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Restasis is $230 US for a months supply.Thats at Costco. Allergan is such a screwed-uped company that they would'nt even send me a little vial holder which costs them 5 cents at the most. My eye surgeon wont even deal with thier reps because "they make promises and then then come in with nothing". He wont even write a script for Restasis unless you ask. He hates them. AS for Restasis itself It's Cyclosporin which was marketed as anti-rejection drug for transplant patients. One pill of Cyclosporin contains more Cyclosporin the a months supply of Restasis-(60)vials(2 drops per vial). Then Schering Animal Health found out it helps dogs with dry eye. How the hell a dog gets dry eye is a mystery to me. Schering markets as an ointment. RESTASIS DOSING INSTRUCTIONS one vial (2 drops morning) ditto at night. $115 for 30 vials X2=$230 for a month. Most insurance will not cover it as since every one is out to screw the public the attitude is get lost. Wont they don't tell you is works by killing the T cells in your eyes therefore reducing inflamation caused by your immune system which supposedly is what is causing your dry eye. It can take 6 months to work (if it does) and if it doesnt Allergan will send a coupon for 2 bottles of Systane eye drops. Wow! ME or my insurance just spent $1380 and your shit did'nt work but you'll send me a coupon for eye drops which I can get at Walgreens for $16. Now for some other stuff. Most dry eye is caused by refractive(LASIK)surgery and the sucess rate with Cyclosporin is less than 10%. Allergan wont even use the word in their info packs or prescribing instructions but market it to Lasik Docs as the miracle cure for LASIK induced dry eye. When it does work for 1 out 10 patients they consider that a sucess. Now for that freaky Doctor in the commercials - She is a well paid corporate whore who will make more cash for doing that commercial than she would make in her entire life practicing medicine. There is something very Men in Black about her. When I saw that commercial for the first time I almost pissed myself.(First about the dancing "You shot yourself in the head with a.357 magnum-I also used a .357 magnum to shot myself") Then the more I see the commercial it gives me the creeps like the Teletubbies. There is something freaky about that woman-I just cant pin it down. If you remember one thing from this post Allergan is perhaps the worst drug company out there. They dont make lasers like Alcon(their main competition) but Alcon makes billions off lasers for LASIK so thier reps will give any meds you ask for even if they sell for as much as Restasis. As for Allergan just call the resatasis hotline and see how rude those people are-let alone in person. As for that Dr.? in the ads? She did'nt sell her soul to the Devil-she might be the Devil.