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Forms of riba

Hi guys,

anyone have any opinions of ribavirin forms. I was taking ribapack (the blue ones) 1200 mg. Then hgb tanked and MD lowered dose to 1000 mg. He gave me script for ribasphere 200mg capsules (400 in am). And of course continue to take the blue pill in PM.  I know that ribavirin is ribavirin. But anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm not sure why he didn't just write script for 1000mg ribapack.
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I know. It *****. I had copay assistance for ribapack. But when they switched to the little white 200 mg capsules, my copay is almost triple.
Regardless, was just wondering/hoping that little white capsules are just as effective as big blue tablets.
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mine got changed as well to the little 200mg pills so that he could shift the dosage around if he wanted to and they are expensive little dudes ouch.
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1) He probably did not want to waste the pills you have (they are expensive). and more importantly
2) He knows he may have to adjust the dose more than just this once. By ordering the 200mg caps he can tinker with your dose (up or down) and not have to keep writing new scripts for every dose change.
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