Thu May 25, 2023, 10:15 PM

Grasswire2 (13,062 posts)

Dr. wrote me a prescription for foot wound -- check out this price.

$2,765.00 for ten tablets.

I paid $1.45.

What the hell kind of racket is this?

The pill is "linezolid"

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Dr. wrote me a prescription for foot wound -- check out this price. (Original post)	Grasswire2	May 25	OP
It is an antibiotic used against resistant bacteria. If insurance is charging you that much, or you	JohnSJ	May 25	#1
Rightl But with universal health care it would be $1.45.	dchill	May 25	#3
as it is with Medicare	Grasswire2	May 25	#5
Not necessarily with a Medicare part D plan.	JohnSJ	May 26	#9
This is why people without insurance die.	Laffy Kat	May 25	#2
Maybe not related, but......	MyOwnPeace	May 25	#4
if it can be sold for $1.45 (as it is with medicare)...	Grasswire2	May 26	#6
But...but...R & D	rubbersole	May 26	#7
I did think for a moment about the cost of developing the med.	Grasswire2	May 26	#8
Which ought to be against the law.	flying_wahini	Monday	#12
We you on another antibiotic that failed to clear it up?	Warpy	May 26	#10
No.	Grasswire2	May 26	#11

Response to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Thu May 25, 2023, 10:21 PM

JohnSJ (88,039 posts)

1. It is an antibiotic used against resistant bacteria. If insurance is charging you that much, or you

don’t have insurance, you can get it utilizing goodrx anywhere from 40 to 800 dollars for 20 pills depending which pharmacy you go to

https://www.goodrx.com/linezolid

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Response to JohnSJ (Reply #1)

Thu May 25, 2023, 10:40 PM

dchill (35,960 posts)

3. Rightl But with universal health care it would be $1.45.

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Response to dchill (Reply #3)

Thu May 25, 2023, 11:58 PM

Grasswire2 (13,062 posts)

5. as it is with Medicare

What a screwed up world.

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Response to Grasswire2 (Reply #5)

Fri May 26, 2023, 10:08 AM

JohnSJ (88,039 posts)

9. Not necessarily with a Medicare part D plan.

https://www.goodrx.com/linezolid/medicare-coverage

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Thu May 25, 2023, 10:29 PM

Laffy Kat (15,699 posts)

2. This is why people without insurance die.

What a country.

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Response to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Thu May 25, 2023, 10:47 PM

MyOwnPeace (16,434 posts)

4. Maybe not related, but......

I went to the DR. for an aching shoulder the other day and he said we could go 'serious' (MRI) or try a 'shot.'
I was willing to try the 'conservative' route (strike me down for THAT comment!) and he gave me a shot in the shoulder.

Got the 'bill' today (insurance paid it, but STILL!!!) - that bill was $140 for the meds - AND $140 for HIM sticking the needle in me t 'deliver' the meds.

SERIOUSLY?

$140 MORE for sticking the needle in me?

We have a larger problem than Hunter Biden's laptop here.........

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Fri May 26, 2023, 12:01 AM

Grasswire2 (13,062 posts)

6. if it can be sold for $1.45 (as it is with medicare)...

...then think about how little the production of these ten pills cost the manufacturer.

Pennies.

And yet they want thousands of dollars for the frickin ten pills.

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Response to Grasswire2 (Reply #6)

Fri May 26, 2023, 12:14 AM

rubbersole (4,194 posts)

7. But...but...R & D

Ripoff and die.

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Response to rubbersole (Reply #7)

Fri May 26, 2023, 12:34 AM

Grasswire2 (13,062 posts)

8. I did think for a moment about the cost of developing the med.

But isn't that why BILLIONS of our tax dollars flow to Big Pharma?

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Response to Grasswire2 (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 5, 2023, 12:34 PM

flying_wahini (5,313 posts)

12. Which ought to be against the law.

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Response to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Fri May 26, 2023, 03:11 PM

Warpy (107,462 posts)

10. We you on another antibiotic that failed to clear it up?

Linezolid is one of the last ditch antibiotics that can tackle resistant bacteria like MRSA. They usually don't prescribe it because of the high cost, which is artificially high to keep it from being over prescribed. Most of the time, either a standard broad spectrum antibiotic has failed or a culture and sensitivity test (takes about 3-4 days) has turned up a resistant bug.

While your doc might have acted with an overabundance of caution, foot wounds being notoriously hard to treat in diabetics and people with lousy circulation, the drug is usually prescribed only for resistant bacteria.

Just be glad you dodged a financial bomb.

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Response to Warpy (Reply #10)

Fri May 26, 2023, 08:30 PM

Grasswire2 (13,062 posts)

11. No.

Last edited Fri May 26, 2023, 09:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Never had this previously -- the bug or the med.

My podiatrist likes to go top of the line, I have noticed, looking for novel or expensive remedies.

This med is for cornyebacterium.

And for the other bug (more common), Cipro is the rx and I'm not too happy about the potential side effects of that, either.

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