You can buy drugs 1/5 of the price you pay in US Pharmacies

[Aerows]

I mean things like anti-depresents, cardiac and gout pills.

Why is that?

I'm considering going off my meds simply because it has gotten too damn expensive.

[devils chaplain]

1. Because in the US, they can get away with it. n/t

[Aerows]

3. I'm pretty much

going off my meds, because I can't keep shelling out the amount that goes up every month. My family has enough burdens.

[devils chaplain]

5. A lot of people have a problem with this, but...

I order meds (illegally? semi-legally?) from overseas when there are ridiculous price discrepancies with their US-made counterparts. It's something maybe to consider...

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. Because our government cuts deals to leave big pharma lots of profit.

Rather than demanding we get the same prices other countries do.

[Liberal Veteran]

4. The invisible hand of free market capitalism?

If I had to take a guess, I'd say insurance is driving our drug prices up. If the insurers will reimburse 50 dollars for a prescription that costs about 1 dollar to produce and ship per 30 day supply, why wouldn't the drug companies charge as much as they can?

And since they basically have a captive audience (most with insurance of some sort), they have a nice little economic scam going on.

[dem in texas]

6. Buying drugs from Canada

While my mother was alive, I'd order most of her meds from Canada. This was before part D of Medicare went into effect. At the time I ordered, you had to order an unopened bottle. There was a web site that told show many pills were in the sealed bottle for most prescription medications. I would make a list of the meds she needed and the quantity required to order from Canada. Then I'd have her doctor write the prescription for the number of pills in the unopened bottle. I only bought the cheapest generics locally. We ended up saving about $200 a month doing this. I don't know if this method is still around.

[pipoman]

7. you shouldn't go off your meds

You should talk to your doctor about this. Nearly every drug will be deeply discounted before they will let you go without..

[MADem]

8. Yes--many pharmaceutical companies have programs to do this. Also, a doctor can

prescribe a generic or a substitute protocol.

[Igel]

9. Oh, it's worse.

There are places where you can buy skilled labor for 1/10 the price you pay in the US.

PPP.

[dembotoz]

10. check costco

pay much less than i did before i switched
3 month supply for less than i paid for 1 month before....

try to find a way to get the meds
we like having you around here....