[ SHOWGSD-L ] Prescription rates best in US. OT
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In a message dated 8/6/2006 1:06:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jofor@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
I did check this out on snopes.com and it IS TRUE, not an urban legend!!
Joanne
A friend sent this. I shop Costco, but I haven't used their pharmacy. I
haven't checked it out, but I thought some of you might need this information.
COSTCO! read this...
Let's hear it for Costco!! (This is just mind-boggling!) Make sure you
read all the way past the list of the drugs. The woman that signed below is a
Budget Analyst out of federal Washington , DC offices.
Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for the active
ingredient in prescription medications? Some people think it must cost a lot,
since
many drugs sell for more than $2.00 per tablet. We did a search of offshore
chemical synthesizers that supply the active ingredients found in drugs
approved by the FDA. As we have revealed in past issues of Life Extension, a
significant percentage of drugs sold in the United States contain active
ingredients made in other countries. In our independent investigation of how
much
profit drug companies really make, we obtained the actual price of active
ingredients used in some of the most popular drugs sold in America .
The data below speaks for itself.
Celebrex: 100 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $130.27
Cost of general active ingredients: $ 0.60
Percent markup: 21,712%
Claritin: 1 0 mg
Consumer Price (100 tablets): $215.17
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71
Percent markup: 30,306%
Keflex: 250 mg
Consumer Price (100 tablets): $157.39
Cost of general active ingredients: $1.88
Percent markup: 8,372%
Lipitor: 20 mg
Consumer Price (100 tablets): $272.37
Cost of general active ingredients: $5.80
Percent markup: 4,696%
Norvasc: 10 mg Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14
Percent markup: 134,493%
Paxil: 20 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $220.27
Cost of general active ingredients: $7.60
Percent markup: 2,898%
Prevacid: 30 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $44.77
Cost of general active ingredients: $1.01
Percent markup: 34,136%
Prilosec: 20 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $360.97
Cost of general active ingredients $0.52
Percent markup: 69,417%
Prozac: 20 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets) : $247.47
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.11
Percent markup: 224,973%
Tenormin: 50 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $104.47
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.13
Percent markup: 80,362%
Vasotec: 10 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $102.37
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.20
Percent markup: 51,185%
Xanax: 1 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets) : $136.79
Cost of general active ingredients: $0.024
Percent markup: 569,958%
Zestril: 20 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets) $89.89
Cost of general active ingredients $3.20
Percent markup: 2,809
Zithromax: 600 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $1,482.19
Cost of general active ingredients: $18.78
Percent markup: 7,892%
Zocor: /B 40 mg
Consumer price (100 tablets): $350.27
Cost of general active ingredients: $8.63
Percent markup: 4,059%
Zoloft: 50 mg
Consumer price: $206.87
Cost of general active ingredients: $1.75
Percent markup: 11,821%
Since the cost of prescription drugs is so outrageous, I thought everyone
should know about this. Please read the following and pass it on. It pays to
shop around. This helps to solve the mystery as to why they can afford to put
a
Walgreen's on every corner On Monday night, Steve Wilson, an investigative
reporter for Channel 7 News in Detroit , did a story on generic drug price
gouging by pharmacies. He found in his investigation, that some of these
generic drugs were marked up as much as 3,000% or more. Yes, that's not a
typo.....three thousand percent! So often, we blame the drug companies for the
high
cost of drugs, and usually rightfully so. But in this case, the fault clearly
lies with the pharmacies themselves. For example, if you had to buy a
prescription drug, and bought the name brand, you might pay $100 for 100
pills. The
pharmacist might tell you that if you get the generic equivalent, they would
only cost $80, making you think you are "saving" $20. What the pharmacist is
not telling you is that those 100 generic pills may have only cost him $10!
At the end of the report, one of the anchors asked Mr. Wilson whether or not
there were any pharmacies that did not adhere to this practice, and he said
that Costco consistently charged little over their cost for the generic
drugs.
