I have acid-reflux so I have a prescription for generic Prilosec that I take twice a day. I get 60 caps every month and take them twice a day. Normally, when I pick up my prescription it is $5.
This past July I turned 22 and was dropped from my dad's insurance plan. I called in my prescription to have it re-upped last night and received a call from them today saying it was ready to pick up. I tell the lady on the phone that I'm no longer covered on the insurance plan they have, and that I would probably just end up paying the full price for it. She says that's fine, and that it would be....wait for it...
$139.99
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Sep 20, 2010 7:29pm
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Mon, Sep 20, 2010 7:32 PMSep 20, 2010 7:32 PM
Dude that's not CVS that is the high way robbery prescription drug business here in the US.
Sep 20, 2010 7:32pm
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Mon, Sep 20, 2010 7:36 PMSep 20, 2010 7:36 PM
I can buy that shit OVER-THE-COUNTER at CVS for cheaper than what they want.
outdoorsman;491245 wrote:Buy it over the counter than.
then*
I found it on eBay for considerably cheaper. Considering doing that.
Sep 20, 2010 7:48pm
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Mon, Sep 20, 2010 10:02 PMSep 20, 2010 10:02 PM
So you're upset that your medicine is more expensive when you don't have insurance?
Seems like this has nothing to do with CVS.
Sep 20, 2010 10:02pm
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 12:33 AMSep 21, 2010 12:33 AM
It's not CVS on this one
Sep 21, 2010 12:33am
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 12:47 AMSep 21, 2010 12:47 AM
Yeah, has absolutely nothing to do with CVS.
Sep 21, 2010 12:47am
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 8:36 AMSep 21, 2010 8:36 AM
I Wear Pants;491486 wrote:So you're upset that your medicine is more expensive when you don't have insurance?
Seems like this has nothing to do with CVS.
No, I'm more upset that I can buy the SAME THING over the counter for way less. and I agree it's probably not CVS, but I believe Wal-Mart will fill it for $5.
Sep 21, 2010 8:36am
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 8:40 AMSep 21, 2010 8:40 AM
So you're the guy Obama is trying to help out...I wondered who you were.
Sep 21, 2010 8:40am
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:11 AMSep 21, 2010 9:11 AM
I guarantee you Wal Mart will not fill it for $5 either. I know a little bit about acid reflux and the need for prescriptions and the insurance companies. After much research, information, etc., I have learned that the insurance industry has a panel of doctors that review such meds and they have determined that acid reflux meds are considered "not necessary" as THEY FEEL that a "lifestyle change" in a patient's habits (eating right, not drinking, not smoking, less stress, etc., etc.) will fix the problem. I am not trying to preach to you, but this is the fact of life with these types of meds like it or not and what this doctor's panel has decided for us as individuals.
P.S. You ought to thank your lucky stars that Prilosec works for you ---- you would faint at the price of Nexium!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 21, 2010 9:11am
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 11:16 AMSep 21, 2010 11:16 AM
Logic fail.
Sep 21, 2010 11:16am
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 12:18 PMSep 21, 2010 12:18 PM
dlazz;491913 wrote:No, I'm more upset that I can buy the SAME THING over the counter for way less. and I agree it's probably not CVS, but I believe Wal-Mart will fill it for $5.
Doubt it.
Sep 21, 2010 12:18pm
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 12:43 PMSep 21, 2010 12:43 PM
For generics? I thought they (or someone else) filled generics for $5.00...
Oh well. I bought some OTC stuff on eBay for cheap.
And yes, I've heard about nexium being outrageous.
As for the "it's your lifestyle" bullshit, stomach issues in my family go back a few generations, although my diet doesn't help much. I've tried changing my diet but it simply doesn't work. Stupid stomach, who needs 'em.
Sep 21, 2010 12:43pm
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 12:45 PMSep 21, 2010 12:45 PM
Tiernan;491914 wrote:So you're the guy Obama is trying to help out...I wondered who you were.
I'm the only guy I know who is actually benefiting from that bill.
Sep 21, 2010 12:45pm
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 4:19 PMSep 21, 2010 4:19 PM
CVS just robbed me of $2.89 for a bottle of water and Cranberry almond trail mix. Fuckers.
Sep 21, 2010 4:19pm
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justincredible robbed me of my innocence a few years back.....WHY HAVEN'T YOU CALLED?????
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wes_mantooth;492412 wrote:justincredible robbed me of my innocence a few years back.....WHY HAVEN'T YOU CALLED?????
win.
Sep 21, 2010 5:13pm
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 7:14 PMSep 21, 2010 7:14 PM
There are a number of stores that will fill specific generic prescriptions for $5-10. A few (I know Meijer is one) will fill certain ones for free.
Sep 21, 2010 7:14pm
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 7:21 PMSep 21, 2010 7:21 PM
There are a number of stores that will fill specific generic prescriptions for $5-10. A few (I know Meijer is one) will fill certain ones for free.
Without insurance?
Sep 21, 2010 7:21pm
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 7:33 PMSep 21, 2010 7:33 PM
Yes. Somewhere in my office I have a list, though it's probably about a year old. I don't know how many still participate. Most stores will have it on their website.
Scarlet_Buckeye;491931 wrote:...I have learned that the insurance industry has a panel of doctors that review such meds and they have determined ...but this is the fact of life with these types of meds like it or not and what this doctor's panel has decided for us as individuals....
Precursor to death panels of the future? There's some change for ya!
Sep 21, 2010 7:48pm
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Tue, Sep 21, 2010 8:04 PMSep 21, 2010 8:04 PM
dlazz;492092 wrote:For generics? I thought they (or someone else) filled generics for $5.00...
Oh well. I bought some OTC stuff on eBay for cheap.
And yes, I've heard about nexium being outrageous.
As for the "it's your lifestyle" bullshit, stomach issues in my family go back a few generations, although my diet doesn't help much. I've tried changing my diet but it simply doesn't work. Stupid stomach, who needs 'em.
I have GERD and the biggest help is diet change for me
Sep 21, 2010 8:04pm
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LJ;492588 wrote:I have GERD and the biggest help is diet change for me
I had GERD and the biggest help was JOB change for me.
No joke. I haven't took Nexium in over 4 years now.
