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Post by marzbar71 on Dec 1, 2022 14:43:14 GMT
My dad will probably need to start taking a drug for his lungs. The cost even after his insurance will be about $2K a month. We're investigating the possibility of sending the prescription to a Canadian pharmacy and wanted to see if any of you had experience with that. Good? Bad? Any recommendations? Thanks!
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Post by malibou on Dec 1, 2022 18:49:43 GMT
Perhaps this site will help. You may want to also look into RXSaver. |
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Post by Lexica on Dec 1, 2022 19:30:19 GMT
I have not used a Canadian pharmacy, but I know someone who has and she was very happy with the service. She said you really need to stay on top of how much you have on hand because it took quite a while for her prescriptions to arrive. I would suggest contacting the pill manufacturer to see if they have a program to provide the medication cheaper. I know several companies do that for people who cannot afford them. They are even advertising on some TV ads that if you cannot afford their medication, they can arrange for you to get it for $5 per prescription. Another thought. My father had been with the same doctor for many years and he asked him to double up on the dosage of certain pills so that Dad could cut them in half. The price he was paying was by prescription, not by dosage, so getting a higher dose allowed him to cut them in half, making the medications last twice as long and cost half as much. There were some pills he couldn't do this with, but I thought it would be worth suggesting to you in case your dad's medication could be made double the strength and then cut in half. Also, I would only do this if your father was very careful with his medications. I would not suggest this for someone who might accidentally take a whole pill by mistake. Maybe you could cut them in half for him and dispense them into daily containers for him if you think it might be dangerous for him to have a double-strength pill around? I used to handle my mom's medications and used these containers, except ours are clear: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09B2GKR3X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1Mom's meds were to be taken morning and night so these worked out perfectly. I purchased 4 of them and then used rub-on numbers from my craft room to number them 1 to 4 for the 4 weeks of the month they were to cover. No more wondering if she took that morning's pills or not. And she liked having that early morning reminder of what day of the week it was. I liked these so much when filling them for Mom that I bought 4 for myself and use them for my own medications. I really hate dispensing pills and with these containers, I only had to do it once per month which was much easier than every morning/night like we were doing when Mom first moved in with me. I hope you have good luck finding a reasonable price for your Dad's meds. |
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Post by marzbar71 on Dec 2, 2022 13:37:55 GMT
Thanks for that link malibou. The company has already been contact and my dad doesn't qualify for assistance. Looked at some Canadian sites yesterday - his cost would go down to either $200 or $450 a month depending on the generic. We'll have to talk to his doctor about that. I think this medication only comes in 2 doses and they're not nice and tidy double the amount, etc. He's very organized with his meds although good advice on ordering with enough lead time. He's used to be able to call his local pharmacy and have stuff delivered that day. LOL |
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Post by librarylady on Dec 2, 2022 14:31:08 GMT
Probably 20 years ago we used a Canadian Pharmacy for DH's medication. We never had any problem.
We stopped using it when we had better insurance for the Rx.
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Post by ntsf on Dec 2, 2022 16:32:29 GMT
also medicare meds rules are changing.. isn't it going to be limited to $2000 a year next year? you might look into that
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Post by buddysmom on Dec 2, 2022 16:52:48 GMT
I believe that the maximum $2000 out of pocket does not start until 2025.
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Post by milocat on Dec 2, 2022 16:55:16 GMT
I have not used a Canadian pharmacy, but I know someone who has and she was very happy with the service. She said you really need to stay on top of how much you have on hand because it took quite a while for her prescriptions to arrive. I would suggest contacting the pill manufacturer to see if they have a program to provide the medication cheaper. I know several companies do that for people who cannot afford them. They are even advertising on some TV ads that if you cannot afford their medication, they can arrange for you to get it for $5 per prescription. Another thought. My father had been with the same doctor for many years and he asked him to double up on the dosage of certain pills so that Dad could cut them in half. The price he was paying was by prescription, not by dosage, so getting a higher dose allowed him to cut them in half, making the medications last twice as long and cost half as much. There were some pills he couldn't do this with, but I thought it would be worth suggesting to you in case your dad's medication could be made double the strength and then cut in half. Also, I would only do this if your father was very careful with his medications. I would not suggest this for someone who might accidentally take a whole pill by mistake. Maybe you could cut them in half for him and dispense them into daily containers for him if you think it might be dangerous for him to have a double-strength pill around? I used to handle my mom's medications and used these containers, except ours are clear: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09B2GKR3X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1Mom's meds were to be taken morning and night so these worked out perfectly. I purchased 4 of them and then used rub-on numbers from my craft room to number them 1 to 4 for the 4 weeks of the month they were to cover. No more wondering if she took that morning's pills or not. And she liked having that early morning reminder of what day of the week it was. I liked these so much when filling them for Mom that I bought 4 for myself and use them for my own medications. I really hate dispensing pills and with these containers, I only had to do it once per month which was much easier than every morning/night like we were doing when Mom first moved in with me. I hope you have good luck finding a reasonable price for your Dad's meds. My pharmacist figured that 100 mg pills cut in half for my 50 mg dose was so much cheaper than 50 mg pills. They cut them for me. My DD has depression and anxiety and she gets overwhelmed with having to open a bunch of bottles and fill her pill dispenser. I said I'll buy you more dispensers then you only have to do it once a month. Small price to pay, so she actually takes her pills and supplements. I also told her she could bring her stuff here and I could fill it if it felt like too much. Good luck marzbar71 |
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Post by callmenutz on Dec 3, 2022 5:07:45 GMT
You can try this site. I was hoping to find my thyroid medication on here because Medicare won’t pay for it. costplusdrugs.com/ |
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Post by hmp on Dec 3, 2022 21:31:40 GMT
I have lots of patients doing this. There haven’t been any problems. All the places they use are listed in responses here. God Bless Canada!
You might want to try contacting the manufacturer to see if he qualifies any patient assistance program.
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