I went to the Costco site, where you can look up any drug, and get its
online price. It says that the in-store prices are consistent with the online
prices. I was appalled. Just to give you one example from my own experience, I
had to use the drug, Compazine, which helps prevent nausea in chemo patients.
I used the generic equivalent, which cost $54.99 for 60 pills at CVS. I
checked the price at Costco, and I could have bought 100 pills for $19.89. For
145 of my pain pills, I paid $72.57. I could have got 150 at Costco for
$28.08.
I would like to mention, that although Costco is a "membership" type store,
you do NOT have to be a member to buy prescriptions there, as it is a
federally regulated substance. You just tell them at the door that you wish to
use
the pharmacy, and they will let you in. (this is true)
I went there this past Thursday and asked them. I am asking each of you to
please help me by copying this letter, and passing it into your own e-mail,
and send it to everyone you know with an e-mail address.
Sharon L. Davis
Budget Analyst
U.S Department of Commerce
Room 6839
Office Ph: 202-482-4458
Office Fax: 202-482-5480
E-mail Address: _sdavis@xxxxxxxx (mailto:sdavis@xxxxxxx)
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<BR>Consumer price (100 tablets) $89.89<BR>Cost of general active=20
ingredients $3.20<BR>Percent markup: 2,809 <BR></SPAN></FONT></B><BR><=
IMG SRC=3D"cid:X.MA34.1154884921@xxxxxxx"; height=3D191 width=3D174=20=
DATASIZE=3D"9886" ID=3D"MA34.1154884921" ><B><FONT face=3DVerdana> <=
SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR></SPAN></=
FONT></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3Dblue size=3D5><SPAN =20=
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verd=
ana"><BR><BR>Zithromax:=20
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D5><SPAN style=
=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">600 mg=20
<BR>Consumer price (100 tablets): $1,482.19 <BR>Cost of general active=
=20
ingredients: $18.78<BR>Percent markup: 7,892%=20
<BR></SPAN></FONT></B><BR><IMG SRC=3D"cid:X.MA35.1154884921@xxxxxxx"; =20=
height=3D155 width=3D181 DATASIZE=3D"6375" ID=3D"MA35.1154884921" ><=
B><FONT face=3DVerdana><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY=
: Verdana"><BR></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3Dblu=
e size=3D5><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR:=
blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR>Zocor:=20
/B </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D5><SPAN st=
yle=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">40 mg=20
<BR>Consumer price (100 tablets): $350.27 <BR>Cost of general active=20
ingredients: $8.63<BR>Percent markup: 4,059%=20
<BR></SPAN></FONT></B><BR><IMG SRC=3D"cid:X.MA36.1154884921@xxxxxxx"; =20=
height=3D192 width=3D192 DATASIZE=3D"9126" ID=3D"MA36.1154884921" >=20=
<B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; F=
ONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT =20=
face=3DVerdana color=3Dblue size=3D5><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIG=
HT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR>Zoloft=
:=20
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D5><SPAN style=
=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">50=20
mg<BR>Consumer price: $206.87<BR>Cost of general active ingredients:=20
$1.75<BR>Percent markup: 11,821% <BR></SPAN></FONT></B><BR><IMG SRC=
=3D"cid:X.MA37.1154884921@xxxxxxx"; height=3D220 width=3D288 DATASIZ=
E=3D"16565" ID=3D"MA37.1154884921" ><B><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D5=
><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ver=
dana"><BR><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana><SPA=
N style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR></SPAN></FON=
T></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3D#333300 size=3D5><SPAN =20=
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,0); FONT-FAMI=
LY: Verdana"><BR><BR>Since=20
the cost of prescription drugs is so outrageous, I thought everyone sh=
ould=20
know about this. Please read the following and pass it on. It pays to=20=
shop=20
around. This helps to solve the mystery as to why they can afford to p=
ut a=20
Walgreen's on every corner On Monday night, Steve Wilson, an investiga=
tive=20
reporter for Channel 7 News in Detroit , did a story on generic drug p=
rice=20
gouging by pharmacies. He found in his investigation, that some of the=
se=20
generic drugs were marked up as much as 3,000% or more. Yes, that's no=
t a=20
