@cherrywrote:
@Sooner I think a big shock for me is how expensive ,the little over the counter ,day to day, drug items cost
I have to take 2 nexuim a day, a package of 42 is $27 that gives me about 3 weeks. I take zantac 2 times a day, but ,thankfully, I get a scrip that covers them, and tums aren't cheap either. MY insurance will cover prilosec ,which doesn't work for me, but not nexium, which does
I have been using this stuff for over a year now. I still have buy thryoid meds which is covered, but with a big copay, metformin, which is reasonable, test strips which are covered providing you don't use more than 2 a day. Blood pressure meds which are covered. These aren't things I can do without. I feel the pinch, I can only wonder how people on a tight budget manage
I don't know how people with a small income manage this stuff. If you have to buy things like this, it would just eat up all of your income , for people with slim means
The cost of getting sick is really awful. I know all kinds of people taking over the counter meds, not just me
Yes! This is so true! The fact that some money guys at the insurance company have any input in which drugs are approved by insurance drives me crazy. Yes, two medications may treat the same thing, but that doesn't mean they work the same way for everyone. As you've said, one works, the other doesn't. Sometimes one works and the other works but comes with terrible side effects. The money guys should not be involved in our medication choices.
@cherry, here's one thing I've done to bring my costs down. Amazon offers a Subscribe and Save service where you order items that come on monthly delivery. If you get 5 items or more a month, you save 15% on every item. I don't know if this is for Prime members only or not. I have several of my over-the-counter medications come through Subscribe and Save, along with things like deodorant, cleaning items - the kinds of things I know I need on a regular basis. (I have it deliver my toothbrushes, Clarisonic, and water filters every 3 months so that I replace them all on time. If they show up, I replace them and never have to check the calendar.) The only reason I signed up for it was for the savings on the prescription meds.
Between Amazon pricing and the 15% discount for ordering 5 items at a time, I'm saving over $21 a month on one OTC medication alone. I can't say enough good things about it.
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