Well my friend talked to me about Chemist Warehouse as she was going off to the city on the bus for her scripts.She said she found her generic scripts much cheaper.She took the name Letrozole and asked them how much - was told $24.40. Last script I bought locally was $36.60. Might pay to do a bit of comparison shopping people - that’s $144 more per year.

Also see @Romla's thread on letrozole brands

@Vangirl My oncologist said I could try a different brand because they are all formulated a bit differently. She mentioned the lactose intolerance bit as well. She said some of her patients had had luck doing this.

I pay $25.39 for Femara at Chemist Warehouse. It’s worth the extra 10 mins drive to get it there rather than the closest chemist which does not always have my brand in stock either.

Reproduced again here in case it helps.Found this on a UK site called MacMillan about Letrozole brands in UKI've just started on letrozole a month ago on Sun brand and after reading all the experience of ladies on here, I tried to check exactly what the differences are between the various brands. It is possible to check the detailed ingredients (active (letrozole) and inactive/excipients) by looking at the 'summary of product characteristics' which is available from the manufacturers and what is held by the licensing authority.There are a couple of key points; 1.Cipla and Teva both contain tartrazine, but the others don't. Others use iron oxide yellow for colouring. Cipla also has iron oxide red as well as iron oxide yellow. None of the others do. These two brands are the most different from Femara original. 2. Sandoz and Femara (Novartis) look identical across all ingredients.3. Accord and Zentiva are essentially identical to Sandoz.4. Sun Pharma is almost the same as Sandoz except for Sun contains PEG (water soluble binder ) and povidone ( a water soluble stabiliser) . Both these are very common stable additives, non-toxic, without any particular SEs 5. Actavis is almost the same as Sandoz except it contains polyvinyl alcohol - a water soluble, stable, commonly used non-toxic additive in the coating. Seems that many complaints in UK about Cipla brand and Sandoz brand is popular.

Please remember despite the above on fillers Letrozole whatever the brand had side effects some/all we will probably experience - fillers is not the whole story but may help a little enough to keep us going.

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Romla
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7 years ago
I have heard of 3 manufacturers of Letrozole - Sandoz , Apotek and @ kmakm mentioned another one. your comment
Romla
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7 years ago
@Afraser just had a thought on my walk - quite a few on here are having trouble on Letrozole.Maybe , if they have given their current brand a decent go and before switching AI , it might be worth trying a different brand of Letrozole to see if different binders make things any easier. Just a possibility.
Vangirl
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7 years ago
Thanks @Romla definitely going to check this out.
Afraser
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7 years ago
Good plan, @Romla!
Romla
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7 years ago
@Afraser I gave my friend the exact brand details including texting(?) a photo.
Afraser
Member
7 years ago
All for saving money but some people find they have reactions to some letrozole brands - it's not the active ingredient but the binders that vary. Worth trying but also worth watching.

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