Do discount drug cards work? I am investigating!

 

 

   So I have had a problem with nicotine for a couple years now. I have been smoke-free since February 2007 but have still been hooked on nicotine lozenges for some time now. I discuss more about My Nicotine Addiction in this post: My Nicotine Addiction.

 

   I have decided to try Chantix again. This time I am going to go on it for a minimum of six months so I hopefully undo the learned behaviors of using the nicotine lozenges. I have been short on money for a little while now and since my insurance doesn’t cover Chantix it would be hard for me to pay the $130 minimum a month (the initial cost the first month is even more since you have to buy the starter pack and then the regular 1 mg tablets).

 

I was browsing around for places online that sell it at discount with no luck. There are a lot of “online pharmacies” which look like scam sites and the Canadian pharmacies that charge the same amount as my local pharmacy, and that’s without the shipping fees. So now I am stumped, hmm, “Maybe I can try the American Cancer Society!”. I shot them an e-mail, they e-mailed me back on November 18^th saying they would try to help me and I have yet to receive another e-mail as of today. At this point I was just googleing “Chantix discounts” and came upon a website called: http://www.freedrugcard.us. This site apparently get’s you a discount from the pharmacy by creating a discount card you are supposed to print out and show to your pharmacy upon paying for your prescription. They claim they are able to get you the cheapest price for many medications by getting the pharmacies to charge you their lowest price for the desired medication. I am going to try to use this card today and will let you know if it works out!

 

Note: I am in no way affiliated to http://www.freedrugcard.us. I have no idea if this discount card works or not!