
This article points out the wisdom of making phone calls or research on the prescription items you want to buy. Even on generics prices can vary by a factor of 10 times. Yes you heard right the same drug at Costco for $26.00 can be gotten at Rite Aid for $260.
Buyer beware but do not let the first price you get necessarily be the inhibiting factor. Call around, research. This applies to inside U.S. pharmacies. Overseas should not be used as generally a "fair" comparison unless you are quite certain of the the source.
"Lisa Gill is the editor for prescription drug coverage at Consumer Reports. Last spring she led a survey of more than 200 pharmacies around the country asking the retail prices of five blockbuster drugs that had recently gone generic.
The study found the cost of a month’s supply of generic Plavix, a blood thinner, ranged from $15 at Costco and $12 at an online store …all the way up to 10 to 15 times more at Target and CVS. It was similar for generic Lipitor, used to control cholesterol. Prices ranged from 15 to 17 dollars, up to around 9 times higher at other national chains."
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec13/generics_12-23.html
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