Wal-Mart $4 Prescription In 27 States Now!

I know there was a topic about FL, but the deal just got so much better. It's been over a week that Wal-Mart expanded the $4 Prescription to 27 States. I live in Nevada and I thrilled to be able to get it now. My girl's generic prescription use to cost $45 a month. She just started a new job and does not have insurance. Now at Wal-Mart they have the same generic for only $4. Saving her $41 a month. Heck $4 is actually cheaper then my co-pay so it's even a great deal for me. No telling how many people this will help.

Current states it in is now: AK, AL, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, SD, TX, VA, VT.

Full list of 300+ prescriptions: http://i.walmart.com/i/if/hmp/fusion/genericdruglist.pdf

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Thanks OP. This is a good deal for some people I think
Too bad no CA

This is the best thing Wal-Mart has ever done. The current drug prices out there are shameless. This will indeed help alot of people.

Anyone's next visit to the doctor should bring that list with them in case something is prescribed for a cheaper alternative. Great Post OP.

This is great for us, we get 3 of these drugs filled every month, and they are all $8-$20. Anybody know if Target is matching in all states now?

anybody know if they do online filling?
WalMart is too far from NYC

why no CA?

Say what you will about Wal-Mart, and frankly I don't shop there much either, but this will be a huge help to people without insurance or with high co-pays. It took a huge company with massive clout to be able to pull this off and defy the price-fixing drug companies and sellers to bring down the cost of generic drugs this much.
One warning - be very careful about some generics. I'm on Synthroid for a low thyroid condition. My druggist suggested a couple of years ago that I might like to try the generic version as it would be much cheaper and was as effective as Synthroid for most people, and if it didn't work for me, he'd take it back and give me Synthroid instead. I took the generic for 4 days, and believe me it was not effective at all. I have to have the brand name Synthroid.

Miky said: If you shop in Wallmart your just supporting low wages and slavery for 3d world employees.

Wrong. But even if that were true, this isn't the place. Take it somewhere else. Also, it's called Wal-Mart, not Wallmart. And I forgot: you're, not your. If you want to make a political statement, you should try not to sound like an idiot while doing it.

Come on WV!!!

mnsweeps said: dionaea said: Say what you will about Wal-Mart, and frankly I don't shop there much either, but this will be a huge help to people without insurance or with high co-pays. It took a huge company with massive clout to be able to pull this off and defy the price-fixing drug companies and sellers to bring down the cost of generic drugs this much.
One warning - be very careful about some generics. I'm on Synthroid for a low thyroid condition. My druggist suggested a couple of years ago that I might like to try the generic version as it would be much cheaper and was as effective as Synthroid for most people, and if it didn't work for me, he'd take it back and give me Synthroid instead. I took the generic for 4 days, and believe me it was not effective at all. I have to have the brand name Synthroid.

I take LEVOXYL 125MCG for my hypothyroidism..Nothing else works..Levoxyl itself is generic but none of the other generics work in my case.

Thanks for the information, mnsweeps. I'll check that out next time my prescription needs to be renewed.

Wow did think this would turn into a Wal-Mart debate, was just talking about how hot this deal was.

nicemann said: Wow did think this would turn into a Wal-Mart debate, was just talking about how hot this deal was.

Notice the people that hate WalMart are the people that really never shopped at WalMart. Or they shop there all the time, but claim they hate WalMart just because they think it is cool to hate WalMart. I go there and no matter how large the WalMart store, it is PACKED. Mostly with people who claim they hate WalMart probably. WalMart fits in nicely with the Fatwallet lifestyle.

I wonder why these 27 states and not all of them?

There is an evil ploy a foot, question is what is it?

They can barely be breaking even on these, I do notice one I was on before for $36/mo on the list.

eyeluvtrget said: gondalguru said: dionaea said: Say what you will about Wal-Mart, and frankly I don't shop there much either, but this will be a huge help to people without insurance or with high co-pays. It took a huge company with massive clout to be able to pull this off and defy the price-fixing drug companies and sellers to bring down the cost of generic drugs this much.
One warning - be very careful about some generics. I'm on Synthroid for a low thyroid condition. My druggist suggested a couple of years ago that I might like to try the generic version as it would be much cheaper and was as effective as Synthroid for most people, and if it didn't work for me, he'd take it back and give me Synthroid instead. I took the generic for 4 days, and believe me it was not effective at all. I have to have the brand name Synthroid.

Thats a very common misconception many people have that they have to have brand names only...
Half life of synthroid is very long and by taking just 4 days of generic thyroid medication doesn't alter anything in your body nor does it produces any symptoms. Efficacy of the thyroid drug can only be measures at 8-12 weeks by doing a simple blood test - TSH. Hope this helps

Paxilcr is a drug that must build up in your system, and when I took generic paxil I did not react the same, I had to go to name brand paxil till cr came back on the market.The thing with generic is they have a certain amount on % leeway in both +and- directions in strength/amount. If your system is sensitive the effect could differ. Not even all generics are the same. Differant manufacturers differ. One may be stronger, one may be weaker.

