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hedgehog

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6. Prilosec is no longer covered by my insurance, BUT

Reply to salvorhardin (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 05:02 PM

Jan 2012

it is still cheaper if I get my doctor to give me a script. My druggist will sell me a bottle of pills for about half of what you'd pay for one of those blister packs. The bonus is that I don't have to deal with the blister packs!

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Why no one should take Nexium and it should never have been approved [View all] salvorhardin Jan 2012 OP

This happens more often than you think. Pab Sungenis Jan 2012 #1

The difference between citalopram and escitalopram isn't concentration. laconicsax Jan 2012 #4

The story of omeprazole is one of the worst out there Warpy Jan 2012 #5

Of course this is only anecdote, but I started out on Nexium and hedgehog Jan 2012 #7

It would be a great start Celebration Jan 2012 #2

even cheaper.. Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2012 #3

Prilosec is no longer covered by my insurance, BUT hedgehog Jan 2012 #6

Is your pharmacist one of the remaining small business pharmacists? HuckleB Jan 2012 #8

You got it! As a matter of fact - he's a real pharmacist hedgehog Jan 2012 #9

Good for him and his customers! HuckleB Jan 2012 #10

This was one of the good things, and perhaps the only good thing, of me being on private insurance. Kennah Jan 2012 #11

Spam deleted by Paulie (MIR Team) jenniferdraper Oct 2012 #12

AstraZeneca came out with Nexium, as their right to exclusively... Fridays Child Oct 2012 #13