sticker shock

[cellio]

Good heavens. I had not realized that list price for my allergy medicine is almost $3/day. (My co-pay, fortunately, is 50 cents/day.) C'mon, guys; develop generics! Besides, it would lower my co-pay a bit. :-)

Fortunately, I do not take allergy drugs year-round -- just for about 6 weeks in the summer, starting soon. I have mild allergy symptoms for longer, but I tend to develop immunities to allergy drugs after a while, and I'd rather not do that again.

Comments

[cellio]

Back when I had a prescription for Seldane, I rarely filled it here. Instead, I bought it over-the-counter in Toronto. I figured that if challenged at the border I could just mention my prescription. Since I could legally get it in the US, I didn't think this was drug-smuggling. :-)

In truth, while I paid less over the counter than I did via insurance co-pay, the real reason I wanted the Canadian Seldane was that in the US I got these huge tablets to take twice a day, while in Canada I could buy nice coated one-a-day capsules that went down without any hassles. I have a strong gag reflex; these things matter.

[rectangularcat]

Well considering a lot of pharmacies ship medications to the states, I think it's even legal!

[cellio]

What's legal for corporations isn't necessarily legal for consumers, however. There could be rules on the books that say that individuals moving controlled substances across the border are breaking the law, even if a reasonable person would say this case is ok. I was betting that if I was ever challenged, I'd get a warning (once) and then I probably wouldn't do that any more. Now, it's not an issue because even though those Seldane capsules are otherwise attractive, I'm not going to try to bring in something that wouldn't otherwise be legal for me to have here.