It depends on the person's system, definitely. After just 4 days of the generic, I was feeling awful, so the generic may not have produced any symptoms but it didn't do for me what Synthroid does either, and I certainly was not about to go weeks feeling worse and worse while waiting for the generic to adjust my system to it, if it ever would. I am very sensitive to medications and generally have to take less than a standard dose of anything, can't take anything with antihistamines in it, and don't always react like "normal" people to an oral medication. The generic may have had a filler or something that bothered me that wouldn't bother most people. The effect was that something wasn't working the way Synthroid does for me and that something was making me feel lousy.

TheBeer said: I wonder why these 27 states and not all of them?

There is an evil ploy a foot, question is what is it?

They can barely be breaking even on these, I do notice one I was on before for $36/mo on the list.

I called 1-800-WalMart and apparently it is because of certain laws in the other 23 states. They will be adding it to the states one by one once they get approval to go in. Guess certain states want their residents to go broke.

Almost every chain store pharmacy matches prices where I live.
Usually they will have a sign posted somewhere saying something to that effect.
Savon, Longs, match and I know there are others.
But you have to ask and you have to have the information ready.
The pharmacist will call and check.
Many pharmacies also match coupons from other pharmacies.
And even when promotional signs are posted saying that, many pharmacists do not know anything about it.
We have to show them their own advertising and often also ask a manager.
But they are tightening up- now some will only match "once in a lifetime" for a transfer- or "once for each prescription"-
so it is good to call ahead and check their policy and write down the name of the person you spoke with and call the manager to arbitrate if you run into problems.

eyeluvtrget said: gondalguru said: dionaea said: Say what you will about Wal-Mart, and frankly I don't shop there much either, but this will be a huge help to people without insurance or with high co-pays. It took a huge company with massive clout to be able to pull this off and defy the price-fixing drug companies and sellers to bring down the cost of generic drugs this much.
One warning - be very careful about some generics. I'm on Synthroid for a low thyroid condition. My druggist suggested a couple of years ago that I might like to try the generic version as it would be much cheaper and was as effective as Synthroid for most people, and if it didn't work for me, he'd take it back and give me Synthroid instead. I took the generic for 4 days, and believe me it was not effective at all. I have to have the brand name Synthroid.

Thats a very common misconception many people have that they have to have brand names only...
Half life of synthroid is very long and by taking just 4 days of generic thyroid medication doesn't alter anything in your body nor does it produces any symptoms. Efficacy of the thyroid drug can only be measures at 8-12 weeks by doing a simple blood test - TSH. Hope this helps

Paxilcr is a drug that must build up in your system, and when I took generic paxil I did not react the same, I had to go to name brand paxil till cr came back on the market.The thing with generic is they have a certain amount on % leeway in both +and- directions in strength/amount. If your system is sensitive the effect could differ. Not even all generics are the same. Differant manufacturers differ. One may be stronger, one may be weaker.

Uh. That goes the same for brands too, buddy. They all aren't exactly 100mg to the dot.

But you got it right in terms of each generic AND brand have variances in terms of the non API's and this is what seems to cause issues. Some people have better responses to generics and some people have better responses to brands. What's the difference? The owner's of the brands thought of the idea first so obviously are allowed to charge more until their patent is over. After their patent is over (17-21 years from when they thought of the idea, not when the drug actually came out), other competitors are allowed to manufacture the drug only if they pass a pretty stringent FDA test. A and AB ratings. Check 'em out.

Some copays out there insurance on generics charge about $5.00. Keep in mind I said "some."

Keep in mind that the $4.00 covers a quantity of 30... not a 30 day supply... which if you take twice a day... means double or triple. Some copays out there insurance on generics charge about $5.00. Keep in mind I said "some."

Go and read the top of the page............Am I missing something? UPTO 30 day supply, NOT 30 pills. Is what I read..............

http://i.WalMart.com/i/if/hmp/fusion/genericdruglist.pdf

I think now we can all see just how powerful and influential WalMart can be. This is a great thing, and helpful to many many people, but let's realize that offering only 30 day supply of medicine will necessitate people going back to WalMart stores every 30 days, and thus probably spending more money there due to perceived medicine savings, and to impulse buying. In short, it's also a marketing decision.

I hope and wish they would now start offering some sort of health plan for [ALL OF] their employees that would wake up this country to the great lack and need of a universal health plan for our country. They could have so much influence if they saw through it. I think they could even raise their prices a tiny bit to offset their costs... People would then really flock to their stores!

The monster chain once seen as anathema to society in so many ways could become a savior of sorts.

TheBeer said: I wonder why these 27 states and not all of them?

There is an evil ploy a foot, question is what is it?

They can barely be breaking even on these, I do notice one I was on before for $36/mo on the list.

The idea is that they would lose money on one or two generics that most people fill but make money on the 5-10 other medications that people would fill. This is especially true for seniors who often fill 10+ different types of medications. So giving them atenolol for $4 is great because then they would fill their 9 other drugs at WalMart as well. They also get people to buy their groceries and the rest of their shopping at WalMart while they wait for their prescription to fill.

WalMart is smart and it is a good place to shop. This will definitely heat up competition.
Go WalMart!


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by the way, I love the new spell checker on Firefox 2.0. Go Firefox!!

Wal-Mart has added 11 more states to their prescription program. Effective Tuesday, Nov. 28 joining the program will be 811 pharmacies in Colorado, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Wyoming.