My mother's asthma inhaler went up in price last year to almost $400...when in Turkey I discovered that it costs about $3.50 there. Same drug, same manufacturer, same number of doses...100 times less. This is such a huge problem in the US.
OMG! I literally just got my tretinoin for $25.05 at rite aid!!!!!!! I have been paying $129.99 for it for the last few months. I didn’t even think it would work and after watching this I looked it up went in and it worked!! Wth thank you!!! 😩🙌🏻❤️
@@reneebeltran7628 I use to buy it through my plastic surgeon, but now I pay $19 for a consult on goodrx and they give me the prescription! Just tell them you have adult acne and you’re running out soon. Say you use to get it from a Dr and will no longer be able to. If you say it’s for anti aging they don’t give you the prescription! Hope that helps ❤️
Whenever I travel internationally, I always stop at a pharmacy and buy multiple tubes of tretinonin over the counter. In Qatar and Portugal, I pay around $5 per tube!
It may be a good idea to find out how many tubes of tretinoin and other pharmacuticals residents are allowed to bring back to their own country for personal use. Then you can stock up on as many as you can, keeping in mind the expiry date on the products. 👱♀️❤
Pharmacy tech here! Goodrx is a really great resource, but here are a couple tips: 1. You can actually use one coupon and keep it on file, and it will work on all of your medications! 2. These coupons work really well on generic drugs, but not very well on brand name only drugs 3. Please don’t harass us if the price isn’t exactly what the coupon says! We bill goodrx, and they give us a price. Most likely you have plugged something in wrong (strength, form, etc). We can sometimes contact your doctor to find cheaper alternatives 4. Discount card prices can fluctuate, so the prices may very slightly each time you pick up the medication
Absolutely correct if anything the cost was even less than in the app ☺️ but always give or take a buck or two Most medication if the quantity is a 30 day supply or pills/capsule’s of 30 whatever The Script is the pharmacy offers a $4 to $6 dollar in-house price
As a healthcare provider who cares for medically isolated and financially strapped people this is sad. If all pharmacies accept these coupons then the lower prices should be the actual price. What a shame.
I love that the intention behind this video is to empower people because you genuinely care about others. I feel this behind all of your videos, Dr. Dray, and appreciate you so much! 🙂
When I asked my derm for a Latisse Rx, she said “Oh we sell that here directly.” For a mere $130. Meanwhile it costs $50 generic with my goodrx coupon. So I asked for a paper Rx instead and told her why. We really have to research things ourselves.
@air-conditionedgypsy8863 Great to hear that others pay attention to the price of meds from their veterinarian. It's not cheap to take care of your pets. Even the price of maintenance meds is high. Not sure if pets will be affordable in the near future. Sad😢!
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this video! I've been a regular viewer for over two years and I FINALLY got my first prescription for Tretinoin. I'm 50 and my derm said I had the skin of a 30-year-old (thanks to you!). In short, I downloaded my GoodRX coupon and paid $12.31 for a $166 tube of Tretinoin. GoodRX is such a gem (like you!), Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH for your great advice and overall common sense.
As a European this amazes me... In my county Finland all prescription medicine have to cost the same, no matter which pharmacy you buy it, it's the law. Also the pharmacists are required to suggest a lower cost brand, if there is one with the same active ingredient and vehicle, of course the costumer decides if they want to make the switch.
I'm happy for you. I live in america. even having insurance through my work I don't go get prescribed inhalers for my asthma opting to buy primatene mist inhalers over ebay for 23 dollars a pop because it would be a hassle to find a doctor and set up an appointment to get a prescription and find out the inhaler at the pharmacy is priced unreasonably high. If I want albuterol or salbutamol I order those in bulk from over seas. It's the wild west over here and medical issues will bankrupt you. be thankful for what you have.
