OUTRAGEOUS!!!!! I don't know how people can afford them. I take no prescription meds on a regular basis so I don't carry Medicare prescription coverage. When I do need an occasional prescription, then I pay full price, minus my AARP discount. And boy oh boy - I got socked today!!!
I had to go to my ophthalmologist because of a pea sized lump right in the middle of my upper eyelid. Come to find out it's a clogged tear duct most likely caused by some sort of bacteria. So I have to put hot compresses on it several times each day and massage it too, and it might break it up. If not, then it has to be removed. Anyway, doc prescribed an oral antibiotic (at a reasonable price), and antibiotic eyedrops that must be laced with gold and platinum!!! A tiny 3ml bottle set me back $95.29, and that was after the AARP discount of $38.70. Pharmacist said "sorry - no generic available!" I thought I would have to be resuscitated on the spot!Just as a size comparison - it takes 29.5735593ml to equal 1 ounce, and this bottle is 3ml. I don't even want to convert it to gallons!!!! And I thought the price of gas per gallon was bad. I sure hope I won't have to have the script refilled.
If I was young and starting out, I think I would be going to school for pharmacology.
ETA:
Okay - curiosity got the best of me and I had to figure price per gallon. At full prescription price (not figuring the discount), the price per gallon would be $169,094.35. Tell me these pharmaceutical companies don't make money - just like the oil companies don't!
at my feet
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks