Comments | vvalkyri: things, impressive. amusing and not. (cheap Rx?)

vvalkyri

things, impressive. amusing and not. (cheap Rx?)

Oct 15, 2010 15:52

impressive, both of them.

amusing: http://www.jimspancakes.com/ -- the guy makes all manner of 3d pancake art for his daughter. bee hives, toilets, bracelets, free standing dinosaur skeletons...

not amusing: I'd forgotten that StepmotherAllergy/sinusdoc was expensive in and of himself, not just b/c he wasn't on anybody's insurance. They're amazing ( Read more... )

sick

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soubrettic October 15 2010, 23:20:45 UTC

I don't think the drs necessarily realize how expensive things are. They know it's pricey but possibly not /how/ pricey.

I think this is true. Many years ago I went to my then-neighborhood clinic for treatment of a sinus infection. They were lovely people, and the doctor was one of the nicest I've ever seen; it was a teaching clinic for a local hospital, located in a neighborhood full of immigrants and and artists and students. I'm sure most of their clientele was uninsured. But I still had to have a pharmacist call the doctor's office when I found the week of antibiotics I'd been prescribed was going to clear $120... more than recent-student me could afford. The doctor was mortified, and apologized.

vvalkyri October 15 2010, 23:45:07 UTC

Yep. I think this doc knew that Levaquin is/was expensive but not how expensive.

If I had 16-18 days to wait, then bigmountaindrugs.com (per Free, PharmacyChecker considers them legit) would ship generic from India for $2 a tablet, plus $10 shipping.

It heartens me to see that there's a generic available elsewhere, even though I [probably] won't take advantage of it. I was buying generic Zyrtec from Canada (OTC at the time so no need to fax an Rx either) for years before it was available here.

voltbang October 16 2010, 05:53:22 UTC

I don't think the drs necessarily realize how expensive things are.

I think that's true of more than just doctors. Anyone who thinks our medical system isn't broken, for example. I just got my 3 months of provigil in the mail today. $60 copay. Actual cost? According to healthwarehouse.com, $1,680. There is no such thing as a generic, and if I could get it from international sources, I still couldn't get it under about $7/pill, which is better than the $1200 I am looking at in the US.