I am 67 and on the medicare drug plan. The extreme cost of this drug puts me into the doughnut hole within a few months and then I have to pay the full cost myself. It is going to help a lot when the generic version is released. My life quality would be severly hampered without maxalt. Susan
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suzanne669 Feb 2010
The FDA has issued tentative approval to a generic Maxalt but this will not be available until the patent protection for Maxalt expires around June 2012.
See http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/104625.php
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