Behind the Counter: Adventures in Dispensing. Episode III.

[EricKei]

Hey, ya do what you gotta do If you need your meds, you need your meds, it's as simple as that.

[CorneliaMarieRocks]

Yep very true, I know it sounds terrible, but without my pain meds I don't function 100%...migraines suck donkey balls

we're pretty fortunate that our normal pharmacy allows controls refilled 3 days in advance, ie. day 27, the owner/pharmacist is a guy that used to work for Aide Of Right (long before I moved here the folks had their 'scripts filled there) & he's friendly with the folks, well, Aide Of Right apparently screwed him over somehow, I forget how (forgive me, I'm old!) anyhow after he & a bunch of techs got fired, he opened his own place & he remembered the folks so he gave 'em a ring to let them know he would be glad to have their business at the new place so they transferred all their 'scripts to U Save It

[wolfie]

and discovered that 20mg L pills were $10 for 90.

Just curious, but why would anyone need a prescription for more than one L pill?

They get caught when a patient brings the wrong script to the pharmacy, and the pharmacist narcs to the Medical Board or the DEA.

Was that pun intentional?

[Sapphire Silk]

Now, I don't do that on a regular basis so put down the pitchforks, I only do that if I am COMPLETELY out of my pain meds

No pitchforks, lots of doctors do this. It's not legal though, and they risk losing their prescription rights for opiates if they get caught. The DEA has been cracking down lately.

Was that pun intentional?

I'll never tell

[Shalom]

Well it looks like this time at least was a false alarm. It's still less than 5 bucks for a bottle of 90 of lisinopril at the wholesale level, and less than 15 for enalapril, so you can relax. For now.

OK, now you can stop relaxing. Took a while, but here it is.

Enalapril 20mg is now up to $56.00 per 100 tablets at the wholesale level. We used to pay about 15 dollars for this, but Ranbaxy and Par discontinued production, so Teva and Wockhardt have jacked up the price on theirs. Supply and demand, folks. Decrease the supply, keep the demand the same, price goes up.

Oh, and brand name Vasotec, if you're insane enough to pay for it, is now $1,642.92 per 90 tabs.

Lisinopril's still cheap, though.

[Food Lady]

I'm so glad that 50 trammies will last me months. I don't mind seeing my doc to get a new 'script--I really like him and he needs to keep up on my condition anyway--but it does cost me to see him and I don't have a valid health saving account this year.

[Food Lady]

Well, I am going to rework the apple chili recipe by removing the added sugar, swapping out half the apples for diced pumpkin, using extra tart cooking apples and cubes of beef instead of ground bison .. and I still say it is not chili, it is a mock medieval meat pie filling.

I posted something like that on twitter and my friends actually defended the recipe-changers! I love my friends, but sometimes they lack critical thinking skills.