sueto - I wanted to address this yesterday but forgot. No one meant any disrespect to Canada or their drug stores. Here in the US, we've been hearing from people for a while that they get their drugs cheaper from Canada. I know of someone that did, and sent them an email a few months ago when my prescription insurance got maxed out and they made me pay 100% until Jan 1 when the insurance would kick in again. The person never got back to me; I actually thought about making a post here too. I wouldn't know the 1st place to look to find a legit place to buy meds from. Carla, that doctor is not doing you any favors. I have one doctor that I see once a year. I called the other day for a 30 day script because I get mine mail ordered. They called it in to my pharmacy. I don't doubt that had I asked for samples I would have gotten some.

I love the idea of melting stuff in the oven to make wind chimes or garden art. Yes, any fumes would be dangerous, but that is what open windows and fans are for. I will just arrange everything in the oven, open the windows and put a large fan in a window taking all the fumes out. Then while it is baking, I'll work in the garden outside. When the time is up, just turn off the oven, leave the oven door open but take my "art" outside to cool. Keeping the fans on all the while. After an hour I am sure the fumes will be pulled out. What a fun, inexpensive idea. I'll probably add some of those glass stones. To make sure nothing explodes, I'll put some lid or cover over the glass, tho. Let us know if anyone does this. I cannot do photos but I would love to see your photos.

Forgive me, in advance, for my lengthy post... I am never short on words. Prescription discount cards are not new and they do work. In addition to the "questionable" organizations/companies many refer to in these related forums, they're also offered by legitimate organizations, profit and non-profit alike, and even some states! I'm sure someone may have already mentioned that but I didn't read ALL the postings, most but not all. My husband is on Medicare. I am 12 years younger and have no health insurance. We carried insurance when we owned and operated a family business, but the premiums (for a 10,000.00 deductible) became ridiculously high, plus we were paying everything out of pocket. We only had the insurance for that hope-it-never-happens catastrophic illness. We dropped the insurance and decided to start our own insurance "fund". However, that's just a bit of background. I take five prescription meds, one of which is very costly. I have three discount cards on file at my pharmacy (Walgreens) and am enrolled in Walgreens' prescription program for $20.00 per year. One discount card is through our state Farm Bureau as we are members. One is through the United Methodist Church organization as we are First United Methodists. The third is the Relief card and I have to be honest, I cannot remember receiving this card, however my memory isn't what it used to be. The pharmacy is supposed to run each of my new fills and refills through each discount program in my file. They often forget to do this and I have to remind them. I have saved MANY dollars by remembering to remind them. :) Case in point... this past week I refilled my most expensive med. I get a three month supply, which usually runs over $200.00 with one of the other discount plans (not Walgreens...I actually do not save much with them and am considering dropping that plan). When I picked up my refill, the tech told me it was over $400.00. My hair stood on end. I had them run it through all of my discount plans. I ultimately paid just over $60.00 for that three month refill. I asked which plan had saved me that much and was told the Relief plan. Now, maybe I'll be sorry somewhere down the line but I'm surely happy about it now. BTW... that med is a generic. Discounts are often deeper for generics. As for jeopardizing personal information, one person suggested that Walgreens would have to give out my DL# to these companies. I never voluntarily gave my DL# or SS# to Walgreens (or SS# to ANYONE), but my DL# is on my checks for anyone to see, as is my bank's routing number and my account number. I pay for meds with Walgreens' Express Pay, which means that they have a copy of one of my CC #'s on file. Since we travel a lot, I know that this number is in the Walgreens' system for any Walgreen's pharmacy to use, anywhere in the country, as I have had Rx's filled in other states. No problems with CC theft yet. As for submitting personal information, we do it in some way many times a year. Did you not give your name, birth date and state when registering for this site?? The page where I entered my information was not encrypted. Do you really trust this site's Privacy Policy just because it's there?? And, have you actually read it verbatim?? I doubt that many people read any or all Terms and Conditions before accepting them. I also checked the BBB for ScriptRelief, the company which issues the Relief Rx cards via Health Alliance. See link (copy and paste) http://www.bbb.org/new-york-city/business-reviews/medical-dental-discount-plans/script-relief-llc-in-new-york-ny-130619 There are 22 complaints listed, 14 of which are related to advertising/sales issues. It went on to say that the BBB knows of no government actions involving this company and that all 22 complaint issues were resolved by Script Relief. If you do a search for prescription discount cards, you'll find a whole host of them. And, if you search for "how they work", you'll find MANY articles. I wanted to find unbiased information that was not supplied by any of the discount plan companies and happened upon this one... simple but good...(copy and paste link) http://www.frugalconfessions.com/save-me-money/are-prescription-drug-discount-cards-for-real.php This author states that the companies offering the free discount RX plans make money through referral fees paid by pharmacies for each RX filled using the card, i.e. they want to get and keep customers who ultimately purchase much more than meds in their stores. Her research leads her to the conclusion that it can't hurt to sign on to one (or more in my case because different cards offer different savings on the same med) of these programs. One might argue that other people, private pay and with insurance, are paying more for those of us using discount cards. To this I say, I am private pay for all other medical visits, hospital stays, diagnostics, etc., and I'm sure that I am paying a higher price for those who get assisted relief from medical costs. My clinic and most hospitals offer a 5-10% discount for private pay, if the charges are paid in full. Who do you think makes up that difference? As for insurance, everyone's premiums are affected (and increased) by other people's claims, lawsuits, etc. It's a fact of life that we ALL pay for each other in some way or another. Sadly, it's just looked at negatively unless it's charitable and tax deductible. I've been using my discount cards for at least ten years. (Our son was too until he graduated from college and got a job with health insurance.) I still have my identity, no one has come looking to collect the difference I have saved on my meds all those years, and I'll keep using them until I woefully reach the age of Medicare, if Medicare is still a viable option when I get there because that money is really not there, (refer to our national debt) but that's a whole other topic for another time. I'm not trying to convince anyone to use the discount cards; just FYI'ing. I will keep using them and if I encounter a problem, I promise to post it. :)

My insurance plan also uses Express Scripts. For chronic medications, it is cheaper for us to get a 90-day supply. Their website also allows us to compare prices for some medications to see if we are better off ordering or having it filled at the local pharmacy. For instance, my daughter has a prescription for Glucagon which is used only on an emergent basis and it was cheaper to have it filled at the local place. The only problem I have had with online ordering is if the prescription is somehow written wrong and filled, I am on the hook for co-pay. This has been a problem with some of my daughter's diabetes supplies. Sometimes the doctor writes the prescription wrong, puts the wrong number in for a 90-day-supply, but I do not know this until I get a box and it is obviously wrong. We get it corrected, it is fixed and then the next year when the prescription expires, there is a good chance I will have to go through it again. If I were picking it up in person, I could examine what is before me and refuse to accept it, get things cleared up with the doctor and get a new prescription.