Re: Drug Prices

Evie2004 · ‎09-09-2010

So far, 2 of my meds (generic) prices have stayed the same this year.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
@151949....Dh is calling the doctor Monday morning to see if he can be switched to a less expensive drug. Currently he is on Eliquis...Pradaxa appears to be less expensive.

@Mom2Dogs

I would be very surprised if the generic for Coumadin, called Warfarin, is not way cheaper than Eliquis. I think you may have read my view on all the 3 new blood thinners. If not, I would be more than happy to type my view again.

hckynut(john)

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

@hckynut....can you send me the link or tell me where to go to read so you don't have to retype your information?

Dh would rather not take Coumadin because as I recall (and could be wrong) there are monthly blood tests needed as well as not eating lettuce...we are big salad eaters. I have not researched so I could be wrong on both counts.

Thanks1

ValuSkr · ‎03-15-2014

Drug companies need to recover their R&D costs. They have only 20 years until their patent expires. And - just as important - they need to recover the vast amounts they spend on TV and other media advertising.

I say to ditch the advertising and give us cheaper drugs.

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

This year my employer added a new option to health insurance.

We can buy drugs through local pharmacies, as in the past.

Or we can purchase from a list of many popular drugs through their mail order service - which buys the drugs from either Canada or Great Britain and mails them directly to our homes. There is no co-pay or deductible charges if we use this service, because it saves the company so mkuch money!

I am lucky in that I have no prescription medications, just vitamins and fish oil for me! People on expensive drugs can save a LOT ,though.

sassenach1 · ‎03-09-2010

@ValuSkr wrote:
Drug companies need to recover their R&D costs. They have only 20 years until their patent expires. And - just as important - they need to recover the vast amounts they spend on TV and other media advertising.

I say to ditch the advertising and give us cheaper drugs.

Totally agree: we are among the few countries that allow advertising by drug companies.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
@hckynut....can you send me the link or tell me where to go to read so you don't have to retype your information?

Dh would rather not take Coumadin because as I recall (and could be wrong) there are monthly blood tests needed as well as not eating lettuce...we are big salad eaters. I have not researched so I could be wrong on both counts.

Thanks1

@Mom2Dogs

I don't have a link to give you. While I was on Coumadin/Warfarin for over 7 years, I wish my blood draws were only once a month. I went off this med in 2009, and don't know that the 3 new blood thinners were on the market yet.

Spent time reading about the new ones and I personally would choose the thinners I was on for those 7+ years. It has been around for many years, and for those that follow their program to the T, those meds are very successful. Blood draws, while many weeks, I went all 7 days of the week, I would still choose Warfarin.

Giving up certain foods I was not all that fond of doing, to me it was something I had to do. Right now I am not willing to run the risks associated with any of the new blood thinners. I would stick with taking Coumadin/Warfarin and get the full blood draws everyday again if necessary.

Every patient that is required to take a blood thinner, it is their choice to make. I will go with the long proven, and mostly save drugs, as opposed to the new ones, with their short history in comparison.

hckynut(john)

hckynut(john)

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
Dh is calling the doctor Monday morning to see if he can be switched to a less expensive drug. Currently he is on Eliquis...Pradaxa appears to be less expensive.

@Mom2Dogs My m-i-l had been taking Warfarin for her a-fib and it got to a point where you could brush her with a feather and she would bruise from it.

According to her, the doctor told her it would be okay to go back to an aspirin regime.

Neither my s-i-l or I believe it because she is the type to do what she wants with medications for her various ailments - break them in half to hoard them, take only half a prescribed dose because she doesn't feel like taking one in the am and another in the pm.

Well, the a-fib came back (guess it never really went away) and he put her on Xarelto because for her it was the least expensive at the time it was prescibed.

Now she is saying if the price of the Xarelto goes up, she's taking herself off it and going back to aspirin.

Both myself and s-i-l have given up saying anything because according to her, we are "arm chair" doctors when we tell her that breaking time released tablets in half is not somethig she should be doing.