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Save Money on Prescription Drugs

by Noel on January 27th, 2007

Maintaining a healthy life can be quite a feat to achieve nowadays when fast foods entice us to purchase ready-to-eat-meals which can do more harm than good to any body.

Since sickness and prognosis of any disease might be inevitable and can caught anyone off guard, taking in the right knowledge on when and where to purchase such prescription drugs can help anyone save, thus eliminating the burden of taking it as an additional unplanned expense.

Here are some tips of how to save on various prescription drugs:

1. Doubling the dose.  A patient may ask his or her doctor to prescribe a drug at its double dosage and take only half of it at the prescribed time.  For example, one 10mg tablet might be cut in half to produce a 5mg tablet which may be the original prescription.  The reason for this?  Most medicines of the same type ar priced the same, thus, with such practice, one may save almost 50% on their purchases.

Still, there are drugs that are not safe to slice or split in half.  It would be best to check first with your local pharmacist about it.

In cases of time-release capsules which generally cannot be split, some pharmacies such as FLAVORx prepares the needed dosage in liquid form at almost have the price.

2. Memberships perks.  Some drugstores give away discount cards or offer some perks for its members.  One can save as much as 90% on coupons from which some can even print at the convenience of their own home.

There are even some printable discounts cards that can be found in www.GenericMedicineProgram.com.

3. Generic name.  Knowing the generic name of any prescribed drug can save you a lot of dollars since any individual may purchase another brand of the drug of the same generic category at a much lesser price.

via FinanceVisor

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