Not in Poland. Unfortunately it's a huge market for pharmaceutical companies. Turn the TV on and more than half of the ads are for medications - tablets for pain here and there, take this tablet and you can eat whatever you like etc.🥴. My small town (about 45k residents) has 23 pharmacies👀👀👀. Some people spend half their pensions on medications, some can't afford them at all. My parents are both over 70 and have to pay a good amount of money for their prescribed medications. In the UK, where I live, we have a set price too, and people over 60 don't pay at all.
My daughter who is 27 now, has congentive heart problems since birth. Her meds were very expensive even with insurance, & I've been using Good RX for years, usually cheaper than my copay. Thanks for explaining the whole system!
I’m a healthcare provider and have been recommending GoodRx to patients and colleagues for years. It is such an eye opener how wildly prices can vary between pharmacies. Well done video Dr Dray!
@@globist9527 even if this was true, the government already knows your address, social security #, everything. So what lmao?? if it’s choosing between that or saving $300 for a tiny bottle of pills, pretty sure most people will pick the medicine
@@sams517 The information isn't given to the government, rather firms; Which in return, sells the information. The government doesn't fund GoodRx, they fund the insurance companies. Also, a bottle of pills doesn't cost 300 dollars. The only pills that would cost that much without insurance are blood thinners (Warfarin,etc). If you don't have insurance and getting blood thinners, then you are stupid, you will be saving more with insurance.
The last family owned pharmacy in my area, a historical landmark which had been a beloved institution in Northeastern North Carolina and OBX for over 70 years, finally closed all but one location. This place was not only convenient, but the he staff was exceptional. Friendly, fast, and always willing to help. They have gone above and beyond for me when they didn’t have to, and I feel like such a big baby for crying as I’m typing this now, but I guess I’m just realizing how much this place meant to me, and the implications of its closing. This is what Walmart and corporate chain pharmacies have done to my town. If you go to the downtown area, there’s nothing but empty buildings and abandoned storefronts. It’s a ghost town. So many small NC towns are now. It’s sad because I live in an area that genuinely does value and support small businesses, but it’s also a working class town, consisting of mostly military families, college students, and retired people. It’s not always easy to stick to your values when exceeding your weekly food budget by just $10 might mean that a bill won’t be paid on time. This turned into a rant, I apologize. I just hate Walmart. Haven’t shopped there once since my favorite pharmacy closed. Yes, it is their fault. No, I’m not sorry. Please support your local family owned businesses. Don’t wait until they are in trouble and can no longer afford to operate.
Correction it is the publics fault, they are the ones that prop up a place like Walmart. My community didn't allow Walmart or Sams club in. While we have 1 Costco, we have many flourishing small pharmacies and bigger ones as well. The community has to determine what they value.
I'm in San Diego so I just hop over the border to Mexico and buy it at the pharmacy there. But this is great info for people buying full price! Thanks!
Omg that's amazing! This might sound strange but by any chance would you be willing to get me some tubes I would pay you for it and pay for the drive. I'm an undocumented students so I can't hop the border 😂 let me know
Good RX brought my tube of Tretinoin from roughly 120 down to 40 something. The pharmacist was having a problem processing it at first and was like can you wait. I asked what the difference was and she told me. I waited lol.
Pharmacy tech here. Make sure that if you use multiple pharmacies you carry a list of all your meds so the pharmacist can check for interactions. I’m constantly telling people about GoodRx, Costco, and Walmart’s $4 list. Also, just as an explanation, Walgreens and CVS count on making more profit from markups on prescriptions, where grocery stores see their pharmacies as more of a loss leader that gets people in the store, so they charge less.
@@Void-md6ny no it's not, it costs even cheaper here in the Philippines. Healthcare is just not as overpriced here in comparison to the US. Insulin pricing in the US alone is just enough to give anyone needing it a heart attack.
Oh my goodness! I am watching and loving your videos for about 4 years now. I just got a prescription for a Tretinoin for the first time, and it costs $340 (!) at CVS. Of course I didn't buy it, and decided to look for a cheaper alternative to buy it, and came across your video. Never heard about Goodrx. I will go back tomorrow to CVS and try it. Thank you so much Dr. Dray. I hope it will help me get it in a much cheaper price.
