Re: Price of Metformin....
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 20:13:46 -0600 (CST)
Bonnie you're so great!!
It's not just the Metformin, almost all drugs cost that much down here.
Unbelievable isn't it??? I take 1g three times a day, so the $180 is for
90 1000mg pills, double your dose. How I long for the days when I lived
in a Commonwealth country with proper health care!
At Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Koolaide wrote:
>
>Hi everyone! I was just reading some posts about the Metformin and what
>Sonnet wrote about the price. I damn near fell over !!!! Sonnet...how
>many pills did you get for $180 ??? As you know I am in Canada and for
>90 pills of 500mg of met I paid $28.00. Actually, I paid 4 bucks,
>because of my insurance, but the bill was 28. Why on earth does it cost
>so much in california?? How much are the other Canadians paying?
>Sonnet....I will send you some until you get insurance, I am outraged by
>the price down there !!
>Chad and I head out in the morning, but email me if you like and we'll
>work something out!
> Hope all is well with all of you and talk soon.
> Bonnie
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