I know of certain Aussie Clusterheads who are attacked at different times of the year but continue to collect their Immigran scripts while not on heat so as to share with those who need them.  Later in the year the trade goes the other way round.

This is dreadful behaviour and I can't condone it for a moment!

There's another Aussie  (sensationally good-looking and a wonderful lover)  who no longer needs his scripts at all but continues to have them filled and mails this contraband to ClusterMates in trouble all around the country.

This is unconscionable and brings shame upon us all!  It's immoral!!

Happily, I believe the US medical system to be perfect,  because the politicians there say it is,  so this level of street trade will never be necessary in the land of the free.

I mean, what next!  Buying Oxygen set-ups from the welding shops?

I don't know if the OP is in the US, as I am. One can search these forums under "goodrx" for some interesting threads.

Just because the ins co. will only "pay" for 9 sumatriptan tabs/mo.,  does NOT mean that it's unsafe use more, or that you cannot buy more due if you medcially need more. The #9, according to my neuro, was the outcome of some early triptan research, and has since been long superseded. But the ins co. is allowed to base its coverage on the outdated studies. Which fulfills their goal of paying out less to you, or paying for less than you medically need. Surprise!

Not all MD's or pharmacies understand this. I will be blunt, if your doc or drug store doesn't understand, find another one.

My insurance will "pay" for 9 sumatriptan tabs with a $10 copay per month. My neuro wrote me a scrip for 27 tabs, with no limit on how often I can refill. The 27 tabs currently cost me about $23 cash, using a goodrx coupon. Cheaper to buy for cash, maybe a lot cheaper depending on your copay. And I get what I actually,medically need.

The auto-injectable form is still rather expensive at the cash price, but you can purchase the form in vials to bring the price down quite a bit. The needles are not very expensive and you can buy the diabetic type (see other threads) with a short, thin diameter needle that make the injecting pretty easy. But you would need a scrip for that form of the drug, and for the frequency of refill you really need. So you need a doc who understands both your medical needs, as well as how the insurance/coupon system works.

Repeat: If you don't have a provider who understands all this (it should have been explained to you already IMHO), they are ignorant and/or are allowing the ins. co. to practice medicine. In that case I'd find another doctor who is a boarded headache specialist and discuss this matter at the first visit.

On the safety of triptans, see Dr Mauskop's searchable blog at nyheadachedotcom.