If you’re reading this you probably already know Flomax® is a drug for the prostate.
Word is out, the drug has gone generic and is now available at retail pharmacies.
Checking local pharmacies today, I found the retail price for a 30-day prescription of brand name drug running about $145 to $151.
At the same stores the generic costs $115 to $134, a savings of $11 to $36 a month – which goes to show, it pays to shop around. No doubt the price will drop further as additional manufacturers begin production of generic tamsulosin.
For uninsured patients who still find this a bit pricy, visit the manufacturer’s website regarding their patient assistance program at: http://us.boehringer-ingelheim.com/about-us/philanthropy/patient-assist.html.
Qualifying income guidelines for this program are listed for non-Medicare patients at: http://www.patientassistance.com/profile/boehringeringelheimpharmaceuticalsinc-80/.
For Medicare patients visit this website instead: http://www.patientassistance.com/profile/boehringeringelheimpharmaceuticalsinc-82/.
I could not find a coupon for brand name Flomax at this time. However, you still might find it useful to visit the manufacturer’s website for additional information about BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy) at: http://www.4flomax.com/.
According to reuters.com, Flomax has had sales over $1,000,000,000 annually
(see http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWNAS875020080131).
Whereas losing their patent means a big sales loss for Boehringer-Ingelheim, Americans will be glad to save millions of dollars a year.
Interested in saving even more? Ask your doctor about the $4 alpha-blockers that are used for hypertension but also help the prostate.
Potential savings to America if only 1 in 1000 patients save even 10% by switching to generic tamsulosin:
$1,000,000,000/1000 patients x 10% = $100,000 saved annually.
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