Wal-Mart Stores said today that it will start selling a 30-day supply of generic drugs for $4 in an initiative that will be launched in 65 Tampa Bay area stores on Friday.
The discount pricing of popular generics will be rolled out statewide by January and Wal-Mart plans to take the program to additional states next year.
The new program was announced Thursday morning by Wal-Mart executives at a store in Tampa.
-- Kris Hundley, Times staff writer
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Posts: 5068 | Location: TPA in the FLA | Registered: February 05, 2003
This may wind up being a huge thing. Depending on what medications are and if other retailers all follow suit. Especially as doctors adjust a begin to prescribe the listed drugs and dosages based on this pricing.
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here are the medications offered, does anybody know how popular they are?
AMOXICILLIN
ALBUTEROL
IBUPROFEN
PENICILLN
are the only ones I recognize offhand.
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Posts: 5068 | Location: TPA in the FLA | Registered: February 05, 2003
Generally, it looks like broad spectrum anti-biotics, blood pressure drugs, asthma, hormone replacement, anti-depressants... I don't think there is any logic to it, other than what is available as a generic and will sell enough to make a profit.
In the UK we always prescribe generics when possible.
Posts: 5781 | Location: London | Registered: April 02, 2003
My prescriptions are always name brand or generaic equivalent, with the pharmacist allowed to give either I think. Wal-Mart usually aims for 3% profit on each item (which isn't much) and they are able to demand their supplies adjust prices on other items, I suppose it is good that they are doing this with drugs as well. Not for independant pharmacists I guess but for the sick people I mean.
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