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    Default I can't afford to have sex!?

    Good news: I love Levitra.
    Bad news: L is only allowed 5 pills a month. Insurance only covers 5/month, and after insurance, it's $10/pill. I think that he's only allowed to be prescribed that many per month too.

    Levitra is new, which means that generic versions are a decade away. God, now I really hate drug companies. I'm actually thinking of going down to Mexico to buy cheaper drugs now due to the staggering costs of my favorite physical activity.

    He's going to call his doctor to see if there's any way around this (i.e. get a more potent strength, like 20 mg, and cut them in half), and I'm trying to research sex therapists.

    Any suggestions? Rants about evil pharmaceutical companies are welcome.

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    Pharmaceutical companies are the bane of my existence, really they are. Did they tell him he can only have 5 a month, because I know people that get 20+ every month.

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    ^Insurance only covers 5 pills/month. He's going to look into how much he's actually prescribed. Yeesh, if it's $10/pill after insurance, I cringe to think how much it is on its own. We're both poor right now (I'm in college, he's paying off a huge hospital bill).

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    You know, if there weren't pharm companies, he wouldn't be able to even have Levitra at all because it wouldn't exist.

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    It's $20 a pill here and none of it's covered. *sigh*

    No help. Just know how you feel.


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    Insurance is just passing costs on to other people. Why should everyone have to pay more for everything so insurance will cover some unnecessary chemical and make pharmaceutical companies rich at the expense of consumers. That stuff ought not be covered at all. It’s just stealing from the rest of society.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Hyde View Post
    You know, if there weren't pharm companies, he wouldn't be able to even have Levitra at all because it wouldn't exist.
    That's all good, but honestly, I take something that sells for more than $100 a pill. If I had to pay for that prescription without insurance, just that pill would run me more than $5000 a month. One effing prescription shouldn't cost 5 grand.

    /rant over

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    Pharmaceutical companies? Ugh. (-:

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    You know, if there weren't pharm companies, he wouldn't be able to even have Levitra at all because it wouldn't exist.
    Well said.
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    So is this a female viagra or something?
    Hope my bf doesnt find out he will want me to take it.

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    Uh no? It's a male viagra? She got it for her partner.


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    Oh.........

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    I think the genaric can come out in three years or five years not ten... I'm pretty sure they lowered it.
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    I just wish I had insurance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slowpoke View Post
    Insurance is just passing costs on to other people. Why should everyone have to pay more for everything so insurance will cover some unnecessary chemical and make pharmaceutical companies rich at the expense of consumers. That stuff ought not be covered at all. It’s just stealing from the rest of society.
    I hope that you never have to deal with impotence, as it's a very real problem that branches into psychological as well as physical. It sounds like something that's no big deal, but it is. When sex is good, it's 20% of the relationship. When things are bad, then it's 80% of the problem and VERY frustrating.

    Put it this way: impotence can be used as grounds for divorce.

    I'm also waiting for a reply email with advice on buying pharmaceuticals in Mexico. From what I've heard, it's all good as long as you get it from a national chain.

    Oh, and if you hate insurance so much, I hope that you never get into a major accident requiring hundreds of thousands of dollars in treatment. I also hope that you don't magically change your mind about insurance being a communist expense when you become the unfavored one. Please lie in the bed you make.
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    Oh my GOD, Hatshepsut, you watch Sue Johanson?!

    And I totally agree with you. It's breaking apart my relationship as we speak.


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    Quote Originally Posted by lilithmorrigan View Post
    Oh my GOD, Hatshepsut, you watch Sue Johanson?!

    And I totally agree with you. It's breaking apart my relationship as we speak.
    No... did I unintentionally use one of her quotes?

    Your SO has ED too? Do you know of his cause?

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    Yes you did. She's the one that came up with the 80/20 theory in regards to sex.

    And I thought we talked about it? Michael is on Cialias (omg I'm a walking spam email) and it's $20 a pill and nothing covers it. He got four and omg... best sex ever... but then.. do we want more? Yeah let's fight about money now!! We're either broke and sexless or broke and sexed, so I might as well save my money for the Cialis.

    It's actually recommended you break the pills in half because it can cause migraines (hahaha) so try it! It lasts just as well but makes the supply stretch out.

    Michael needs more.

    Edit: Also, his appears to be physical. Psychological shit ain't helping. It just broke.


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    I knew that you had tried ED meds, but I thought that you were only trying them for kicks... I didn't know that M had ED. It sucks, doesn't it? You feel so rejected and undesirable if he can't get it up, and it's such a letdown if he starts out hard, but loses it as he's going down on you or even if he's in you... Sigh. It's frustrating, and gives you blue uterus from hell.

    Viagra has been accredited for saving marriages. I'm not the least bit surprised.

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    No, not for fun. He definitely has ED. It makes me cry and feel ugly - and of course that just makes him more self-conscious. It's like an endless circle. I feel sometimes like... why can't I turn him on? Am I not pretty enough?

    Once I even tried getting fatter because all his exes were fat and I thought 'maybe he just likes fat chicks'.... nope... It was so sad.

    And then his denial.. oh man.. then his refusal to see a doctor...

    I wanted to rip my hair out. Because first he won't get it hard for me and then he's too embarrassed to go to a doctor for it? Like, so you don't even WANT to try to even have sex with me?


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    OH GAWD THE DENIAL...
    "Maybe it'll get better. I'm just in a healing stage after this past relationship." 6 months into the relationship, it was still happening.

    I hear ya on them prioritizing other trivial matters over me.

    I do not wish this on anyone, especially at such a young age.

    Seriously, I see Levitra and sex therapy as preventative treatment for me going crazy.

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    Should I mention he has PE as well.. 'cause after I clicked post reply, he came in threw me down and is done... this post will state in the time how long that took.


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    Seven minutes! For everything!

    *sigh*


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    Premature ejaculation is another problem that seems trivial, but is a huge deal. It's unfulfilling, frustrating, and seems selfish form the woman's perspective.

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    What's worse is having them both... because pills either fix one and not the other but in most cases fix one and make the other WORSE.

    And agreed with you above a couple posts. The denial is insane. It makes you feel worthless because they won't even fix it to make it better.. and all the fix is one doctor's appointment... just one.. and they can't do that for you? And then it gets to your head... so you won't even see the doctor to fuck me? So you really DON'T think I'm attractive?... downward spiral.


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    YEESH! Now that he FINALLY did get some treatment, we can't afford to have sex more than 5 times a month!?

    It wasn't all his fault in the past, as he didn't get insurance to see a doc until recently. I'm wondering how much sex therapy runs.

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