So I got a sinus infection this week. I needed some antibiotics. It turns out that Giant Eagle’s pharmacy has free antibiotics if perscribed as a generic brand. I thought this was interesting. It also made me think about the fact that so many companies give fancy attention grabbing names to medicine that has a generic name also, but can sell the fancy name for so much more. For example, I was supposed to get a face cream under a specific name, when I went to the drugstore, the name I was given was $30 MORE than the generic cream. The $30 more price was also with health insurance. Little ridiculous right? I know. Sometimes I can understand price levels when the medicine is put into fancy caplets or liquid-gel type capsules & etc., but otherwise, CVS brand acetaminophen is cheaper than “original” version Tylenol. It’s interesting, but also just weird. Personally, ibuprofen has been my choice of anti-inflammatory lately and it’s the same as advil and motrin. I know that I go for advil, but that’s just because I prefer the slightly sweet coating they put. I’m perfectly fine with paying extra for that. In other forms, it seems really obnoxious for them to all have different rates.
Free Antibiotics?
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