[cmdrfred]

I take home about 32k a year. I also have asthma. I will have it until I die. With the insurance my company offers my medicine is 150 dollars a month on top of the $175 a month fee. To get the prescription I need to pay another $75 dollars every 6 months to the doctor (At the end, They dident even bother with the pretense of busting out the stethoscope anymore I'd come in sit down and they would write the script) I buy the same medicine from India for $30 without a prescription online. It's a scam pure and simple. The choice for me was either drop the insurance and buy a house or rent and pay for insurance that covers little and costs a lot.

[no1youknowz]

I too have asthma.

When I was in the US, I needed a certain type of inhaler. It cost $150. I kid you not, I was furious! I had to pay knowing full well, the same inhaler cost £5 in the UK. Talk about a serious markup!

Now back in the UK. Before I go back. I will visit my doctor about 5 times and stock up on them. Bring as many as I can in the UK so that I never run out again!

[cmdrfred]

People claim that they "Spend so much on R and D that they need to be able to charge these prices". My drug albuterol was in use 100 years ago.

[squeaky-clean]

Similar situation here. My inhalers are $40 each after insurance and last me about 30 days. And then I still have to pay to visit the doctor, who refuses to give me more than 3 at a time.

Nowadays, I have a friend from Cuba who also has Asthma and can buy them for less than a dollar with no prescription. So I just buy him a case of beer and get a year's worth of Salbutamol inhalers.

I can't find somewhere as cheap to get my Advair, but I find I don't really need that one.

[davidjnelson]

Have you checked the prices at the Costco pharmacy? Usually 10-20x less.

[Maskawanian]

Out of curiosity, which vendor do you use?

[cmdrfred]

So they pop in and out of existence from time to time but they are all basically front business from what I can tell. support-rx.com is the 'support' site that you get sent to after you order (I've ordered from 5 or so 'front businesses' and always get sent there), but to actually order anything I go to canadapharmacy24h.com currently. Shipping is costly so I buy in bulk, it takes about 2 weeks to get to my door. When I was working as a cook these companies saved my life, this is what capitalism is all about.