"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>Gary wrote:
>>
>>> You don't need your insurance plan to buy OTC drugs. they are cheap
>>> enough.
>>
>>One of my wife's prescriptions had a $10 co-pay and when the OTC became
>>available it went to $29.
>
> True... when meds go OTC they typically cost significantly more than
> the co-pay when it was Rx. And with most once they go OTC the generic
> version ceases to exist so your doc can't write a Rx

Same thing happened with yeast infections meds. For most of us they were
cheaper or even free by prescription. Although you can still get them by
prescription, they're not usually given any more.