Let me first say that I'm not on any "prescribed" medication. The only medication I take daily is an antihistamine. It wasn't prescribed, but suggested by an allergist. She suggested Claritin. When I first started taking it, it was around $30 for 10 tablets. Lately, the price has come down a bit, if you know where to buy it. Still, the price doesn't even compare to the generic version.
Claritin is just Loratadine with a brand name attached to it. The generic form of it is...just Loratadine. On Amazon, a small bottle of Claritin with 90 tablets is $31.95. A small bottle of Loratadine with 300 tablets is $9.99.
Also, thanks to a sinus infection that started last Sunday, I needed to pick up something for that. I usually take Mucinex since it works pretty well for me. But when I was in the store looking at that stuff, I looked to see if there was a generic version of it. And there was. The Mucinex was $17 for 14 tablets. The generic version, exact same ingredients, exact same dosage, exact same number of tablets, was $7.
But speaking of prescription medication, my mom is on several. For years, she was having to pay some crazy amount for 2 of her medications because there wasn't a generic form of it. Well, that's what CVS told her. When she switched to the Publix pharmacy, she found out different. She was told both of those, and 1 of the others she takes, have generic versions that are WAY cheaper. And looking at the dosage, active ingredients, etc., they're all identical to their name-brand versions. So now, instead of spending several hundred dollars a years on just those 3 medications, she now spends less than $10. Yep, LESS than $10 for all 3 of those. One of them is usually free or less than $.30; and another one is less than #1. And those are for multiple-month dosages (2-3 months at a time).
So I say if you're taking ANY medication, you should definitely look to see if they make a generic version of it to try and save money.
Claritin is just Loratadine with a brand name attached to it. The generic form of it is...just Loratadine. On Amazon, a small bottle of Claritin with 90 tablets is $31.95. A small bottle of Loratadine with 300 tablets is $9.99.
Also, thanks to a sinus infection that started last Sunday, I needed to pick up something for that. I usually take Mucinex since it works pretty well for me. But when I was in the store looking at that stuff, I looked to see if there was a generic version of it. And there was. The Mucinex was $17 for 14 tablets. The generic version, exact same ingredients, exact same dosage, exact same number of tablets, was $7.
But speaking of prescription medication, my mom is on several. For years, she was having to pay some crazy amount for 2 of her medications because there wasn't a generic form of it. Well, that's what CVS told her. When she switched to the Publix pharmacy, she found out different. She was told both of those, and 1 of the others she takes, have generic versions that are WAY cheaper. And looking at the dosage, active ingredients, etc., they're all identical to their name-brand versions. So now, instead of spending several hundred dollars a years on just those 3 medications, she now spends less than $10. Yep, LESS than $10 for all 3 of those. One of them is usually free or less than $.30; and another one is less than #1. And those are for multiple-month dosages (2-3 months at a time).
So I say if you're taking ANY medication, you should definitely look to see if they make a generic version of it to try and save money.
I had too!