We’re so lucky in Kuwait, we get essential skincare products like Tretinoin or gentle moisturizers for free at government owned hospitals. 💃 We can also get them without prescription at pharmacies for $3
Thank you. I've known about good Rx but have not downloaded or used it. You taking us step by step showing how easy it is to use convinced me. Thanks. You are helping a lot of people because lots of people tell you to use it but don't show you how. Sometimes people need to see it.
I live in Wales where all NHS prescriptions are completely free. Three of the medications I rely upon have to be refilled every 28 days. It costs me nothing. It never ceases to blow my mind the injustice of American healthcare, and I work in medical education.
Yet in England, we have to pay for prescriptions. The NHS is funded by tax payers, National Insurance has just increased by 1%, which many people can ill-afford.
I couldn’t agree more. If I lose my job because I get sick, I lose my healthcare, usually supplied by employers. We might as go all the way, and start charging for schooling for children, and fire and police protection.
@@amydavid1111 only around half the population pay tax and the top 1% of earners are covering about a third of the UK's income tax. Check out the tax bands to see which earners do and do not pay tax, ranging from 0% to 45% of earnings (Obviously, many adults do not work at all for numerous, varied reasons). The NHS is on it's knees, one reason national insurance is increasing again, which will have a profound effect on low/middle income groups in particular, alongside the increasing cost of living/inflation at this time.
I feel for the citizens of the US in regards to healthcare and insurance. We are so blessed in NZ that part of our taxes goes toward healthcare so for the most part that and prescriptions are free or heavily subsidised. Tretinoin for me costs $5 nZD which is about 2 US bucks. That aside this vid, will be a bonanza for most. Such helpful content Dr.Dray.
I am amazed that anyone wants to come to the US. We are quickly becoming a 'third world country'. You can choose to forgo medical, dental, vision, Rx & suffer, perhaps even die from neglect or lack of timely care. Your other option is go into debt and bankruptcy. A few low income folks have government coverage, Medicaid. The other road to travel for health care is become a legislator! They've made sure they have excellent coverage while denying the folks who voted them into office the same basic human right to care, misstakingly thinking they will work for your well being! Ha ha ha
The fact they we have to "coupon clip" for life saving medications like we are shopping for groceries is pathetic! If they can lower the price of medication with a "coupon," they should just give that price to everyone all the time with or without the coupon. The "healthcare" system in this country is so broken and total 💩. No one should have to download an app and "shop around" for medications.
About 10 years ago, I was going through a rough patch and didn't have much money. In my area of California all my medical was covered by the State as far as hospitalization went. However, I had to pay for medications. When I went into a well known drug store chain, they told me that my meds would cost over $250 and I told them, I couldn't afford that. Eventually we negotiated and I paid them less than $40 for all my meds, so one can negotiate. Now, I'm on Medical and all my medications are covered 100%.
Thank you so much for posting about this important issue--made more urgent right now with inflation raising costs for everything. When I was underemployed and didn't have health insurance through work (pre-Obamacare), I was paying $367/month for one prescription medication. I had canceled all my other prescriptions because I couldn't afford them, but I needed to stay on this one to function (and it had no generic). I was lucky because my state has a prescription assistance program that halved my costs. I am also one of those people who uses the same pharmacy for all my medications--I like my pharmacist keeping track of all my meds so she can warn me about potential interactions. I think that when it comes to healthcare, most Americans don't shop around. Not only for pharmacies but also hospitals for procedures. I totally get wanting to go to a hospital that is near your home (or easy to access) or picking a hospital that offers amenities that are important to you. But prices for the same surgery can vary WIDELY from hospital to hospital as well. Lab tests can also be super expensive sometimes. If you are uninsured or underinsured, be sure to mention to both your physician and lab test company that you're paying cash for your health services. You won't know if help is available if you don't ask! My state had an assistance program for lab tests as well, which brought my $157 blood test down to $25, and I wouldn't have known about it if my lab tech hadn't told me. These programs vary from state to state, so know what's available in yours. Look up your state in the State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program (SPAP) and other Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (PAP). If you're on Medicare or are a veteran, those programs also offer assistance to people who are eligible. Anyone can also use the Medicine Assistance Tool ("medicine assistance tool . org" no spaces) to look for assistance you're eligible for.
