OT. Cost of prescription tablets in the US. Need some assistance.

In article , keh6444
@ana.yahoo.com says...

Funny, I've had scrips written by a physician in MA filled at pharmacies
in CT with no problem, no questions, and no hassle whatsoever.
 
On 27/02/2011 12:09 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
Labelling sounds the same. $300 to see a doc doesn't! Anything I
brought with me would be plainly from a pharmacist, and I'll have my
scrip/s with me.
Thanks for your help.
Hoges in WA
 
On 26/02/2011 11:51 PM, pavane wrote:
I think the "Co" in Coplavix is just so you don't have to take a
Cardiprin or half-an-aspirin. I arced up about having to take the
Plavix bit but lost the argument.
Hoges in WA
 
On 27/02/2011 1:10 AM, l, not -l wrote:
Wow. That's way more than here. Maybe I'll just bring the Caduets and
buy the Metformin (which are the bulkier packages).
Thanks for the fright!!!
Hoges
 
On 27/02/2011 1:58 AM, George Shirley wrote:
I'm only must into the "red zone" for type 2 so the doc and I are still
at odds about taking anything. Trouble is, he keeps making exercise a
condition of backing off?
Hoges
 
Hoges in WA wrote in
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What JC said about having a letter from your Dr is right. Better to be
safe, than sorry, as some medications that are available here for general
use, are illegal in other countries.

I *always* get a letter from my Dr describing what I've got, and why I'm
taking them. *Especially* when travelling in SEAsia!!



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Tasmania

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and we confront the challenge that is before us, I want us to remember who
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We are Queenslanders.

We're the people that they breed tough, north of the border.

We're the ones that they knock down, and we get up again."
 
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:19:56 -0800, David Harmon wrote:


That would not have been an issue for the type of drugs he would have
been prescribing and my financial/insurance situation at the time(s).

-sw
 
In article , [email protected]
says...

Neither do the state legislatures in the states where I checked the
statutes.

Maine: Out of state prescriptions specifically allowed provide the
pharmacist calls the prescribing physician.

Arkansas: No specific statements concerning where the practitioner must
be licensed.

California: Schedule III, IV, and V controlled substance out of state
prescriptions are explicitly allowed, Schedule II the rules are too
complicated for me to be willing to wade through for an Internet post.

New York: Out of state prescription explicitly allowed.

I can find no reliable information that _any_ state has such a
prohibition in force.

In most states though pharmacists have broad discretion and most require
that the prescription contain specific information--if it's not all
there then the pharmacist won't fill the prescription and many get
sticky about Schedule II.
 
On 2/26/2011 4:34 PM, Hoges in WA wrote:

I have a 75 year old friend who takes nothing for his Type 2, he is
skinny as a rail, eats very little and hates to take meds. He's been
doing this for at least 20 years but still fears he will have to take
meds soon. Exercise helps to burn off the sugars in your body and keeps
your need for insulin down. I don't exercise much because strokes have
affected one leg and one arm, sort of slows me down a lot.
 
On 2/26/2011 4:49 PM, Hoges in WA wrote:

You taking Interstate 10 to Florida? You will go right by where I live,
stop by and I'll make some coffee. My email isn't munged. I worked with
Ozzies in Saudi, most were nice people.
 
On 2/26/2011 5:51 PM, Omelet wrote:

Just about anywhere in the world is cheaper than the US Om. The
manufacturers are protected by patents and laws. When I lived outside
the US all my medical costs were about half what they are here and I
paid cash up front. In some cases here I can pay cash for medical care
and get a 50% discount immediately because the medical people don't have
to deal with the insurance companies and/or the gubmint.
 
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:35:32 -0600, Sky
wrote:

and prices are going up due to fuel costs.


--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:11:35 -0600, Sky
wrote:

That's standard bargaining practice world wide, especially when
dealing with Chinese made look alikes. But the US tends to have set
prices in stores. So he should feel right at home. I think if he
plans to buy jewelry from an open air concessionaire, he needs to know
the price of silver and turquoise and take into consideration how much
labor has gone into a piece of work in order to judge the value. If
the pieces are not cheap sh*t made in China being sold as authentic,
the artists are not ripping off the public and deserve to be paid
fairly.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
"J. Clarke" wrote:

When my overseas relatives used to come visit us in the US, they were
able to get a *small* supply of their Rx meds if they ran out. They
always had the original packaging and a copy of the original Rx.
Basically enough of the meds to get them home again. Can't comment on
the legality but the pharmacists were generally helpful.
 
On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:58:14 -0700, Arri London
wrote:


When I lived in Belize the pharmacist there didn't require a script,
folks just asked for what they wanted and it was handed over with no
writing on it whatsoever. The pharmacist would prescribe too, just
say what was bothering you. Some folks went to the pharmacist, some
went to the medicine women. Doctors there weren't too good... when I
was suffering with horrid pain I was sent for an x-ray, the oldest
antique x-ray machiune I ever saw, all made of wood, probably an
original Roentgen. When the Dr looked at the film he pointed out what
he said was a gall stone. When I brought the film back to the the US
and showed it to my regular doctor he informed me that was not a gall
stone, it was the end view of a blood vessel.
 
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