Posted by kylenn on August 4, 2006, at 21:26:37
Just wanted to inform about the cost of my prescriptions. I have no insurance, so I have to pay cash money.
Last month, when I refilled my Provigil and Wellbutrin, the total was over $700 for just one month's worth!!
I called my pharmacist to see if there was some kind of mistake, and he said there was no mistake.
Since I am a physician, he bumped it down to "cost". The total was still over $600. Ok, I may be a DOCTOR, but I am poor. Family Medicine doctors get paid squat, just to let you know, and I am barely making ends meet. And I live sparsely.
I drive a '98 Tahoe with no plans on getting anything new anytime soon.
I can't afford it.
So, needless to say, I can NOT afford $6-700 a month for meds. And that is not including the Lexapro and cerefolin that I take.
What a freaking rip-off.
I went online and found some Canadian sites that I can order the same meds from for less than 1/2 of that.
I called my shrink and my FP and they both agreed that it was OK. My FP mailed me new scrips for 90 days, and they are going by fax on Monday to the company.
I will get #200 Provigil 200mg pills for $375.
Here, they would cost $2,000!!!
I was getting #60 for $600, so that is no lie!!
Obviously, this means that there is a ridiculously huge mark-up here in the U.S.
We should boycott our own pharmacies until something changes. I know I am.
poster:kylenn
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