Whatever make up or lipstick you have on today look sooooo good on you!! It looks like coral/pink tone which looks better on you than the red tone lipstick.
Good RX has been a life saver for me. Even though I have insurance, many times Good RX is cheaper than going through my insurance. What's crazy to me is how much the cost can vary from store to store. I recently bought a Good RX gold membership so now I save even more. Its well worth the minimal monthly payment. I know a lot of people will be grateful for this video. Thanks, as always. Happy Friday, Dr Dray! I hope you, your sweet momma and little Tybee have a fantastic weekend!! 💖
Great advice ! As a retired nurse , I used to hand out coupons or tell people about Good RX. However, I used to tell people to really advocate for themselves and their dollars. Some people have fabulous insurance and don’t pay much out of pocket or have little to no deductible. High deductibles are often very hard to meet , depending on your health of course. Always , always ask what the cash price is for everything. My youngest child had an ultrasound done several years ago. I fell on the floor when the bill came ! Called and fought some of the charges. They eventually reduced the bill. Still had to pay the entire thing since our $6k deductible hadn’t been met. Decided to look around at other facilities offering this exam. Cash price 5 miles away was $137 not $600. Even the ER has cash prices and you can negotiate your bill. I know cause I worked for many , many years in them. Also , Max out your HSA every year if you have one. I have to pick up my only prescription today. My insurance company decided not to cover it anymore. Isn’t that grand … it’s ok though … the cash price is only 8 dollars more than what I have to pay WITH insurance. Pretty crazy considering our family pays $500 a month for premiums and still has a $6k deductible. So ask questions, look around, and be your own champion.
Coupons are a good idea for sure, but I've been strongly considering buying my tretinoin overseas. I've been hesitant to do so, honestly, but I'd save over 90%.
As an Australian who has been on several medications for a number of years, I’m acutely aware of, and IMMENSELY grateful for, our universal healthcare system (“Medicare”) and our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (the “PBS”.) Along with my government issued Health Care Card (something that ANY low or fixed-income resident can obtain,) I pay only $5.80 AUD for each of my medications. For example, one bottle of my antidepressant will cost $5.80, and one box of migraine wafers also costs $5.80. When I think about the obscene costs of medicines in the USA I feel really angry that so many poor and struggling people are suffering and dying because they can’t afford their life-saving drugs. And it’s all so unnecessary. A wealthy country like the USA can, and should, implement universal healthcare, but as long as all the ignorant and lying politicians and lobbyists continue to falsely conflate such a system with Socialism, I fear it’ll never happen 😔. Stay happy and healthy everybody! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Chaq xx
@@lisan5613 I agree so much and live in the US! I also worked for a major health insurance company and know how the contracts with physicians and hospitals work. The insurance companies allowable amount is ridiculously low, so in order to make any profit at all, healthcare providers have to charge a ridiculous amount! If you have insurance, this doesn’t hit your pocketbook because anything over the allowed amount had to be written off by the provider (if you are using an in network provider) and they are not allowed to bill the patient for that amount. The write off is huge which forces providers to have to charge high prices just to get a small percentage reimbursed to them. It hits hard on people with no insurance or a high deductible plus when you are in the hospital, you don’t know if for example the radiologist is in network and they may not be, meaning they can require the patient to pay that big write off. TIP: most insurance companies have what they call the “ology rule”. If the hospital is in network, you can call your insurance company and they will adjust your claim and the insurance company has to pay that write off. Most companies do not tell their customers that, and you have to know to call and make them adjust the claim (that is what I did for a living, worked in customer service). It is a complicated process that we have here in the US and very unfair. Unless you have good employer paid insurance, it is pretty much unaffordable for many people! Good Rx has awesome customer service and I highly recommend them! Hope this long comment helps someone save the thousands of dollars you might be unaware that you don’t have to pay for out of network providers if you have no choice in seeing them and the hospital is in your insurance network. People like to blame Drs for the high cost of medical bills but it is the insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies that are making huge profits and sending lobbyists to DC to defeat universal healthcare, they have the most profit to lose.
