On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 22:07:27 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
>"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>> On 7/2/2014 10:07 AM, Gary wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> You don't need your insurance plan to buy OTC drugs. they are cheap
>>> enough.
>>>
>>> G.
>>>
>>
>> One of my wife's prescriptions had a $10 co-pay and when the OTC became
>> available it went to $29.
>
>Yes, when they put things like Prevacid OTC, the price is high like $25.00
>for a month supply, then the insurance company doesn't pay at all and the
>patient pays full price. Nothing cheap about it comparaed to when covered by
>insurance.

Same happened to me with Prilosec OTC so for over a rear I was buying
it at a greatly inflated price, plus since I was precribed two tablets
a day it wasn't always easy to find a large supply in any one store so
I was always hunting around to buy what I could. And then a new
doctor wrote me an Rx for the generic (Omeprazole), a small capsule, I
get a 90 day supply for a $10 co-pay.