a positive would definitely be too early for a bfp

BethKate2

I get my meds from the fertility pharmacy that my RE's office uses and they ship it to me. This month I needed to get next day delivery and it cost an extra $15, but I got it the next afternoon.

Last cycle I started to test at 7 days past trigger.  It only took 2-3 days to test it out, so I figure I'll start testing at the same time this cycle.

[Deleted User]

Hi!
   I did 3 injectibles with IUI cycles.   My RE always called in the injections on CD1 and I didn't start them until CD9 I believe.  I took Clomid CD3-7 and started injections CD9. 
   I usually start testing my trigger out at 6DPO.  Normally it's negative by 8DPO.
   I get my meds at a fertility pharmacy.   They overnight everything for no shipping cost.  They also send a sharps container and alcohol swabs for free.
   Also the videos on Freedom Pharmacy for the injectables were so helpful to us.