Update to my post last week: 96 hour ordeal of getting mom's prescription

[mrmpa]

This was last week's post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027617436

Today I went to pick up the prescription of Santyl for mom. Last week we paid $60 after receiving a $150 discount from the drug company, and mom paying $60 ($50 + $10 over the $200 mark).

The pharmacist rings up the prescription and asks for $145. I said no, it was $60 with the discount last week (Monday the 15th). He goes to the computer checks and comes back and says the $145 is with the company paying $150. I said the drug can't go up $85-$90 in one week, he says yes it can.

I declined the medication had it transferred to Walmart, where I find the goodrx.com price to be $214.80. The coupon/discount will be $150, so mom's payment will be about $64.80.

I'm not in disbelief that a pharmaceutical company will up the price by $90 in one week, especially one that discontinued the generic/cheaper version of this salve. I've also found out that since 2013, the increase in prescriptions for Santyl is about 25%, which is a reason this company is doing this.

This is obscene.

[Mika]

1. "Freedom isn't free" - dumbshit gopper. eom

[RKP5637]

2. I've used goodrx.com a couple of times and it worked really well. I was impressed with goodrx.com

http://www.goodrx.com/

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Sadly, I called my Walgreens and they said they do not honor Goodrx.

And they just bought up Rite-Aid, which in this town is across the street from them, leaving us with Wal-Mart and a local pharmacy and Walgreens.
We had 5 pharmacies 2 years ago.

[RKP5637]

4. I ended up going to Walmart for a couple of mine. Not my favorite place, but actually the one here

is nice and the people were friendly. My one prescription was 1/3 the price there only because at least for this pill they did honor the GoodRx coupon I got online from GoodRx.

When I was a kid we had all kinds of local small businesses, great owners and a nice community. I was looking at that area online recently and it's been devastated over the years. The stores that used to be quite nice are now deserted, many are falling down. Even the local banks have closed and are falling apart. Some of them were grand buildings, all marble inside, nice artwork, just very nice buildings, now in shambles.

There were also some major manufacturing companies in the area with thousands employed. The have moved out of the country and the one remaining plant now has under 1,000 employees whereas there used to be thousands employed.

Most of the homes are deserted and many are falling down.

It eludes me what TPTB are going to do in the US. I do think most of them are clueless and in politics for money and a good ride.

And when people vote, it's like they have no conception of what is going on and what the agenda is of the people they seem to love.

I'll stop here!