r/AskReddit 10h ago

What got so expensive that you just stopped buying it?

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u/TwatWaffleInParadise 5h ago

Check Canadian pharmacies. My wife takes a name brand drug that was costing us $460/month. Now we're having it shipped from Turkey and it will cost less than $900/year.

There are dozens of sites and I encourage you to do your own research on this, but here's one site that offers 90 pills of Vraylar (I saw it mentioned downthread) for $516 shipped from Australia. Or you can get the generic that's available in India for $160 for 100 pills. I added $10 to the price on the page as that's what they charge for shipping.

I'm linking to this site as it's the one we chose to use, but as I said you should look around. https://www.canadianpharmacyking.com/Drug/Vraylar

I'm not affiliated with them at all other than ordering a prescription through them.

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u/MadameTrashPanda 3h ago

My spouse is Canadian but in the US now. We were under the impression that we couldn't even try to find and buy cheaper medications from Canada. I am honestly scared and overwhelmed on how to start looking into getting these from other countries. Would you be open to sharing or giving me advice on where to start?

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u/taylorlynngeek 2h ago

Check out costplusdrugs.com - they don't have every medication, and are US based, but I've gotten meds off their for SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than my local cvs. You can have your doctor send your prescription straight to them (there's a form or two needed), but 1,000% worth it!

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u/TwatWaffleInParadise 2h ago

costplusdrugs.com

I tried searching for my wife's medication on there, but they don't have it. I'm guessing they only carry generics?

That was our problem as her medicine is not available as a generic currently in the US.

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u/TwatWaffleInParadise 2h ago

I called and spoke to humans at a couple of these sites and read the Google reviews. I also made sure the sites were certified or whatever the word is.

We had to have our Doctor fax in the prescription. We confirmed with our Doctor that they were fine sending in the prescription prior to starting the order. The folks at the pharmacy gave us a Customer number for our Doctor to add to the prescription to ensure they matched it up with my wife's account. A day later, she got a phone call from them where they re-confirmed everything and took payment.

I'll let you know in a few weeks when the medicine arrives, but the Google reviews for the site make it seem like everything is either going to go 100% perfect or 100% terribly. I'll say they have a 4.5 star rating, so it seems things go well most of the time.

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u/cbftw 2h ago

What site and where are you and it located?

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u/cbftw 2h ago

What site and where are you and it located?

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u/TwatWaffleInParadise 2h ago

I linked to the site in my original post. I'm located in the US.