Growing Bolder Community

Dear Pharmacist,How can I save money at the pharmacy. It gets real expensive, especially at this time of year.–T.A., Tulsa, Oklahoma Dear T.A., My customers used to joke and say it was the high cost of living! Here are my tips about how to save some money at the pharmacy: Buy generic prescriptions. This could save up to $400 a month, depending on the drug. Generics are supposed to be...

Back in June of 2007, at the Mary Furlong Business Plan Competition in Silicon Valley, I met Susan Ayers Walker, the Technology writer for AARP. She is a very energetic and tech savvy lady. She liked what we're doing with our OnTimeRx Medication Reminders for phones and email, and said she was going to write about it for the AARP online Technology column. How COOL is that!! Well, she wasn't...

Three weeks ago my 90-year-old mother in law, who has dementia, was diagnosed with lung cancer. According to her son/my husband, she never smoked a day in her life so this was surprising news. But that's not what this blog is all about.This blog is about the prescription charges associated with treating this form of cancer. The doctor who treated her during her stay in the hospital wrote a...

For the past year my husband has been on pills for his cancer. He takes them for 21 days and then off a week and once a week he takes steriod pills. We have been paying $189 a month for the 21 pills. May 31 he turns 65, so on May 1 he went on Medicare. I ordered the new refill for the pills and since the price is $7000 we have to pay $4000 up front and then a percentage each month which will...

Don't Forget your Medications List! Everyone should have an up-to-date online health profile. You need a printout of your entire medication list and pertinent health data at all times, but especially in an emergency. This can be critical for seniors and high-risk patients. Having lived through several hurricanes and resulting power outtages in...

Dear Pharmacist,I read about the tragic death of John Travolta’s son, Jett. It feels senseless to me and other members of my church. I think that it was his Scientology religion that kept him from medicating his child properly. Could you please tell these people to put their children first and follow doctors orders?W.S., Birmingham, AlabamaDear W.S., First of all, “these people” are very...