Synthroid cost

[axeman462]

I'm sure everybody knows about this already, but came across someone today that takes it, and remembered about it. With Part D costs going up next year, and raging Bidenomics inflation, it is helpful.


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sample cost comparison: (Florida)

MAPD:
1 month retail: $47/mo
3 month mail: $131/qrtr

Synthroid delivers:
1 month: $29.50
3 month: $75

 

[sman]

I'm sure everybody knows about this already, but came across someone today that takes it, and remembered about it. With Part D costs going up next year, and raging Bidenomics inflation, it is helpful.


[EXTERNAL LINK] - Discover The Synthroid Delivers Program

sample cost comparison: (Florida)

MAPD:
1 month retail: $47/mo
3 month mail: $131/qrtr

Synthroid delivers:
1 month: $29.50
3 month: $75

Yep. All of my clients who have to take the brand name get this recommendation from me.

 

[DS4]

Just checked ONE Canadian pharmacy, 90 pills/$35.89

 

[somarco]

https://www.mapleleafmeds.com/drug/synthroid/

https://www.mapleleafmeds.com/drug/armour-thyroid/

 

[axeman462]

https://www.mapleleafmeds.com/drug/synthroid/

https://www.mapleleafmeds.com/drug/armour-thyroid/

The only issue that I, and many of clients, have with many Canadian pharmacies is that you don't really know where the drug is coming from:

"This product is dispensed by a pharmacy based in Canada, India, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, or Mauritius."

 

[LostDollar]

The only issue that I, and many of clients, have with many Canadian pharmacies is that you don't really know where the drug is coming from:

"This product is dispensed by a pharmacy based in Canada, India, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, or Mauritius."

(Caveat, not an agent.)
(As a consumer, I have purchased meds through Canadian pharmacies in years past.)
(I currently use ProgressiveRX for infrequent purchases of meds not done at my local pharmacy.)

That's part of your tradeoff for lower price.

At least some of the organizations listed on PharmacyChecker will actually have different pricing listed for products from different countries For example I've seen price listings showing from a pharmacy showing Canadian Name Brand, Canadian generic, Indian generic and Turkish generic.

I think I have seen references to FDA doing some inspection of drug manufacturing facilities in India because of FDA approved generics being manufactured there. I don't know if they (FDA) does any inspections in other countries as well.

 

[goillini52]

The only issue that I, and many of clients, have with many Canadian pharmacies is that you don't really know where the drug is coming from:

"This product is dispensed by a pharmacy based in Canada, India, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, or Mauritius."

My wife was having a friend send her an expensive blood pressure med from Ukraine at 10% of the cost on Part D. Her Cardiologist told her that it would be harder to treat her using the med from Ukraine because they only have to have 80% of the same ingredients to be able to call it the same brand name. He pointed out that they now have a generic so $0 copay compared to $125 copay before the Hole. I wonder if that's true with all the drugs being bought over seas?

 

[Millwood]

(Caveat, not an agent.)
(As a consumer, I have purchased meds through Canadian pharmacies in years past.)
(I currently use ProgressiveRX for infrequent purchases of meds not done at my local pharmacy.)

That's part of your tradeoff for lower price.

At least some of the organizations listed on PharmacyChecker will actually have different pricing listed for products from different countries For example I've seen price listings showing from a pharmacy showing Canadian Name Brand, Canadian generic, Indian generic and Turkish generic.

I think I have seen references to FDA doing some inspection of drug manufacturing facilities in India because of FDA approved generics being manufactured there. I don't know if they (FDA) does any inspections in other countries as well.

 

[Millwood]

Well where do you think your drugs are coming from at your local pharmacy? You have absolutely no clue unless they are in a blister pack with manufacturers origin.

 

[somarco]

The vast majority of brand-name prescription drugs sold in US pharmacies are made overseas and imported by their marketers. Starting about 20 years ago, to bypass the high markups on these drugs, many Americans—particularly those older than 65 years—began importing their prescription drugs at much lower cost over the internet and from Canada and other countries.

PharmacyChecker found that most of the brand-name drugs and APIs in this report are made in other high-income countries with similarly strict standards as those in the United States. Of the 100 brand-name drugs, 32 were finished in the United States, while 67 were finished in countries in the European Union, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Only one brand-name drug, the anticonvulsant Neurontin (gabapentin), was made in India.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/report-details-where-top-100-brand-name-rx-drugs-are-made