Prescription Medications Cost Too Much? Here's What to Do

Hello, Thank you four nice writing. It will help me for my research on prescription medications. Thanks.

i've found out that get a store discount card, i use wellness from rite-aid and a prescription discount card that are always being mailed out to the public.using these 2 cards saved me $80 for a prescription that united health care wanted $120 for. it was a 1 time prescription , but still saving $80 with 2 cards that didn't cost a penny put a smile on my face. i also had to have my teeth pulled due to gingivitus from my COPD meds and was sent by an area association on aging. i went to a free senior health clinic, saw a dentist who said yep the agency should pay for all your work as this was a direct result of the meds. no problem we'll take care of it turned out to cost me $4,000 almost 60% of the total bill. plus i refused some treatment from the dentist they sent me to and had my teeth pulled elsewhere saving the agency over 2 grand. guess what ? they took the savings off their end of the bill. so be warned that everything these local agencies on aging promise you is sometimes not as free as you think. sorry for venting but it still gets me angry

I am all too aware of the ridiculously high prices of prescription medication. I have done it all to cut costs on my meds. I've ordered from Canadian pharmacies, split pills, taken generics, begged my doctor for samples..you name it, I've done it. The new thing that I have resorted to is coupons. Thats right, they've got coupons for groceries, restaurants, household products well I have found a website that has coupons for meds. www.medicationcoupons has many coupons for all types of medical conditions. it's about time something like this came along.

Going to Canada to get your RX is fine although they only take cash but you never know if your shipment, (which even though ordered from Canada, may come from India or some other country,) may be seized by our government. Our government is not on our side when it comes to ordering from abroad, even if it is the only practical way for us to afford the drugs we need. And, of course, the money we spend on those drugs is NOT tax deductable. Ir is amazing that drugs from overseas can cost one tenth what they cost in the states and yet they are coming from companies that are run to make a profit.

I have had Narcolepsy since age 13. I am now 73. My life has been one curtailed of potential because of the effects. I was fortunate that I had caring and patient parents who supported my struggle to find a path I could take to live a resonably normal and happy life. But I lost out in many ways - in the work place and socially because of the effects on my system. About 5 years ago I started taking Provigil and it has made a big difference in my ability to fuinction. Unfortunately, it is too late to make a difference in many lost dreams but it still allows me to get the most out my life now. The problem is that there is no generic and when I first started using it the cost was about $8 a pill. As it proved so succesful for people with narcolepsy doctors startred prescribing it for every kind of debilitating malady. Instead of lowering the price due to increased consumption the drug company now charges about $20 a pill. I need 3 200mg pills a day. One months supply depletes my medicare D allowance by $1500. I think the manufacturer should be punished for their greed. The usual argument they make is the high cost of development but they were only charging 40% of the current price and that was probably enough to cover the development. Now that it has proved so much in demand they have increased the price 2 and one half times. 3 200MG TABLETS DAILY is what I need to function normally most of the time - I am retired, on a fixed income and over my head. I can't afford that kind of money - even with Medicare D but I need the drug each day in order to live a normal life.

i'm in the gap and have been since june. i have severe COPD that costabout $1,800 every 90 days plus other meds wwas well over $2,400 for the same length. even before the gap i was paying$ 111 for advair and the same for spiriva. asmanex i told my doctor that i wasn't going to pay a higher co-pay for it. all my doctors i told the same story. my p.c gives me all the samples he can. my gastroentologist?? told me at the first visit after my tests to buy previcadeotc to which i replied that's has a pretty high cost for each box of 24 and that i couldn't afford it , so she wrote me a scrip for omeprazolem at $4 every 90 days my shrink among other drugs was giving me alprasadom E.R for $141 for 90 days 2 a day. i asked him too for a cheaper drug and got a scrip for alprazadom 4 x a day for 90 days, guess what $4 again.. i forgot to mention instead of advair at $769 and spiriva at $520 +- he changed the nebulizer meds and gave me ipratropium / albuteral and budesonide my cost? nothing. i tell ya i got all my costly med free or generic and if the Good Lord pleases i may never come near the gap again. it's a jungle out there , become a pest to get what you want God Bless

i had to go to a canadian co and saved 66%. that