I have severe End Stage COPD. To be very honest...I do not think I will last much longer.
When Breyna came available my insurance carrier automatically changed me from Symbicort to Breyna. It 'MAY' be a coincidence but my inability to breathe seems to have increased by at least by 50% after going on Breyna.
Yes, I know they say the ingredients are the same - this may or may not be true. But, I can tell you this...you cannot clean the Breyna device like you could Symbicort - it does not seem to provide a complete dose of medication like Symbicort did - and it seems to generally be manufactured in a much cheaper manner.
I cannot get Symbicort now because my copay, says B/C, would be $167.00 for one canister - a one month supply. My drug store says it will cost me just over $300.00. I cannot afford either.
Yes, I have Medicare Part B and Federal B/C. Does anyone know how I could get my Symbicort back at a reasonable cost? Or, what I could take that would help me like Symbicort did.