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

Re: Claritin and generics

[lefkowitzga.livejournal.com]

The case with Claritin is unusual in that it is the first case of a "citizen's petition" rather than the manufacturer requesting the FDA panel review the drug for generic release. The 'citizen' in question was an insurance company that didn't want to pay for prescription Claritin, Allegra, and Zyrtec allergy medications due to the high demand. Here is an interesting article on the topic: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A48521-2002Nov27¬Found=true