It would be fabulous if we could copy the Australian or French Healthcare Systems!! Y’all have such a great healthcare system. There are CHOICES in your coverage, but EVERYONE is covered regardless. Yes, I am an RN & the healthcare system in the US needs a major rehaul!! The pharmaceutical companies are very powerful in lobbying in DC. They stand to LOSE a great deal of money if we change our healthcare system. Drugs are what cost the most to hospitals, which increase cost of hospitalization, and it goes on and on!!
Thanks for this info. The exchange for using Good Rx is that they sell your info. It will be worth it for me to have the drug discount, but most people don’t read the fine print and are not aware.
Living in Sweden, I don’t pay a lot of money for prescription drugs. For children under 18, you get them for free (unless you request a special brand, then you might have to pay a little). If you’re over 18, there’s an upper limit of around $270, everything after that is also free. I probably shouldn’t say free, since they’re paid with our tax money, and we do have a fairly high tax rate. Totally worth it though ☺️
After yesterday's Dr Dray episode it was amusing that an episode of South Park popped up on TV with a character called "Miss Information" who owned a store that sold expensive natural products, claiming to heal serious medical conditions! Worth the re-watch. 👱♀️❤
@@whitneybrown4067 Great thanks Whitney, I hope you are well too. I just woke up a bit too early at 4:05am, just after Dr Dray's new ep. pops up here. So had to check it out before I go back to sleep...or should I stay awake? 👱♀️❤
Thank you for this video. I put this app on my phone months ago, but never used it. The only prescription I have that is expensive is tretinoin. Your explanation of it is the push I needed to finally use it. Will also share with friends and family. You're the best, Dr. Dray!
Excellent Information! Thank you! I have this on my phone but I think this is such valuable information to help many people to save money in these difficult times. I hope your mother is doing well, she’s a sweet lady with a beautiful daughter!
I live in United States but order my Retin A USP from India for years and years. It’s about $7.67 a tube. We are getting so ripped off in this country with all drugs! People need to get in touch with there congress people and demand change or it will never end.
Here in Portugal, a 30g tube of tretinoin costs 4.24€ (about $4.63). Most medications are affordable, even without a prescription. Prescriptions are another thing that's different. Doctors have to prescribe the medications without any reference to brands. It's up to the pacients to decide what brands they want to buy or if they prefer to buy the generic versions.
@@ScentualP In theory, you need a prescription, but in practice you usually can just walk in to the pharmacy and ask for a tube of Ketrel (the brand name for tretinoin 0.05%). From what I've heard, tourists have also managed to buy tretinoin here without a problem.
@@tatianagavrilova2252 I don't think that's going to be possible if you don't have a prescription. It's one thing to walk into a pharmacy and ask for a medication without having a prescription, it's a whole other matter to do the same thing online.
Don’t you love seeing charismatic and so very funny youtubers, especially internet doctors, having such elegant, and not repulsive at all, thumbnails with their mouths open to make sure all of the smart viewers click on their videos?
@@DrDrayzdayDr. Do I need to create a Goodrx account and go through a consultation with them so they can send the prescription to the pharmacy and I can use the coupons you mentioned in the video? Thank you in advance! ✨
In italy Tretinoin costs around 17 bucks, I guess in all Europe the price is similar. For USA citizens it may be a good option to buy it from Canada I guess
I've always found it incredibly vexing that us women have to pay for bodily functions, like menstruation, and the amazing ability to carry life - or not. If anything should be free it should be those.
