Comments on: The cost of allopurinol http://www.goutdietblog.com/archives/274 Diet for gout Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:07:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Terrance Molock http://www.goutdietblog.com/archives/274#comment-676 Terrance Molock Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:48:08 +0000 http://www.goutdietblog.com/archives/274#comment-676 Bill..buying your health/paying for it has SADLY,SADLY,SADLYbecome pretty much NO DIFFERENT!! than..fixng an old truck. IT IS HAS BECOME!! BUYER BEWARE!!!..I don't think there has everbeen a time when more people have to more than ever..ALWAYS!!!..doyour homework..check EVERYTHING out..double/triple check..read/doresearch..your doctor..your pharmacist..your drugs.. I know,I know you shouldn't have to..there should be an almostGUARANTEE..that your doctor/your pharmacist/your drugsare..100%..you/me..anyone should definitely not have to do this..butwe do..just do it. I am EXTREMELY lucky that I have GREAT! doctors..1 g.p.,3specialists..these guys are 100%..absolutely..but,but,but...I REALLYdo my homework..no I don't try to trip them up/catchthem..excessively doubt/question them..ie..bug them..not respect them. I am in Canada..during a monster gout attack I got a scrip. forcolchicine..my friend phones the Shoppers Drug Mart..they haveit..there..for $25..she comes back with Vioxx..for about twice asmuch..(plus Vioxx does not work for me)I make her call them back..nothey say they don't have colchicine..they checked their and someother rinky dink database..oh no one has colchicine..oh you can notget colchicine..it's a really old drug.Just WHERE did this MONKEYpharmacist..get the idea in his NOTHING brain that he..not aDr.could just change the prescription??I'll deal with this moron whenI am better I say.On the phone she goes..it is common..the costs varyfrom $8-$25.Later they flat out refused to refund my money. Back to allopurinol..ya I know..some say the generic drugs aren'tas good..I really shopped around..my allopurinol costs $8 for 100days. Shop around..get your Dr. to write you a REALLY longprescription..for like 2 years or something..with like a zillionrepeats..some pharmacies/drug companies do not like this..may not doit.They want their "multiple cost dispensing fees"..plus some like toreally jerk you around every time you need more..they no longer haveit on file..etc.It is different/costs of course more..etc.,etc., Yeah..do like me..get a really long scrip.with lottsarepeats..it'll all be on file..for future/past ref..they'll treat yougood..they pretty much have your business..money.. for a coupleyears..if they ever start..or try to give ya the ol gear jive..youdon't have to stay with them..phone your Dr...and go somewhere else.. My rheumatologist once told me..if there was EVER anyproblem..1..ONE phone call to his office..and it would be fixed NOW. A good Dr. can really help you out with the prescription..andcost thing.Be a little careful with Dr.s that are aligned withclinics/pharmacies..that whole medical complex thing.They can steerpeople to the more expensive drugs..that sorta coincidentally..canonly be had where he is.. Bill..buying your health/paying for it has SADLY,SADLY,SADLYbecome pretty much NO DIFFERENT!! than..fixng an old truck. IT IS HAS BECOME!! BUYER BEWARE!!!..I don’t think there has everbeen a time when more people have to more than ever..ALWAYS!!!..doyour homework..check EVERYTHING out..double/triple check..read/doresearch..your doctor..your pharmacist..your drugs..

I know,I know you shouldn’t have to..there should be an almostGUARANTEE..that your doctor/your pharmacist/your drugsare..100%..you/me..anyone should definitely not have to do this..butwe do..just do it. I am EXTREMELY lucky that I have GREAT! doctors..1 g.p.,3specialists..these guys are 100%..absolutely..but,but,but…I REALLYdo my homework..no I don’t try to trip them up/catchthem..excessively doubt/question them..ie..bug them..not respect them.

I am in Canada..during a monster gout attack I got a scrip. forcolchicine..my friend phones the Shoppers Drug Mart..they haveit..there..for $25..she comes back with Vioxx..for about twice asmuch..(plus Vioxx does not work for me)I make her call them back..nothey say they don’t have colchicine..they checked their and someother rinky dink database..oh no one has colchicine..oh you can notget colchicine..it’s a really old drug.Just WHERE did this MONKEYpharmacist..get the idea in his NOTHING brain that he..not aDr.could just change the prescription??I’ll deal with this moron whenI am better I say.On the phone she goes..it is common..the costs varyfrom $8-$25.Later they flat out refused to refund my money.

Back to allopurinol..ya I know..some say the generic drugs aren’tas good..I really shopped around..my allopurinol costs $8 for 100days. Shop around..get your Dr. to write you a REALLY longprescription..for like 2 years or something..with like a zillionrepeats..some pharmacies/drug companies do not like this..may not doit.They want their “multiple cost dispensing fees”..plus some like toreally jerk you around every time you need more..they no longer haveit on file..etc.It is different/costs of course more..etc.,etc., Yeah..do like me..get a really long scrip.with lottsarepeats..it’ll all be on file..for future/past ref..they’ll treat yougood..they pretty much have your business..money.. for a coupleyears..if they ever start..or try to give ya the ol gear jive..youdon’t have to stay with them..phone your Dr…and go somewhere else.. My rheumatologist once told me..if there was EVER anyproblem..1..ONE phone call to his office..and it would be fixed NOW. A good Dr. can really help you out with the prescription..andcost thing.Be a little careful with Dr.s that are aligned withclinics/pharmacies..that whole medical complex thing.They can steerpeople to the more expensive drugs..that sorta coincidentally..canonly be had where he is..

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