Spiro prescription, Estradiol?
Everyone must read this:
Also generic lamasil is there too (to cure toe nail fungus) ..
Hundreds of drugs there.
Jenn
Posted on: October 08, 2007, 02:23:41 AM
ok umm.. the spiro br]
Posted on: October 08, 2007, 02:39:31 AM
Ok I talked to pharmacist at walmart. . I was paying more at walgreens for the same thing.
Regarding spiro, the pharmacists advised me to have the doctor prescribe it to me. Walmart is the same with walgreens. However if you have doctor prescribe spiro save half the money, but just have to swalllow 4 pills at once instead of 1.. I'll rather swallow 4 pills at once then 1, and save or so per month.
Jenn
I was actually just going to post this.
12$ a month for estrogen, anti-androgen, and progestorone? I know where I'm going! That's only 144$ a year for HRT! It's amazing, that $4 generic list from Wal-Mart is great capitalism, so wonderful to people without alot of money.
$4 generics are old news, they started in a few states and when another chain said they would do the same they went nationwide. Enjoy it while it lasts.
I had a non HRT perscription to be filled that would have cost about $12 for a 90 day supply so I thought I would try Walmart and their $4 generics. I dropped off my perscription and returned 15 minutes later and paid $4. Wow, I thought Great deal!
I got home and opened the stapled bag to find a bottle with 14 pills. The perscription was for 90 pills. A call to Wallypharm resulted in this gem, "By law we can only give you 14 of those pills at a time, come back in 14 days and get more". I called my doctor and she laughed at the "14 day rule". I went to my regular pharmacy and got 90 pills for $12. That was 1/2 the price it would cost at Wallypharm for a 90 day supply.
beth
How confusing.
Yeah, plus walmart rapes local small businesses and community economys.
They are anti-union (they even have a tactical response anti-union team and jet)
and they actually have been proven to encurage employees to get state or federal medical assistance rather than provide adequite health bennifits.
Let them burn.
I'd rather pay twice as much at a local pharmacy( if I had to) than support them.
I guess it's good if you are super poor maybe.
I'm glad my town doesn't let Walmart in.
I stopped at a Wal-Mart Pharm to check this out and near the drop off counter they had a poster on the wall that listed the drugs covered and how much would be dispensed at the lower price point. The quantities are low but probably would cover quite a few people in society.
I worked for them and am glad they are anti-union. I had the unfortunate experience of belonging to one of the large retail unions and all they did was suck a good deal of my money out of my check. The second shift did not even have a rep to talk to and would have to try and make time to stop in the store during first shift to lodge complaints (which were then ignored). I actually started a revolt among the second shift over this and had to quit my job as I was then being threatened by the union and also the non-union management.
WM paid me a lot more money than that place did but was just as horrible to work at, retail is retail after all and I no longer have the stomach for it.
As for local business. The downtown where I grew up was dying and WM came in and finished it off. A few years later though something happened. The town invested in cleaning up the riverside, the river, and redid the downtown lights, etc. Business came back and there are mom and pop restaurants, bakeries, art galleries, clothing, banks, toys, etc. This was in an economically depressed area.
In nature the old burns or decays away in order to make way for the new.
I think wal-mart axing so many businesses, then going so far down hill as it has, inspired the will to pay more for better quality in a lot of people. I know my dad said "screw this" to wal-mart several years ago and is glad to pay more for better products, less people, and a better-maintained location.
And very, very interesting about the $4 generics. Thanks for pointing this out.
Hum...
That's $4 for 30 pills of estrogen which comes in 1 and 2mg pills if you take a dose that requires more then 30 pills it's another $4. I take *mg per day so my estradiol costs $12 per month, but the real expensive ones are the ones not on the $4 plan...which is just about everything else I take.
Spironolactone isn't and costs me $65.54 for ***mg per day for 30 days
Finasteride isn't either and costs $78.54 for *mg for a 30 day supply
For some of the meds, it's best to shop around and see which store has the best price...it can make a difference
Peace and love,
Isabelle St-Pierre
i was thinking only about cost... but i see my mistake. thanks :)
edited ;) sorry :embarrassed:
Um...
I'm not sure it's a good idea to post links to online pharmacies on the boards, since DIY isn't and can't be condoned by the site...
Peace and love,
Isabelle St-Pierre
Quote from: Isabelle St-Pierre on January 01, 2008, 08:19:14 PM
Um...
I'm not sure it's a good idea to post links to online pharmacies on the boards, since DIY isn't and can't be condoned by the site...
Peace and love,
Isabelle St-Pierre
You sort of need a prescription for wal-mart's pharmacy.
Non-american medication producers (canada/india/etc) are another matter.
Finasteride's best generic available in america is proscar, which you split (5mg versus the 1mg in propecia.) $4 meds depend on generics being available. Proscar's patent will expire in 2012, too late to help any of us really. I think spiro expires in the same year. How fantastic that will be for young transexuals.
Too bad the world ends in 2012.
...hey holy crap. Trannies really do ruin everything.
Quote from: Autumn on January 01, 2008, 08:44:03 PM
Quote from: Isabelle St-Pierre on January 01, 2008, 08:19:14 PM
Um...
