I was given Zofran Zydis or Ondansetron for Hypermesis in pregnancy during week 7 to week 13 as i was hospitalized twice for dehydration and i found this drug to be so effective it got me back on to eating food and drinking again ..slowly and without it i don't know what i would have done. The cost of this drug through the hospital was around $29.50 for ten wafers which i took only one per day and had the rest of the day puking my brains out and crawling around on the floor feeling absolutely horrid. Without getting the script through my hospital it was costing me anything from $80 for ten wafers to $150 for ten wafers (from an Ivanhoe pharmacy with a posh name and terribly nasty saleswomen with no compassion for someone in absolute agony).

If a politician or someone with a set of testicles had to go though what us women do during pregnancy this drug would be on PBS and be alot cheaper to access and easier to access. And we could still be able to do things in society without being labelled and given the usual comment.. "pregnancy has been going on for millions of years and your no different to any other woman..bear it woman!"

Has anyone else had to depend on this drug to get them through those early days (and i was the only family member working full time at this stage). I find it disgusting that women have to pay these prices for being so sick and nothing is being done about the cost of this medication (this drug is normally used for some types of cancer treatment nausea and is cheaper for them).

Its a total scam that this drug is not accessable to all women who need it straight away! its NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!! we should not need to suffer

Lindy