There are a number of concerted efforts out there to keep people off drugs. That extends to pharmaceuticals as well, as some businesses want to keep people off generic drugs. The biggest prescription companies, alias "Big Pharma" are issuing narcotic coupons to keep individuals using brand name narcotics that have gone off-patent.
Generic narcotic corporations get a chance
Generic narcotic corporations can only produce brand-name prescriptions for cheap if they are "off patent." Generic drugs are much cheaper and save people a ton. Consumers are okay with this type of government intervention, even though it is otherwise debated.
Of course, the corporations that produce the drug do not like losing all that business. In fact, they get really angry when they spend a lot of money to produce a specific drug that is then just stolen by many businesses. Luckily, some of them have come up with an idea to keep customers after the patent expires, according to USA today. The drug companies are offering drug coupons to consumers that allow them to keep using the drugs at a massive discount.
Pay less for Lipitor
Last year, Lipitor went off patent after making a lot of cash for many years. It costs $10 to get the one-month supply of the generic drug to save a life and $25 to $50 to get the brand-name prescription generally, costing a massive cash advance. The coupon that narcotic business Pfizer started handing out is for $4 prescriptions for sufferers as long as the co-pay is $79 or less. That is an enormous discount.
Uninsured sufferers would typically pay $175 for the same medication. The Lipitor For You coupon is technically for up to $75 off, which would bring uninsured Lipitor patients' cost down to about $100. The discount for sufferers with a co-pay of $79 or more get discounts on a sliding scale.
According to the Washington Post, some other off-patent brand name medications that have available coupon codes consist of Novartis' blood pressure medication Diovan and Bristol-Meyers Squibb's blood-thinner Plavix.
Hard to hate
Prescription companies spend years billions of dollars producing drugs that allow you to get saved from many different kinds of illnesses. Then, according to CBS, generic drug companies can make the narcotic later saving up to 90 percent in costs and make the same narcotic. Big Pharma needs some sympathy, but at the same time, there is a scandal every time there is a breakthrough. There are a lot of fines handed out to the businesses.
Generics are also good for insurance companies, according to USA Today, as the copay can be cheaper by up to $100 per prescription, dependent upon the narcotic. The narcotic coupon codes, also called copay coupons, are estimated to possibly make Big Pharma about $32 billion over the next decade.
Generic drugs are about 80 percent of all filled prescriptions. About 85 percent of Lipitor users switched to generic when the patent expired.
Generic narcotic corporations get a chance
Generic narcotic corporations can only produce brand-name prescriptions for cheap if they are "off patent." Generic drugs are much cheaper and save people a ton. Consumers are okay with this type of government intervention, even though it is otherwise debated.
Of course, the corporations that produce the drug do not like losing all that business. In fact, they get really angry when they spend a lot of money to produce a specific drug that is then just stolen by many businesses. Luckily, some of them have come up with an idea to keep customers after the patent expires, according to USA today. The drug companies are offering drug coupons to consumers that allow them to keep using the drugs at a massive discount.
Pay less for Lipitor
Last year, Lipitor went off patent after making a lot of cash for many years. It costs $10 to get the one-month supply of the generic drug to save a life and $25 to $50 to get the brand-name prescription generally, costing a massive cash advance. The coupon that narcotic business Pfizer started handing out is for $4 prescriptions for sufferers as long as the co-pay is $79 or less. That is an enormous discount.
Uninsured sufferers would typically pay $175 for the same medication. The Lipitor For You coupon is technically for up to $75 off, which would bring uninsured Lipitor patients' cost down to about $100. The discount for sufferers with a co-pay of $79 or more get discounts on a sliding scale.
According to the Washington Post, some other off-patent brand name medications that have available coupon codes consist of Novartis' blood pressure medication Diovan and Bristol-Meyers Squibb's blood-thinner Plavix.
Hard to hate
Prescription companies spend years billions of dollars producing drugs that allow you to get saved from many different kinds of illnesses. Then, according to CBS, generic drug companies can make the narcotic later saving up to 90 percent in costs and make the same narcotic. Big Pharma needs some sympathy, but at the same time, there is a scandal every time there is a breakthrough. There are a lot of fines handed out to the businesses.
Generics are also good for insurance companies, according to USA Today, as the copay can be cheaper by up to $100 per prescription, dependent upon the narcotic. The narcotic coupon codes, also called copay coupons, are estimated to possibly make Big Pharma about $32 billion over the next decade.
Generic drugs are about 80 percent of all filled prescriptions. About 85 percent of Lipitor users switched to generic when the patent expired.
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