So, here is an interesting question to compare with each other: How expensive are your meds, and does insurance cover it for you?

Each month I buy:
60 pills of zantac (300 mg prescription)
45 pills of allegra
zyrtec (over the counter)

Price for zantac and allegra: about $500
Does insurance pay?: After my deducatible of $5000/yr, yes. However, they WON'T pay for more than 30 pills of Allegra. So, although Dr. Akin has prescribed 45 Allegra pills per month for me, I have to always pay the remaining 15 out of pocket. Nice, huh?

On a daily basis I take...

Synthroid ($20 w/o insurance)
Gastrocrom ($960 w/o insurance)
Singulair, 30mg ($370 w/o insurance)
OTC ranitidine (really cheap at Sam's Club)
OTC loratadine (really cheap)
OTC cetirizine (really cheap)
OTC famotidine (most $$$ of the generics, but still pretty cheap)
as needed, OTC liquid Benadryl (about $4 per bottle)
as needed, EpiPens (haven't used one in a while)

I switched my insurance plan this year to a HDHP.  My employer put in $1400... I pay up to $3600 and then I hit the "catastrophic" ceiling.  I've already met my $2400 deductible, so now I'm paying 20% until I reach $5000  You should have seen the look on the tech's face when I picked up my $960 Gastrocrom... she was clearly worried that I was going to freak out.  Nope.  I thought about it well in advance!  I'd say I pay no more than $200 for all my OTC meds in one year.  The Sam's Club membership was well worth the price, even though I don't buy anything else there.

Heather

Brieann's medications per month:

Ferritin costs about $9.00 a month at Walmart
Allegra $86.30 a month (costs me $4.00 with insurance)
Zantac about $12.00 a month at Walmart
Singulair $129.00 a month ($20.00 with Insurance)
Entocort $750.40 a month ($75.04 a month with Insurance)
Gastrocrom $389.40 every 24 days ($40.00 with Insurance)
Pentasa $110.60 a month ($40.00 with Insurance)
Prilosec $93.00 a month ($10.00 with Insurance)

Thank God for Insurance!!!

                                                               Kim