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Amazon Pharmacy

CelticCrafter — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:09:06 GMT

Does any one use them for prescription medications.

My m-i-l asked me to check into what it would cost her for her Eliquis from them but it doesn't give a price until you actually transfer the prescription and enter your insurance information.

Does anyone know if there is a way around that?

We are in another state and I don't want to get involved in a transfer, have something go wrong and she be without her medication.

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

Mz iMac — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:26:16 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a way around that?

pharmacy DOT amazon DOT com/pricing

@CelticCrafter

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

CelticCrafter — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:30:02 GMT

@Mz iMac thank you!

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Mz iMac — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:32:04 GMT

@CelticCrafter

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CelticCrafter — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:49:43 GMT

@Mz iMac that just took me around in the same circle, lol!

My m-i-l is 95 years old and doesn't use a computer or the internet and never has. She thinks I'm a whiz but I am going to have to tell her to get her other d-i-l or her son to do it for her. I just don't want to be responsible and get blamed if something goes wrong. BTW the other d-i-l only lives down the street.

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

Nonametoday — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:53:17 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
Does any one use them for prescription medications.

My m-i-l asked me to check into what it would cost her for her Eliquis from them but it doesn't give a price until you actually transfer the prescription and enter your insurance information.

Does anyone know if there is a way around that?

We are in another state and I don't want to get involved in a transfer, have something go wrong and she be without her medication.

@CelticCrafter

I went to the pharmacy and had them fill my husband's and when I went to pick it up, I handed them my debit card and they told me what it was $869 and I said "give me back my card." I found I could get it cheaper through Express Scripts (we are retired military) so his doctor gave me a 2-week supply until we could get it from Express Scripts. A friend tells me she gets hers in a different pharmacy in town for $795. And yet another friend in another city, says it is $940.

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

Ainhisg — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 20:19:10 GMT

@CelticCrafter you are making the right decision to turn this over to someone who lives closer. Personally, I wouldn't use Amazon Pharmacy, and I am a big Amazon fan. I started to one time, but I found out the same thing you did--I wouldn't find out the price until the transfer had been made. And then I read on Reddit that people have all sorts of problems with it--it's hard to get the prescription transferred back out and also that there can be delays in getting the medication on time no matter what they say. I read that it can come two or three days late even up to a week. That is a no-go for me. I read very few good things online, and I spent many hours reading reviews.

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

CelticCrafter — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 20:22:51 GMT

@Ainhisg oh my, the reviews on Trustpilot are not good!

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

Kachina624 — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 20:36:30 GMT

How could they possibly give you a price without knowing what your insurance will pay? Is there a phone number to call? Perhaps youn could get an estimate if you had the insurance allowance.

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

CelticCrafter — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:03:38 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
How could they possibly give you a price without knowing what your insurance will pay? Is there a phone number to call? Perhaps youn could get an estimate if you had the insurance allowance.

@Kachina624 they won't give a price until the prescription is actually TRANSFERRED to them along with insurance information. Would you blindly transfer a prescription?

Good luck trying to find a phone number for Amazon.

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

Shelbelle — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:15:28 GMT

My office RX plan is now we pay a copay for anywhere else, but most drugs are free if you use Amazon. My coworker just had 3 RX delivered to her home this week, all went well. I just dont like that they are on a hot truck and left on a hot porch for what could be a long time.

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Robertak — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 23:00:26 GMT

there are no good prices for Eliquis or the other blood thinners like it. The problem is the US has not approved generics (elsewhere in the world there is a generic for Eliquis). They keep extending their patent. Its very very expensive on Medicare. They need to approve the generic.

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

cindyNC — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 01:06:12 GMT

I have two prescriptions from gyn doctors........the last time I got one filled at CVS it was $185 for one tube. The other was over $50 and the gyn at the time told me to use Mark Cuban's drug plan.

I've signed up for Amazon but haven't had any fillled yet. Any mail order pharmacies will be shipped in a hot truck...........be it CVS or Amazon.

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Toppers3 — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 03:11:19 GMT

For those of you who have such high costs for this med., have you tried looking into any of the discount RX plans to try and see if you can save some money on the cost of the medication?

Someone already mentioned Mark Cuban's plan, but there's also GoodRX, which is perhaps one of the most common plans and is accepted at most pharmacies.

You can use these plans if the cost is less expensive than your insurance plan. You just need to check with your pharmacy and see if they accept the discount plan, and see if it would be less expensive to use it than if you were to use your insurance.

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aqua3 — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 04:15:27 GMT

Hi @CelticCrafter

Another option may be ordering from/thru an Canadian Pharmacy . That's what I have been doing for several month now .

There are several you can look into ...

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

CelticCrafter — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 11:08:33 GMT

@cindyNC @Toppers3 @aqua3 I checked into all the discount cards and Mark Cuban's program and they were all more expensive than what she is currently paying.

It very well could be that Amazon would be cheaper for her but I've decided to step away. I did what she asked me to do however I will not be the one to place the order with Amazon because if something goes wrong it will be blamed on me.

Thanks.

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

Auntie CC — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:02:31 GMT

No military base pharmacy near you? Co-pays are zero.

Go on Tricare website. Perhaps you can find a participating pharmacy.

Good luck

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Robertak — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 01:53:51 GMT

This is the only solution until a generic is approved in the US as it is in Canada.

This med is still $400-500 a month from a discount pharmacy because no generic is available in the US

Re: Amazon Pharmacy

ID2 — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:37:49 GMT

Use Good RX.