Monday, September 10, 2012
Walgreens Can Suck It
On Friday my nurse called the last of my meds into Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy so that I could have them Tuesday so I called to verify the price and make sure they didn't need anything from me. I was told my doctor ordered 10 Menopur (eek! Way more than I estimated) so I was shocked at the $904 price tag, but told them as soon as the order was processed to give me a call and I'd give them my credit card number. The pharmacist hadn't gone over the order so I wasn't allowed to pay yet. So then today while I was out with a friend doing some shopping I got a call that the order was processed and they were ready for payment. I asked them to verify the amount for me (I ask every.single.time.) before I gave them my information and suddenly the price was $1054!! I had called a few other pharmacies in the process and so I knew I was getting screwed. I told them to forget it because I knew I could get my medicines cheaper elsewhere. So here I am sitting in the car in the Lowes parking lot with my good friend and we are both calling fertility pharmacies. I gave her my list of meds and we both called to get prices. I called one of the ones I had called previously and they quoted me an even better price than they had previously so I told them to go ahead and set up a chart for me and I'd get my nurse to call in my scripts. I called my nurse and explained that Walgreens was trying to screw me over and I had chosen another pharmacy and she gladly called them in for me pretty quickly. Mandell's Pharmacy called me back an hour later and after I explained the Walgreens ordeal I got my meds for $863! They were able to get insurance to cover my syringes and needles and offered me free overnight delivery. They even offered to have them delivered same day if I needed it FOR FREE! I seriously had the best experience with them and I wouldn't hesitate to use them again. Tomorrow I go for my pre-Lurpon sonogram, pick up my meds in their fridge, hand over the millions of forms they need from me, and learn how to inject myself with various medications. Yay!
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Tjaden's office uses Freedom pharmacy, and I was always happy with them. Don't know how their prices compare though. All I remember is that ovidrel is $65
ReplyDeleteFreedom was a lot more than the others, but I know that's generally the pharmacy that these offices use. I can't remember what pharmacy it was, but we used a local pharmacy for ovidrel in Wichita. I think it was on Woodlawn or Rock at Central. I think even Target can get that one in now! 9 years ago that stuff was nearly impossible to find! And I will say that the prices have definitely come down a lot since then so I'm not going to complain about med costs. I just felt like they were holding the script until Monday and then they could raise the price and I wouldn't have a choice but to pay it because I would need them ASAP. Luckily, I ordered well in advance and still had the option to find another pharmacy. I just think it's dishonest and I won't do business with a company like that.
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