That’s really cool - I think in Australia we are pretty lucky that most medications on the PBS are set price for pensioners etc and if we spend over certain amount a year we get discounts too
This video reminded me how fortunate I am. My copay (if any) is $5! My Tretinoin & Metro cream (rosacea med) was $5 until I switched insurance providers and now there's no copay at all! This is still helpful because I know people that are underinsured or not insured so I'll definitely pass this along ❣️
My nurse practitioner is wonderful. She looks up the prescription on Good RX tell me the cheapest and where at before electronically sending it. We have a wonderful medical group in our small rural community.
When I was pregnant I had to get shots weekly to stay pregnant. I paid $600 total for the generic brand that my pharmacy actually created on site. If I went name brand I would have been out $30,000 by the end of my pregnancy. It’s crazy the difference in prices between generic and brand name meds.
I just used Good RX for my 1st tretinoin prescription. It would have been over $160 at Walgreens. Got it for $31 at Winn Dixie. If my insurance covers a medication, my copay is usually cheaper than Good RX. However, if it doesn’t , Good RX is awesome. I’ve also used it for my dogs’ medicines when I purchased them at a human pharmacy
Thank you so much for these tips, Dr. Dray. I use Curology Tretinoin with Azelaic Acid and Niacinamide and I find it cheap, but I have an appointment with my derm in May. If she prescribes any other type of Tretinoin, I will definitely use Good RX. I don't use any other drugs, but this info is very useful and I'll share it with others. Happy Friday!💖
thank you Dr DRay. My girls have alot of medications and it is finacially draining. I am definitely going to try this out. I all ready know about having to shop around to different pharmacies. and that cash price is different than if you price the medicaiton with the contract thru your insurance. It is a racket.
Love GoodRX. Started using them when I became “self pay” (unemployed and uninsured). It’s amazing how much you can save by going “self pay”. Kroger seems to beat all pharmacies using GoodRX here in the Atlanta area.
I take advantage of living in AZ and I stopped buying my tretinoin from the pharmacy and just stock up every time I visit Mexico :| I don’t know how my dermatologist feels about it buttttt he’s not paying for it lol
Long shot but by any chance would you be willing to do orders? I would pay you and I would pay for the shipping. I'm in La but I'm an undocumented college student so unfortunately I can't cross to Mexico. let me know! And if anyone is interested let me know!
The best discount. I canceled my Medicate drug coverage because it cost me 10 times what GoodRX does. If you have a Kroger nearby, they have a prescription membership for $35 per year for up to to 2 people and you can add 4 more to your account at NO extra charge.
It can be extremely helpful for a provider to familiarize themselves with not only GoodRx, but also the Walmart $4 list, and any other local pharmacy that has a discount list. Unless you write the Rx as it is on these lists, the prescription will not be eligible for the discount. There are many broad abx and other treatment options to choose from. This enables better healthcare if your pt can actually afford the tx and better ensures compliance. Many prescription plans don't touch the medical deductible so shopping around (and having flexibility with what is prescribed), is typically the best way to ensure effective and affordable healthcare.
In Singapore, i pay SGD 25 (USD18.50) for a tube of Stieva-A 25gram by GSK at 0.025% strength. If I cross the border to Malaysia, i can get Retacnyl 30gram by Galderma in the same strength at RM10 (USD 2.50) Edit/Correction: in Malaysia, Retacnyl 0.025% 30gram by Galderma cost me RM 29.90 *(SGD 10 / USD 7.20)* .This is the price i paid before the pandemic started in Feb 2020. I have not visited the country since then, so the price may have risen by now.
@@nadhirah3243 @rilakkuma855 Thank you for prompting me to review the prices that i mentioned, my hubby confirmed that i got the prices wrong! We paid RM 29.90 *(SGD 10), not RM 10.* The name of the pharmacy is AA PHARMACY at Sri Hartamas. It's been more than 2 yrs since our last visit hence the prices would have risen.
Andrea, I am in Belgium, EU (that tiny country overseas from the UK) and we have something called a "general health care system". I am a chronic nerve pain patient. In the US we would probably have had to sell our house for my disability. Here? No. We are taxed to death though, but at least when you have a health problem it is 70/80% taken care of. What I pay out of pocket versus what I would have had to pay uninsured or with an insurance type situation? My God! Vastly different!
