Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Trick of the trade: Discounted medications at pharmacies

Many times, patients who we deem as "noncompliant" with medications may actually be financially unable to afford medications that we prescribe them. Thanks to Amy Kinard, I just learned about this great new website where you can find pharmacies with amazing discounts for common medications.


I went to Walmart and Target myself to see if this was indeed true, because frankly I couldn't believe the amazing deals. For example, you can get 20 tablets of ciprofloxacin (500 mg tabs) for only $4.

Download the list of eligible medications and the price list from:
Even more cool is that fact that this same information can be found in a free iPhone app called Generics. Now you can refer patients to the most affordable pharmacy (see below).




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5 comments:

  1. This is a great pearl for anyone who practices in an economically challenged area.

    Another question for all you readers:

    Have any of you ever purchased prescriptions for your patients?

    Let's hear about it!

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  2. No, but I've bought warm socks as gifts for Christmas once!

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  3. The website I gave is excellent, but I have subsequently found some out of date information in the generics iPhone app- it is not updated as often as the website, which has yet to fail me. Cheers. AmyK

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  4. Also, the link above is broken. http://www.genericmedlist.com will get you there. AmyK

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  5. Good catch. Fixed on this main posting. Thanks, Amy!

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