::darkshadows:: wrote in news:hetjl2dv3g6ll6krniorve0o4g7ofaa98g@4ax.com:
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> Prescription Drug costs
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> Today, WalMart announced it is starting a new policy in Tampa where
> all generic drugs will be sold for $4.00 per prescription.
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> COSTCO! read this...
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> Let's hear it for Costco!! (This is just mind-boggling!) Make sure
> you read all the way past the list of the drugs. The woman that
> signed below is a Budget Analyst out of federal Washington , DC
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> Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for the active
> ingredient in prescription medications? Some people think it must
> cost a lot, since many drugs sell for more than $2.00 per tablet. We
> did a search of offshore chemical synthesizers that supply the active
> ingredients found in drugs approved by the FDA As we have revealed
> in past issues of Life Extension, a significant percentage of drugs
> sold in the United States contain active ingredients made in other
> countries. In our independent investigation of how much profit drug
> companies really make, we obtained the actual price of active
> ingredients used in some of the most popular drugs sold in America
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> The data below speaks for itself.
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> Celebrex: 100 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets): $130.27
> Cost of general active ingredients: $ 0.60
> Percent markup: 21,712%
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> Claritin: 1 0 mg
> Consumer Price (100 tablets): $215.17
> Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71
> Percent markup: 30,306%
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> Keflex: 250 mg
> Consumer Price (100 tablets): $157.39
> Cost of general active ingredients: $1.88
> Percent markup: 8,372%
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> Lipitor: 20 mg
> Consumer Price (100 tablets): $272.37
> Cost of general active ingredients: $5.80
> Percent markup: 4,696%
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> Norvasc: 10 mg Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14
> Percent markup: 134,493%
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> Paxil: 20 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets): $220.27
> Cost of general active ingredients: $7.60
> Percent markup: 2,898%
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> Prevacid: 30 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets): $44.77
> Cost of general active ingredients: $1.01
> Percent markup: 34,136%
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> Prilosec: 20 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets): $360.97
> Cost of general active ingredients $0.52
> Percent markup: 69,417%
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> Prozac: 20 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets) : $247.47
> Cost of general active ingredients: $0.11
> Percent markup: 224,973%
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> Tenormin: 50 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets): $104.47
> Cost of general active ingredients: $0.13
> Percent markup: 80,362%
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> Vasotec: 10 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets): $102.37
> Cost of general active ingredients: $0.20
> Percent markup: 51,185%
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> Xanax: 1 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets) : $136.79
> Cost of general active ingredients: $0.024
> Percent markup: 569,958%
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> Zestril: 20 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets) $89.89
> Cost of general active ingredients $3.20
> Percent markup: 2,809
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> Zithromax: 600 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets): $1,482.19
> Cost of general active ingredients: $18.78
> Percent markup: 7,892%
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> Zocor: /B 40 mg
> Consumer price (100 tablets): $350.27
> Cost of general active ingredients: $8.63
> Percent markup: 4,059%
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> Zoloft: 50 mg
> Consumer price: $206.87
> Cost of general active ingredients: $1.75
> Percent markup: 11,821%
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> Since the cost of prescription drugs is so outrageous, I thought
> everyone should know about this. Please read the following and pass
> it on. It pays to shop around. This helps to solve the mystery as to
> why they can afford to put a Walgreen's on every corner On Monday
> night, Steve Wilson, an investigative reporter for Channel 7 News in
> Detroit , did a story on generic drug price gouging by pharmacies. He
> found in his investigation, that some of these generic drugs were
> marked up as much as 3,000% or more. Yes, that's not a typo.....three
> thousand percent! So often, we blame the drug companies for the high
> cost of drugs, and usually rightfully so. But in this case, the fault
> clearly lies with the pharmacies themselves. For example, if you had
> to buy a prescription drug, and bought the name brand, you might pay
> $100 for 100 pills. The pharmacist might tell you that if you get the
> generic equivalent, they would only cost $80, making you think you
> are "saving" $20. What the pharmacist is not telling you is that
> those 100 generic pills may have only cost him $10!
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> At the end of the report, one of the anchors asked Mr. Wilson whether
> or not there were any pharmacies that did not adhere to this
> practice, and he said that Costco consistently charged little over
> their cost for the generic drugs.
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> I went to the Costco site, where you can look up any drug, and get
> its online price. It says that the in-store prices are consistent
> with the online prices. I was appalled. Just to give you one example
> from my own experience, I had to use the drug, Compazine, which helps
> prevent nausea in chemo patients.
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> I used the generic equivalent, which cost $54.99 for 60 pills at CVS.
> I checked the price at Costco, and I could have bought 100 pills for
> $19.89. For 145 of my pain pills, I paid $72.57. I could have got 150
> at Costco for $28.08.
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> I would like to mention, that although Costco is a "membership" type
> store, you do NOT have to be a member to buy prescriptions there, as
> it is a federally regulated substance. You just tell them at the door
> that you wish to use the pharmacy, and they will let you in. (this is
> true)
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No wonder you get strange feeelings if you are taking this lot LOL.
Mercury.
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