Reply #29: Sorry this has happened to you. I found out what 'the donut hole'

[sabrina 1]

meant after I was asked to help an elderly family member with her prescription drugs. I, like you, found out when I went to pick up one of her prescriptions, Ultrase, at the Pharmacy. It had jumped to at least four times what she had been paying for it. I couldn't pick it up without letting her know what it would cost.


Two of her meds, Plavix and Ultrase, are extremely expensive I discovered. I tried to get a generic version for her, but couldn't. She did get some samples from her doctor, but that was a temporary solution. Now out of the donut hole, the price appears to have gone up, besides with these two drugs alone, she will be back in the donut hole in a few months.

We have already looked into ordering them from Canada where they are four times cheaper. For now, that seems to be the only solution.

P.S. Regarding the suggestion about getting them free from the manufacturer. We looked into that also, and she doesn't qualify. I think you have to be fairly destitute for those programs.