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Good doctors respond pretty well to your budget constraints. There's likely another option for you, you should ask. It may not be quite as effective, but I be
by mrkurt 17y ago
Good doctors respond pretty well to your budget constraints. There's likely another option for you, you should ask. It may not be quite as effective, but I bet it's much, much cheaper.
Or, you could buy from an evil Canadian pharmacy that sources generics from some place like India. We spent two years doing that for my wife's Singulair, it saved us a fortune.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoGood doctors respond pretty well to your budget constraints. There's likely another option for you, you should ask. It may not be quite as effective, but I bet it's much, much cheaper. Tangentially related fact: in the US, doctors don't do this since it poses a significant risk of lawsuits.
- cdr 17y ago"Doctors don't do this" is a little broad. Anecdotally, I have had a doctor refuse to prescribe a less expensive medication, but more often I have had doctors be sympathetic to paying out of pocket. Sometimes they may not even know how much a medication costs.
- mrkurt 17y agoMy doctors all have. "I can't afford that medication, is there something that's available as a generic that I might be able to use instead?" has worked really well for me. I've also had their front offices recode stuff at lower rates when I explained my high deductible health plan.