Hi Amy --

I missed your post -- I agree, it is awful -- Barry's prescriptions for first two weeks totalled well over $1000 -- Zofran, Gelclair ($300!) plus Diflucane -- luckily he had state of Maryland Senior Prescription Insurance Plan which gives folks on Medicare $1200/year -- this was running out but covered a lot of it, and his country has a senior Rx card that also gives some discounts.

In our town we have an outlet for drugs from Canada (hah!) and went to check -- the 20 Zofran ordered here and delivered in the sealed bottle as they came from Glaxosmithcline would have cost $400 -- less than half-price. On the Internet, even less (about $15). Of course Canada negotiates drug costs. Ironically, a social worker at Hopkins suggested buying drugs from Canada as she feels that it is a safe as buying from mailorder here. However, we haven't done it yet.

Gail


CG to husband Barry, dx. 7/21/05, age 66, SCC rgt. tonsil, BOT, 2 nodes (stg. IV), HPV+, tonsillectomy, 7x carboplatin, 35x tomoTherapy IMRT w/ Ethyol @ Johns Hopkins, thru treatment 9/28/05, HPV vaccine trial 12/06-present. Looking good!