Zyrtec to become available without a prescription on January 24th!

[Deja Q]

That is all for now.

[MrCoffee]

1. which one is Zyrtec?

[Deja Q]

3. Allergy med.

Allegra and Claritin worked to various levels, but Zyrtec helped me under harsher conditions.

Hell, I might be able to finally have a cat as a pet and appease all the bastards. :rofl:

[mzteris]

2. woo-hoo!!!!!!!!

My copay on it went up to $50.00 today.

[SPKrazy]

4. bad news for anyone who got it by prescription drug coverage

now they can gouge the consumer over the counter without the insurance company having to cough up anything

just another way that they make more money is all

on the other hand it will now be available without having to see a doctor :think:

dunno which is worse actually.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. Maybe the same thing will happen as with Claritin

At first, I was paying $35 for a small supply, but then the generic drug makers started selling it, and the drugstore chains producing their own brands of the drug, whose generic name is Loratadine. I can now get a huge supply of Loratadine for a low price.

In either case, it was better than paying for prescription Allegra, which was $54 for a month's supply when I started using it and $85 for a month's supply at the point when Claritin went OTC about four years later. So much for the claim that high drug prices are the result of companies' needs to recoup their R&D costs.

[jmowreader]

6. "Because they can"

More years ago than I want to think about, I got a corneal ulcer in one of my eyes. This is billed as a "sight-destroying condition," and I can see why: not only does your vision go gray in that eye, but it hurts so fucking bad you want to rip your eye out of your head just to make it go away.

I went to the eye doctor, who wrote me a prescription for eye drops which were "guaranteed" to cure the problem. "You'll have to put a drop of these in the eye every 15 minutes (yes, even during the night) until the infection clears up, then once every 30 minutes until you use up the second bottle of these. Oh, and they're $40 per bottle." Why so much? "Because they can. Where else are you going to go?" (He was embarrassed when he said it...he knew it was bullshit to charge that much but, like he said, where else are you going to go?)

The eye drops in question had Cipro in them. That shit fucking works, but you can taste it in your mouth for days. And the $40? That's for five milliliters of product--$30,400 per gallon.

[UndertheOcean]

8. the greedy bastards

:( :mad:

[SPKrazy]

7. they make their profits during the patent time

then the generic companies make money by selling in bulk to large chains and underselling the brand.

[triguy46]

9. Zyrtec or Zyrtec D?

Either way this is somewhat of a scam: 1st, if it is OTC, insurance will not pay. 2nd, it won't be any cheaper.

I guess the only up side is that it is OTC. So it will be easier to get, but will be completely out of pocket.