GoodRx: Prescription Saver 12+

Physician endorsement for Good Rx

I don’t understand how Good Rx negotiates these prices, but I am a physician, a cardiologist, and I tell all my patients to compare Good Rx prices with their $15,000 to 20,000/year health insurance provided prescription benefits. From their feedback and my own experience, Good Rx is more often than not better than even thru their health insurance benefits. Yesterday I demonstrated to a patient that thru Good Rx her Tamiflu Rx would be something like $37 vs over $300 thru CVS pharmacy (the major chains are always the most expensive) even using her health insurance card. I recommend for every Rx and for every refill, even on 90 day chronic medications, I ll compare Good Rx with insurance provided prices. I haven’t NOT used Good Rx for perhaps 4-5 yrs (I.e., I always find it better). The only caveat is that perhaps 10% of the time Walmart pharmacies don’t honor the Good Rx price. They are the only pharmacy that I ve run into this with, who does that occasionally. If you find that is the case when you go to pick it up, show them the price (I take a screen shot of the Good Rx promised price on my phone for proof), and if they don’t honor it, I would just ask for your prescription back and go to the next closest competitor. Good Rx is saving my patients lives affordably! Tell all your friends who don’t have surplus money about this excellent free offer!!!

Yes, it absolutely does save you money!

I’ve used GoodRX for years, I started seeing a new Dr. and he asked me if I have the “GoodRx” app. I told him I’d never heard of it, he told me that he had recently heard about it from one of his patients, and that it can save some serious money on medication. I downloaded it. My first experience was at the other corner pharmacy (not my preferred CVS)
I did have insurance through my employer. BUT, keep reading. I handed the Pharmacist my prescription, and my insurance card. She put everything in the system and said my medication was going to cost $140!! She saw the look on my face and said Yep, I guess you don’t want it do you. Even her pharmacy tech was surprised at how rude she was. I explained to her that I didn’t need it, and asked if she would quote the price with the good RX coupon. She said that no coupon was going to be better than insurance and straight up walked off! After she walked off, her pharmacy tech asked if he could do it for me, after handing him my phone he scan the coupon and the price went from $140 down to $45! That was just the coupon, no insurance! Yes I absolutely did what you would’ve done. I let the pharmacist know immediately that she needs to actually listen to her customers and that I saved $95 with the GoodRx app!

Mixed feelings…

I have been using the app for some meds for migraines, and I was impressed by the amount that people could save with this app! I also think it’s great for those who don’t have insurance or have limited insurance (HMOs, etc.), since people should be able to get the best medications for them. However, I have experienced trying to get one medication and my pharmacy knew it was no longer available—the FDA has concerns that really irritate me since it isn’t a controlled substance, but they worry that people can get one of the ingredients OTC, and this could lead to liver (and possibly kidney) problems—mainly liver toxicity. But they only give a small amount of them anyway, and taking the OTC would do nothing for those with migraines that would cause a physician to prescribe this medication anyway. Nothing has stopped my intractable migraines, but I had 2 that helped for a while—I could have a little break! I use other methods for relief and pray. I can still find the coupon for this medication in my area, and that’s just not good! What other meds might still be on the app? I thought the developer was up to date on the different meds in different ways from articles and other information I’ve read and seen. But now I’m not so sure. Please keep the information updated so that patients aren’t unaware. I appreciate that you have helped a lot of people and hopefully can still use the app for myself and others. But it is important to be updated. Thank you!

Developer Response ,

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