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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:03:15 PM EDT
Went to refill my script for Morphine Sulfate ER
60mg. quantity 90 generic. Was told New price is $199.00. Old price was $119.00. Sams Club Corperate on June 1, 2017 Removed ALL Plus discounts on ALL pain medications. Walmart did the same thing about a year ago. 
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:05:02 PM EDT
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No health plan?
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:06:02 PM EDT
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or maybe it reflects increased cost of their side...
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:06:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:07:25 PM EDT
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or maybe it reflects increased cost of their side... |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:09:03 PM EDT
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thats dirty...... what is comparable market price?
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:11:59 PM EDT
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Or maybe they know he needs the shit and are reaming him because they can? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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or maybe it reflects increased cost of their side... 
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:13:39 PM EDT
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Or maybe they know he needs the shit and are reaming him because they can? It's a conspiracy.. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:15:01 PM EDT
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If only there were competing drug stores he could fill his script with. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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or maybe it reflects increased cost of their side... |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:15:44 PM EDT
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Walmart must be in on it too.... It's a conspiracy.. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Or maybe they know he needs the shit and are reaming him because they can? It's a conspiracy.. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:16:14 PM EDT
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Went to refill my script for Morphine Sulfate ER 60mg. quantity 90 generic. Was told New price is $199.00. Old price was $119.00. Sams Club Corperate on June 1, 2017 Removed ALL Plus discounts on ALL pain medications. Walmart did the same thing about a year ago. Tablets or capsules? |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:16:30 PM EDT
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Use goodrx.com
Type in location , name of drug, cheapest listed places listed in your area.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:16:54 PM EDT
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Shop around. They all charge basically the same. Ask me how I know. What seems moar plausible? |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:18:04 PM EDT
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What are you taking MS Contin for?
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:18:48 PM EDT
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Price fixing is real, if that's what you're asking. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:21:38 PM EDT
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so either the price change reflects a change in the market price of the drug, or they are all trying to fuck you... What seems moar plausible? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Shop around. They all charge basically the same. Ask me how I know. What seems moar plausible? You think the market price changed that much? Please... |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:23:10 PM EDT
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Walmart/Sam's Club is currently engaged in a trust with all other pharmacies in the nation to fix the price of pain medication? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Price fixing is real, if that's what you're asking. Maybe not collusion, but certainly not based on cost. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:24:06 PM EDT
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Gouging lol
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:24:29 PM EDT
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Tablets
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:24:50 PM EDT
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He's looking at an almost 100% price increase. You think the market price changed that much? Please... I've been told that's what makes Walmart so dastardly. Their low prices force all the other people out of business. Maybe they just decided to stop being so dastardly. Oh well. You should really call up the Federal Trade Commission. They're the ones who investigate these kinds of things. Be sure to provide them with all of your evidence. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:24:56 PM EDT
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In before "Go be poor somewhere else".
I feel for you man, that is a hell of a mark up. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:26:19 PM EDT
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TheRealGhurkaDin, look into immediate release (IM) tablets of a lower dose. You will have to take them more often, but they are usually significantly cheaper than extended release.
I was shopping around for oxycodone and the ER tabs (oxycontin) were 10 times more expensive. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:26:55 PM EDT
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No, they look at their local competition and set the price based on that, not their actual cost. Maybe not collusion, but certainly not based on cost. Welcome to a market economy. I'm not sure what soviet bloc nation's hospital you just woke up in, but that's how market pricing works. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:29:22 PM EDT
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That would cost me oh, about .87 cents.....It's good to have real insurance.
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:29:56 PM EDT
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Maybe Sam's was charging quite a bit under market and decided to stop doing so. I've been told that's what makes Walmart so dastardly. Their low prices force all the other people out of business. Maybe they just decided to stop being so dastardly. Oh well. You should really call up the Federal Trade Commission. They're the ones who investigate these kinds of things. Be sure to provide them with all of your evidence. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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He's looking at an almost 100% price increase. You think the market price changed that much? Please... I've been told that's what makes Walmart so dastardly. Their low prices force all the other people out of business. Maybe they just decided to stop being so dastardly. Oh well. You should really call up the Federal Trade Commission. They're the ones who investigate these kinds of things. Be sure to provide them with all of your evidence. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:31:06 PM EDT
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Based on my own experience, I think the $119 was about right. The $199 price is just thievery. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:31:18 PM EDT
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Oh, so they charge whatever the market will bear. Welcome to a market economy. I'm not sure what soviet bloc nation's hospital you just woke up in, but that's how market pricing works. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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No, they look at their local competition and set the price based on that, not their actual cost. Maybe not collusion, but certainly not based on cost. Welcome to a market economy. I'm not sure what soviet bloc nation's hospital you just woke up in, but that's how market pricing works. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:32:30 PM EDT
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I can tell you that over the last two years Pfizer has increased wholesale prices five times on many of their drugs
The amount that we are paying for Depo Medrol now is stupid Compound that with increased regulatory issues at both the state and federal level and I am not surprised |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:34:16 PM EDT
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Like a heroin dealer, great. Market economy. No one bases their prices on cost. Prices are always set by the market. Costs only affects the profit/incentive side of the equation. Costs determine who is willing/able to fulfill the market demand. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:34:49 PM EDT
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lol Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Based on my own experience, I think the $119 was about right. The $199 price is just thievery. And did you see the chart posted above? The highest price was Walgreens at $122. $199 is thievery. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:36:32 PM EDT
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Script explains the majority of OP's posts.
