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Walgreens charges $117 for a bottle of the same pills for which Costco charges $12

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RJS
As I said there, prescriptions are loss leaders for these businesses, not their bread and butter. This is how they get away with it.
Judy
I can top that price differential. I got a prescription filled at the pharmacy recommended by the infertility specialist I was seeing at the time.
Price $35
A friend couldn’t afford to get hers filled at another pharmacy (not Walgreens). Price for the same medication. $500.
She was delighted to find a cheaper alternative for the SAME NAME BRAND DRUG.
Walgreens has nothing over some pharmacies.

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