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FlashG

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My company just went with Medco for prescription drugs and they suck at Advair 100/50. I mean $362 for a 90 day supply?come on. I?m looking at a couple of Canadian mail order alternatives but I don?t know if they are any good. What do you guys use?
 

FlashG

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Originally posted by: effowe
Originally posted by: compman25
try www.zanejohnson.com for all your med needs.

He's not looking for vicodin and oxycontin, he just needs some advair.
Yes legal prescription stuff. So far ive looked at CanadaDrugs and canadadrugpharmacy but I don't know how good they are.

 

FlashG

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Does consumers reports or some other concern rate prescription med sites?
 

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Originally posted by: FlashG
Originally posted by: effowe
Originally posted by: compman25
try www.zanejohnson.com for all your med needs.

He's not looking for vicodin and oxycontin, he just needs some advair.
Yes legal prescription stuff. So far ive looked at CanadaDrugs and canadadrugpharmacy but I don't know how good they are.

LOL. Oxycontin and vicodin are legal prescription stuff. Well, Schedule III or II.

So if you got a script. . .
 

FlashG

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All im interested in is cheap Advair 100/50. Im OK with my other meds but advair pricing is too high.
 

imported_Lothar

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$362 for a 90 day supply of Advair?
How much boxes are you using per month? :confused:

You might want to visit your local CVS/Walgreens to compare costs (I doubt it would be different though since it's based on days supply more than anything else).
Do you have one of those crappy insurance plans that make you pay a certain % of the original drug price as your copay?
Do you have a certain deductible you have to meet first?
 

FlashG

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Originally posted by: Lothar
$362 for a 90 day supply of Advair?
How much boxes are you using per month? :confused:

You might want to visit your local CVS/Walgreens to compare costs (I doubt it would be different though since it's based on days supply more than anything else).
Do you have one of those crappy insurance plans that make you pay a certain % of the original drug price as your copay?
Do you have a certain deductible you have to meet first?
Yea they went to one of those new high deductable plans. Advair comes in a 60 dose discus despenser that I use twice a day so a 90 day supply is 3 discuses. I'm comparing all kinds of places like Walmart, Walgreen (favorite), CVS, Publix and online mail order.

So far CanadaDrugs is the cheapest at $195.84 with free shipping for the generic FluticasoneSalmeterol. I'm not sure how reliable they are or why the generic chemical name is not available in the US. Medco is $361.55 which would go against my yearlt deductable of $2,200 for my wife and I. It goes down to a $35 co-pay after the deductable is met but that probably wont happen until November or December if at all.

Last year I had Health Options (BCBS) which was great bit they increased the monthly fee to over $350 which sucks goat balls. The new plan also has a higher co-pay. I woud prefer to go with Health Options but I just can't afford it.

Good times are over but I still have health insurance even though its inferior to what I had. Bottom line is mergers suck when you are in the company being bought.

 

FlashG

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I contacted doctorsolve and their generic is manufactured in India. Of course the dispenser is different with only 30 doses instead of 60.

"the non-active ingredients in the medication may differ slightly from brand to generic. The generic Advair is manufactured by Cipla, and is supplied by our pharmacy in India. "

So how good is the Indian pharmaceuticals industry compared to the US? I don't need lead lined pills if you know what I mean.