Costco and cheap prescription medication

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:13 pm

This Costco is sounding better and better all the time................

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:44 pm

Costco for Drugs, Sam's for insurance, ... life just gets better all the time!

YAAAAAYYYY

:driving: Capitalism!!:driving:

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:03 pm

Accountable wrote: Costco for Drugs, Sam's for insurance, ... life just gets better all the time!

YAAAAAYYYY

:driving: Capitalism!!:driving:

Also if you shop around from drug store to drug store, grocery store to grocery store basically any store that is a drug dispencery (sorry if spelled wrong) you will find many of the big name dispenceries cost more dispencery fee's. Here in Canadaland Costco and walmart have very low dispencery fees. I dunno if you all have shoppers drug mart??? The absolute highest it is sick.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:43 pm

I will have to check out the prices in England. I get my drugs with a prepaid prescription certificate, so, I don't notice the prices.

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:45 pm

OpenMind wrote: I will have to check out the prices in England. I get my drugs with a prepaid prescription certificate, so, I don't notice the prices.

lucky dog

StupidCowboyTricks · Post by **StupidCowboyTricks** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:55 pm

Accountable wrote: Costco for Drugs, Sam's for insurance, ... life just gets better all the time!

YAAAAAYYYY

:driving: Capitalism!!:driving:

"Sam's for insurance, ... life just gets better all the time!"....... go jump on that one "Big Boy" LMAO!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:59 pm

StupidCowboyTricks wrote: "Sam's for insurance, ... life just gets better all the time!"....... go jump on that one "Big ://"> Boy" LMAO!://">
If I could see animated gifs, would I be insulted?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:04 pm

Where've you been, anyway??

StupidCowboyTricks · Post by **StupidCowboyTricks** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:11 pm

Accountable wrote: Where've you been, anyway??

I've been Birthday partying(shopping for gifts, cards, etc. etc.) and working.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:13 pm

StupidCowboyTricks wrote: ://">I've been Birthday partying(shopping for gifts, cards, etc. etc.) and working. ://">
Way too early. My birthday's not till June.

Besides, Wal-Mart's only real sale is the day after Thanksgiving.

StupidCowboyTricks · Post by **StupidCowboyTricks** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:16 pm

Accountable wrote: Way too early. My birthday's not till June.

Besides, Wal-Mart's only real sale is the day after Thanksgiving.

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,://"> - Costco sells coffins now.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:49 pm

StupidCowboyTricks wrote: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,://"> - Costco sells coffins now.On sale?

How would they know the best time to schedule it?

Isn't that a conflict of interest with their pharmacy?

StupidCowboyTricks · Post by **StupidCowboyTricks** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:55 pm

Accountable wrote: On sale?

How would they know the best time to schedule it?

Isn't that a conflict of interest with their pharmacy?

.............................://">- They say it had something to do with your "S(C)AM CLUB" insurance premium......it didn't pay for any of the medical prescriptions. Costco has decided to give you (free of charge) an upgraded cardboard coffin......(save it for a rainy/sunny day:-6 )

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:28 pm

Accountable wrote: If I could see animated gifs, would I be insulted?

I see you show San Antonio as your location. I spent about a week there. I could not find a liqour store. Whats the deal? I did find wine in grocery stores. I also drove to find a Starbucks and drove the loop half way around. It seemed like a fifty mile drive. I had to get a map to find my way back to the motel.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:47 pm

StupidCowboyTricks wrote: "Sam's for insurance, ... life just gets better all the time!"....... go jump on that one "Big ://"> Boy" LMAO!://">
Okey dokey. I borrowed my beloved's computer so I could see the moving smiley's. ............

................

I don't get it.

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:55 pm

Accountable wrote: Okey dokey. I borrowed my beloved's computer so I could see the moving smiley's. ............

................

I don't get it.

Ask Jives and/or FAR.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:13 pm

SOJOURNER wrote: Ask Jives and/or FAR.

Your sig is the coolest!

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:34 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: I got this in an email today...

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 offices.

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.

The data below speaks for itself.

Celebrex: 100 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $130.27

Cost of general active ingredients: $ 0.60

Percent markup: 21,712%

Claritin: 1 0 mg

Consumer Price (100 tablets): $215.17

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71

Percent markup: 30,306%

Keflex: 250 mg

Consumer Price (100 tablets): $157.39

Cost of general active ingredients: $1.88

Percent markup: 8,372%

Lipitor: 20 mg

Consumer Price (100 tablets): $272.37

Cost of general active ingredients: $5.80

Percent markup: 4,696%

Norvasc: 10 mg Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14

Percent markup: 134,493%

Paxil: 20 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $220.27

Cost of general active ingredients: $7.60

Percent markup: 2,898%

Prevacid: 30 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $44.77

Cost of general active ingredients: $1.01

Percent markup: 34,136%

Prilosec : 20 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $360.97

Cost of general active ingredients $0.52

Percent markup: 69,417%

Prozac: 20 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets) : $247.47

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.11

Percent markup: 224,973%

Tenormin: 50 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $104.47

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.13

Percent markup: 80,362%

Vasotec: 10 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $102.37

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.20

Percent markup: 51,185%

Xanax: 1 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets) : $136.79

Cost of general active ingredients: $0.024

Percent markup: 569,958%

Zestril: 20 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets) $89.89

Cost of general active ingredients $3.20

Percent markup: 2,809

Zithromax: 600 mg

Consumer price (100 tablets): $1,482.19

Cost of general active ingredients: $18.78

Percent markup: 7,892%

Zocor: /Bsdavis@doc.gov

I dont know of any Costco around here in Oklahoma. I will need to check. If I can buy online I will keep it in mind. I really dont have any expensive meds right now.

I have a CVS near me that I use but as I said I don thave any expensive ones.

I do like the idea though that CVS says they will fill a prescription for morning after pill. I doubt there is any way I will need to buy that but its good they have not caved like Walmart.