Anyone try Tonmya? Did it help relieve your pain?

[JanetlovesJesus]

I just learned of a new drug recently approved by the FDA for fibromyalgia called Tonmya. Has anyone tried it?

 

[Radmun]

Hi JanetlovesJesus, I have never heard of this new drug. I am so curious and will be investigating this. Thank you for mentioning.

 

[sunkacola]

Tonmya (cyclobenzaprine) is an updated version of flexeril, which is a CNS-acting muscle relaxant. While it has been fast-tracked by the FDA for approval, it is probably not going to be readily available to people for another few months, but is predicted to be in pharmacies by June or July.
Also, it will be a brand name drug with no generic equivalent, and therefore out of the price range for a lot of people. Anyone who has tried flexeril or other CNS muscle relaxants without success will probably not benefit from Tonmya.

If anyone here does try this new version when it becomes available, please post about your experience here so that others can hear about it.

 

[JanetlovesJesus]

Thank you Sunkacola… nice to hear from you again. You always provide such good information!

 

[Frizzybee]

I read that the dosage is much smaller than even the smallest dose of Flexeril was. I never could find out if Flexeril would help me, because the lowest dose available back then made my legs into wet noodles and I could hardly stand up. I am hoping those who can afford to try it (and that is not me) will get better results with this milder version.

 

[johnsalmon]

While it has been fast-tracked by the FDA for approval, it is probably not going to be readily available to people for another few months,

down here it will take probably a year or two or it may be priced out of existence by Trumps policy on drugs export to Australia !

 

[sunkacola]

@johnsalmon it will be priced out of the range of anyone not wealthy here in the USA as well, because there's not going to be any generic version of it available.

Recently it was suggested to me that I try Savella, as it is supposedly been found to be quite effective for people with fibromyalgia. I was momentarily excited about it, and eager to give it a try. But it was silly of me to get my hopes up.....there's no generic version of it, and the cost is ridiculous (upwards of $500 a month), so only someone with a lot of money available can afford it. What a joke that is, when you think about it, because most people who have fibromyalgia find themselves disabled by it to the extent that they cannot work at high-paying positions. So unless you are married to a rich person or have an inheritance or something it's not available. As usual, the working class and poor people are severely shorted when it comes to medical care.

 

[johnsalmon]

our system is different from the USA - I do not pay for my doctor visits and I only pay a part of the specialist fees. I also only pay $7 for my scripts and when I go over a certain amount I do not have to pay anything till the end of the year - The problem is what Trump is going to due on export medicines Currently the Govn is waiting to see what he does We had a free trade agreement with USA but it appears he is going to ignore the agreement and thus the price down here will increase how much we don't yet know The Australian government takes the PBS system seriously and is not very happy with the USA at present - sad to see the relationship between Aus/NZ and the USA breaking down