typo.....three thousand percent! So often, we blame the drug companies=
for=20
the high cost of drugs, and usually rightfully so. But in this case, t=
he=20
fault clearly lies with the pharmacies themselves. For example, if you=
had=20
to buy a prescription drug, and bought the name brand, you might pay $=
100=20
for 100 pills. The pharmacist might tell you that if you get the gener=
ic=20
equivalent, they would only cost $80, making you think you are "saving=
"=20
$20. What the pharmacist is not telling you is that those 100 generic=20
pills may have only cost him $10! </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT f=
ace=3DVerdana><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana=
"><BR></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3D#333300 size=
=3D5><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: rgb(5=
1,51,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR>At=20
the end of the report, one of the anchors asked Mr. Wilson whether or=20=
not=20
there were any pharmacies that did not adhere to this practice, and he=
=20
said that Costco consistently charged little over their cost for the=20
generic drugs. <BR></SPAN></FONT></B><BR><IMG SRC=3D"cid:X.MA38.115488=
4921@xxxxxxx" height=3D201 width=3D327 DATASIZE=3D"10287" ID=3D"MA3=
8.1154884921" ><B><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3D#333300 size=3D5><SPA=
N style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,0);=20=
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">=20
<BR><BR>I went to the Costco site, where you can look up any drug, and=
get=20
its online price. It says that the in-store prices are consistent with=
the=20
online prices. I was appalled. Just to give you one example from my ow=
n=20
experience, I had to use the drug, Compazine, which helps prevent naus=
ea=20
in chemo patients. <BR></SPAN></FONT></B><BR><IMG SRC=3D"cid:X.MA39.11=
54884921@xxxxxxx" height=3D316 width=3D326 DATASIZE=3D"24039" ID=
=3D"MA39.1154884921" ><B><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3D#333300 size=
=3D5><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: rgb(5=
1,51,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">=20
<BR><BR><BR><BR>I used the generic equivalent, which cost $54.99 for 6=
0=20
pills at CVS. I checked the price at Costco, and I could have bought 1=
00=20
pills for $19.89. For 145 of my pain pills, I paid $72.57. I could hav=
e=20
got 150 at Costco for $28.08. </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=
=3DVerdana><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><=
BR></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana color=3D#333300 size=
=3D5><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: rgb(5=
1,51,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR>I=20
would like to mention, that although Costco is a "membership" type sto=
re,=20
you do NOT have to be a member to buy prescriptions there, as it is a=20
federally regulated substance. You just tell them at the door that you=
=20
wish to use the pharmacy, and they will let you in. (this is true)=20
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana><SPAN style=3D"FONT-=
WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT f=
ace=3DVerdana color=3D#333300 size=3D5><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: b=
old; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,0); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR>I=20
went there this past Thursday and asked them. I am asking each of you=20=
to=20
please help me by copying this letter, and passing it into your own=20
e-mail, and send it to everyone you know with an e-mail address.</SPAN=
>=20
</FONT></B><B><FONT face=3DVerdana><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT:=
bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR><BR>Sharon L.=20
Davis <BR>Budget Analyst<BR>U.S Department of Commerce<BR>Room=20
6839<BR>Office Ph: 202-482-4458<BR>Office Fax: 202-482-5480 <BR>E-mail=
=20
Address: </SPAN></FONT></B><A title=3Dmailto:sdavis@xxxxxxx on=
click=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"mailt=
o:sdavis@xxxxxxx" target=3D_blank><B><FONT face=3DVerdana><SPAN styl=
e=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">sdavis@xxxxxxx</SPAN></FONT></=
B></A><B><FONT face=3DVerdana><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT=
-FAMILY: Verdana">=20
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m" height=3D143 width=3D143 border=3D0 DATASIZE=3D"6093" ID=3D"MA40=
.1154884921" >=20
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