Ask your pharmacists if the medication costs less if you don’t use your insurance. Pharmaceutical companies have gag rules preventing pharmacists from telling you, but if you ask they are allowed to tell you. Ask prices at different pharmacies. Prices vary significantly.
Here are some gigs :
By the generic equivalents of name brand pharmaceuticals ( if they are available)
You can order online from foreign countries pharmacies as medication on foreign countries are cheap or Visit a physician in that country and have that person write you one or more prescriptions for what ever medication it is you are seeking.
Visit the pharmacies located in the larger chain grocery stores, big box discount stores or in more middle-class suburban areas. The prices in those places are usually somewhat cheaper than they are in the cities or in upper class neighborhoods.
check with the manufacturer’s of the name brand medications which you may be taking and determine if they have programs which will significantly reduce ( or even eliminate in some cases) the costs of their medications.
If you are over 50 years of age, there is a nationally known seniors support group ( which I will not name here) who has many different programs available to assist you with prescriptions.
I pay for Medicare part D so I won’t get penalized. Sadly, buying the drugs I need in El Salvador is usually cheaper than using the government drug plan. if you have relatives in third world countries, consider having them mail drugs to you.
My cousin used to get her blood pressure medicine from India. Her physician approved, and provided whatever prescriptions she needed. She’s been gone a couple of years; that was at least two decades past the 6 month life expectancy she was told many years ago.
I pay out of pocket, sometimes I can file an insurance claim after the fact sometimes not. It depends on the insurance company.
I pay 90% less than the US price. NINETY, people.
Current insurance company won’t cover my wife’s Eliquis, it’s the best med for her, but they won’t pay. F### them my wife is more important than their formulary.
Tee hee our sample drug ain’t happening offshore, unfortunately, as it is a “controlled” substance. Not found at Canada or India sites. Some of those places are really good though for stuff like Nobel prize winning ivermectin that has been demonized by the Establishment even thought it has been in use for many years around the world.
Well u can buy them online .I use an online service where you can also save money on medicine. For example, for myself, I buy ozempic online (medications for diabetics) on a Canadian platform. So far, I am satisfied.
My sister is a Medical Doctor in the USA (truth), and she has used Ivermectin for her patients ! You all are trying to cancel alternative opinions !!!
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My sister used to own a horse! She gave the horse Ivermectin! She had a four-legged patient. As for her, she’s fully vaxxed, and still wears as mask, as she’s elderly and her hubby has additional health conditions. Same for me and my wife. NONE of us four have gotten COVID. My 93 yo Mother has not gotten COVID (she’s a retired MD and similarly cautious about infection). I don’t think my Step-Mom has gotten it either. That’s a pretty good record, 6 of 6 old people in a family and no COVID.
I understand its very popular among some chiropractors, especially those guys you see advertising their cute little infra-red laser guns who rum “pain” clinics and can cure ED or ANYTHING else you might have!!..
In the late seventies and early eighties I was a medical industry marketing specialist with IBM. It was the height of the “word processing” phenomena.
One of the most lucrative segments of the my territory was selling Display Writers and OS/6 systems to chiropractors. They used them for direct mail programs to recruit and retain prospective and current “patients” of the wonders of chiropractic.
Some of them kept the letters going out 24/7.They spent many times more money drumming up business than any other medical professionals I’ve come across.
That may be so. However, the IBM and Wang word processors can’t print my neck feeling better, and it really does feel better after a therapy session. I only go back there quarterly. The relief is persistent.
I used to spend a lot of money on meds as I had two problems. I wanted to lose extra weight and because of that I had some mental issues. I bought different weight loss pills that didn’t help me. Now I realize that meds are not always the best solution. Here I’ve read about some good weight loss tips and now do everything to lose extra weight.
I have used Amazon Pharmacy for the last 2 years and have saved a great deal of money. I have early stage glaucoma and require three prescription eye drops daily. I also have high blood pressure requiring two prescriptions daily. The Amazon Pharmacy compares the cost they can provide the drug vs. my insured online pharmacy (OptumRx) and will let you chose the lowest cost (one of my BP drugs is lower at the insured cost). With these prescriptions and two others I take, I saved over $900 last year, compared to the insured cost, spending just over $1,000 instead of over $1,900 dollars. I also double check through GoodRx and use them for one of my pain meds that cannot be shipped. If you are an Amazon Prime member the Amazon Pharmacy is available to you. I also have the Amazon Prime charge card and save an additional 5% using this card for everything purchased at Amazon, including prescriptions. I would also note that Amazon ships prescriptions 2 day air via UPS, properly packaged for temperature (cold packs in the summer for the eye drops). OptumRx ships in a cheap envelope via USPS so it takes a week from CA to SC. I don’t know why more people don’t know about this huge cost saving opportunity.