I'm not sure it's a good idea to post links to online pharmacies on the boards, since DIY isn't and can't be condoned by the site...
Peace and love,
Isabelle St-Pierre
You sort of need a prescription for wal-mart's pharmacy.
Non-american medication producers (canada/india/etc) are another matter.
Finasteride's best generic available in america is proscar, which you split (5mg versus the 1mg in propecia.) $4 meds depend on generics being available. Proscar's patent will expire in 2012, too late to help any of us really. I think spiro expires in the same year. How fantastic that will be for young transexuals.
Too bad the world ends in 2012.
...hey holy crap. Trannies really do ruin everything.
Was referring to another post...but the user has since removed the link...
Peace and love,
Isabelle St-Pierre
I would doubt the quality of anything Wallmart sells. A manic drive for the lowest possible cost has constantly put the price point before quality. Lucky for me I live in a city that does not even have a Wallmart (or Kmart, or Target, or any other 'Big Box' store) so its not even an option. Though I doubt if my union brothers and sisters would be buying me beers if I showed up with a Wallmart bag. However its a traditional craft union, (with the entire traditional apprentice/journeyman structure that takes years and years to work through) something very different from a retail union. I do try to support union workers, no matter what the union however, as it seems in my best interest.
But I have always been willing to pay a little more to support people in business that I like doing business with and who are community based and whose profits are kept in the community.
Anyway I would think in any drug the quality would be far more important then the price.
I talked to the Walmart pharmacy not long ago about thier "$4" generic program. At the time I was checking on a 'non HRT' drug and was told that the medications on the $4 list are constantly shuffled so that if you are looking for a medication that isn't on the list it may be a month later. Unfortunately this means that a drug you get for $4 dollars this month can be taken off the list at any time and replaced with a completely different one. The pharmacist explained that they have a limited number of slots they can fill with $4 dollar drugs and rotate them so that they can cover a larger number of medications. So basically it's a crapshoot.
Quote from: tekla on January 01, 2008, 09:05:05 PM
I would doubt the quality of anything Wallmart sells. A manic drive for the lowest possible cost has constantly put the price point before quality. Lucky for me I live in a city that does not even have a Wallmart (or Kmart, or Target, or any other 'Big Box' store) so its not even an option. Though I doubt if my union brothers and sisters would be buying me beers if I showed up with a Wallmart bag. However its a traditional craft union, (with the entire traditional apprentice/journeyman structure that takes years and years to work through) something very different from a retail union. I do try to support union workers, no matter what the union however, as it seems in my best interest.
But I have always been willing to pay a little more to support people in business that I like doing business with and who are community based and whose profits are kept in the community.
Anyway I would think in any drug the quality would be far more important then the price.
You have no idea what you're talking about. Wal-Mart drug quality is no different than any other Pharmacy, retail or hospital.
I hope so, but I've never seen any example in my life were a lower bottom line did not affect quality in the end. Some generic drugs are the same, but all are not. Manufacturing standards and quality control are not constants.
Quote from: tekla on January 02, 2008, 12:00:42 PM
I hope so, but I've never seen any example in my life were a lower bottom line did not affect quality in the end. Some generic drugs are the same, but all are not. Manufacturing standards and quality control are not constants.
This is why generic drugs have different ratings based on their construction. Seriously, before you make accusations, at least know what you're talking about.
Quote from: Renate on January 02, 2008, 07:05:22 PM
Sorry, I think I started the confusion about drug quality.
I had been using Wal-Mart's "Spring Valley" brand glucosamine chondroitin.
I had heard scuttle-butt that this unregulated "dietary supplement" was not as good as other brands.
As I was not getting the results I expected, I switched to Aldi's "Welby" brand glucosamine chondroitin.
I am completely satisfied with the results.
So, none of this has any bearing on the prescription drugs available at Wal-Mart of which I know nothing anyway.
Renate
Posted on: 08/01/02, 20:03:23
Glucosamine chondroitin is just made out of processed shrimp, crab and crayfish shells anyway.
That makes sense. Drugs are quality controlled, "dietary supplements" can be filled with chalk (processed shells) and still be sold. As long as they're safe and have nice claims, they'll still bought.
Quote from: BrandiOK on January 02, 2008, 11:15:31 AM
I talked to the Walmart pharmacy not long ago about thier "$4" generic program. At the time I was checking on a 'non HRT' drug and was told that the medications on the $4 list are constantly shuffled so that if you are looking for a medication that isn't on the list it may be a month later. Unfortunately this means that a drug you get for $4 dollars this month can be taken off the list at any time and replaced with a completely different one. The pharmacist explained that they have a limited number of slots they can fill with $4 dollar drugs and rotate them so that they can cover a larger number of medications. So basically it's a crapshoot.
That's an issue for those of us on HRT. The bigger issue, though, is that Wal-Mart is banking on you (the customer) to come in and buy the $4 generic and either
(a) not notice that you're only getting half - or less than that - the quantity that your prescription calls for and continuing to buy this great "deal" or
(b) when your $4 generic is no longer listed, you will be so happy with their service (barf) that you continue buying from them even when the price skyrockets.
SCREW WAL-MART.
Kroger's in Tennessee has $4 generic program and they are Union too.
Anna