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:36:57 PM EDT
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Lol? What are you, a comedian? I've been on long-term opioids for my knees. I know a little about this stuff. And did you see the chart posted above? The highest price was Walgreens at $122. $199 is thievery. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:39:35 PM EDT
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Well with all the pain in the ass that selling opioids is now, they are probably trying to drive those customers away as to not have to deal with it.
Time to shop around OP. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:43:22 PM EDT
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Oral morphine is a fucking joke anyway...
10% bioavailability... you are throwing way 90% of the cost for nothing.. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:50:14 PM EDT
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Use goodrx.com Type in location , name of drug, cheapest listed places listed in your area. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/64504/Screenshot-2017-06-23-18-18-09-237366.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/64504/Screenshot-2017-06-23-18-20-21-237367.JPG |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:51:16 PM EDT
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Here's my experience.
I started on norco, but that didn't cut it so I went to a pain specialist and he gave me oxycodone. I got my oxycodone from costco for 2 months and then the price doubled. I didn't care, I had insurance. Two months later they told me they no longer carry oxycodone. So I went to CVS. Got oxycodone for 1 month from them before the price doubled. Two months later they tell me they no longer carry oxycodone. See a trend? I knew the price doubled based on the statements from my insurance. I finally went to Walgreens and have used them drama-free ever since. Over several years I have seen the price steadily increase, but by 5% a year maybe. Never 100%. A 100% increase can mean several things. They are fucking you. They undercharged to begin with, but based on the price quoted I don't think so. They are trying to dissuade you from being their customer (as costco and cvs probably did to me, although they said they don't carry it anymore.) Doctors don't like to write scripts for opioids and pharmacies don't like to carry them because of the added security needed, and the general bad name given to these drugs plus new state and federal regs. Remember what Obama said at the start of Obamacare? "Mr. and Mrs. Jones on Medicare, you may not be able to get your hip replaced anymore. You'll have to take a pain pill." And then they took the pain pills too. 
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:52:06 PM EDT
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Well with all the pain in the ass that selling opioids is now, they are probably trying to drive those customers away as to not have to deal with it. Time to shop around OP. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:52:41 PM EDT
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Oral morphine is a fucking joke anyway... 10% bioavailability... you are throwing way 90% of the cost for nothing.. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:56:07 PM EDT
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This. Some of my Rx's end up cheaper than my BCBS co-pay using GoodRx Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Use goodrx.com Type in location , name of drug, cheapest listed places listed in your area. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/64504/Screenshot-2017-06-23-18-18-09-237366.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/64504/Screenshot-2017-06-23-18-20-21-237367.JPG i.e. 90 day supply at Costco paying out-of-pocket = $15. 90 day supply using insurance and paying copay = $90. So, I hardly ever use the insurance for meds. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:56:49 PM EDT
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This explains so much about OP's threads
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:57:53 PM EDT
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I'm not a doctor, and I don't have a lot of room to talk when it comes to self destructive behavior for a lot of years, but maybe they're doing you a bit of a favor.
That's a lot of pain meds, dude. Btw, don't take anything I write too seriously. It's just the random musings of a moron. 
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Posted: 6/23/2017 6:59:15 PM EDT
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Lol? What are you, a comedian? I've been on long-term opioids for my knees. I know a little about this stuff. And did you see the chart posted above? The highest price was Walgreens at $122. $199 is thievery. I spent 4 months taking pain meds and said fuck that, I take advil these days, I am finally back to being able to poop again! Sorry buddy, no sympathy from me. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 7:00:18 PM EDT
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That's very likely. Did the same to me. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 7:01:33 PM EDT
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Goodrx.com is what you need, as stated above.
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Posted: 6/23/2017 7:04:23 PM EDT
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It's definitely happening. The war on drugs is ruining life for people with pain. I've been told by conservatives that that's a price they're willing to pay to keep some people from getting high recreationally. Not by conservatives who actually live with chronic pain, I suspect. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 7:04:38 PM EDT
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So we should limit how much retailers can profit from their goods? How much is fair for them to make? Where is it written that they're to base pricing on wholesale cost multiples? How do market forces work? What did 911 say when you called to report it?
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Posted: 6/23/2017 7:14:37 PM EDT
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They should give him a needle? Oral morphine is a joke. |
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Posted: 6/23/2017 7:25:01 PM EDT
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MAGA.
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Posted: 6/23/2017 7:26:56 PM EDT
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This explains so much about OP's threads 
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Posted: 6/23/2017 7:34:01 PM EDT
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Feds probably have mandated no discounts on opiates.
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Posted: 6/23/2017 7:37:23 PM EDT
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Wall-Mart is losing sales, they are raising prices where and whenever they can
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