IDK how long it’s been since you purchased that tube but maybe the pharmacy can reverse and re-bill it for you when you show them the Good RX price. I would call the pharmacy first about this before you go in. The technician can help you as they usually do the billing.
I have tried the app for my husband’s prescriptions and so far the mail order pharmacy with our insurance has been better. With that said I would still recommend always checking this app for pricing. Great video 😊
I have used this for my pets meds. My dd works at at a Vet office and told me about it. Sometimes Pharmacies give me a hard time, other times its not even an issue. (it has changed for pets. Not often able to use for animals) But, great tips especially for ppl who are paying so much for medication monthly.
CVS wanted $90 for 4% Hydroquinone, and because I knew it was incredibly overpriced and a rip off, I didn’t buy it. After getting Good Rx, it cost me $40. I was very pleasantly surprised.
Im teaching my kids to eat healthy and not become diabetic since it does run in my family and I became diabetic due to a bad diet in my 30s. I have a great insurance that covers but I wish I wasnt diabetic anf almost went into a coma at 39. So Im doing great and teaching my kids to eat healthy and save themselves from diabetes. They gets lots of exercise and eat healthy.
Also, by law you are allowed to get prescriptions filled at Costco and Sam’s WITHOUT being a member. (Same for buying beer, wine, and liquor. No membership needed either.)
I’m in Australia, and the most I pay for prescription is $22.00 for Tretinoin. Everything else is $5.60 ($5.80 now) because I’ve reached my Medicare safety net.
Love Good rx 2 years ago i needed surgery had 2 use 3 pre surgical meds my insurance wouldn't cover The Pharmacist at CVS told me4 about and also helped me download the app saved me over $ 300 . Now i always check before using my Ins which they cover less and less now Good Rx has been a life saver ..Have a great weekend all
Insurance/prescriptions in the US are ridiculously overpriced. Luckily I got a high deductible health plan, met the amount (if you have this just order a new prescription every month) and I abused the hell out of that(11k in medications) and stocked up on at least 7 tubes of tretinoin “for free.” Once I run out I’m going across the border lol
@@violetviolet888 I'm in the USA but had a really good high deductible health plan (NOT a PPO/HMO) about 3k to spend out of pocket to meet the deductible but received 3k a year to HSA from my job and all my medications contributed to the deductible. I was privileged with a good job and good health insurance pre covid. Bought all my tretinoin through walgreens.
I don’t need prescription often but the few times I did, my doctor would ask me where I’d like for her to send my prescription and I’d have to pick a place on the spot. I didn’t see the chance to shop around for it, she never gave me a physical paper to go around and check prices. How does that work?
Yes that is the catch, when they want to call it in to your regular pharmacy. Tell her you need to check your goodrx app to pick the cheapest pharmacy, or try to get her to write you a physical paper rx (which i realize they don’t do much anymore). But if you tell her why i’m sure she’ll understand and I bet you won’t be the first.
I’ve heard about Good Rx but never had cause to use it. Thank you for this video. It should NOT be legal for pharmacies to charge different prices for the same medication 😡
Walgreens was going to charge me about $1200 for a tube of 0.05 tretinoin because my insurance wasn’t going to pay for it (it was prescribed for acne treatment not wrinkles) and they didn’t have a coupon. I ended up going to a local pharmacy and getting it for waaaay less!!
This was a beautiful video. The thumbnail really caught my eye. You also went straight into the video and was SPILLING FACTS. QUEEN DR.DRAY. ALL HAIL SKINCARE LORD DR.DRAY
I alternate tret/taz every other night. My recent taz was 170 outta pocket ! I almost died ! Have a great weekend. Your skin is on fire (in a good way). Super bright, and glowing !!
I get Tretinoin online from All Day Chemist in India. $7 for a 20 g tube and identical to US generic. Shipping is $15 but I buy a year’s supply. Excellent customer service.
