Drug Coupon Codes Being Given For Off Patent Brand Name Narcotics
There are a number of concerted efforts out there to keep people off narcotics. That extends to pharmaceuticals as well, as some companies want to keep people off generic narcotics. The largest prescription companies, alias "Big Pharma" are issuing narcotic coupon codes to keep people using brand name drugs that have gone off-patent.
Saving on generic narcotics
Though the morality of government intervention into business is debatable, a clear benefit to consumers is when the patents on prescription medications lapse. Narcotics that go "off-patent" can then be made by generic narcotic companies. Generic narcotics then hit the market and people taking the narcotics save a bundle by buying generic.
Some pharmaceutical corporations that produce the narcotic are trying to find ways to keep consumers around after the drugs lose their patent. They are offering drug coupon codes to consumers, according to USA Today. These coupon codes allow individuals to buy drugs with a discount in order to keep them loyal to the business.
All about Lipitor
Among the Pfizer drug coupon codes currently being offered is for Lipitor, Pfizer's cholesterol-reduction medication. Using the narcotic coupons, which are called "Lipitor For You," the co-pay for a one-month supply is $4 for insured patients, providing their co-pay is $79 or less. Usually, it costs between $25 and $50. Lipitor, formerly a giant cash machine for the business, went off-patent last year and generics hit the market easily. A one-month supply of generic avorstatin, the chemical name of the drug, goes for $10, which certainly won't make a patient need a cash advance to keep themselves in life-saving pills.
The medication costs $175 without any type of discount or insurance, which means individuals without insurance could get it for $100 with the $75 off coupon. Those with co-pays more than $79 will get discounts on a sliding scale, which will still be helpful.
Novartis' blood pressure medication Diovan and Plavix, a blood-thinner by Bristol-Meyers Squibb, are both off-patent and are providing coupon codes to keep business rolling, according to the Washington Post.
Hard to hate
It isn't easy to drum up a ton of sympathy for Big Pharma. For every breakthrough, there's a scandal. The biggest fines released in cases of corporate malfeasance are often handed out to pharmaceutical companies. They also spend billions of dollars and upward of a decade of time in creating medications, many of which are life-saving. Generic drug companies make the same drug without development costs which, according to CBS, accounts for the discount of up to 90 percent.
Generics are also good for insurance corporations, according to USA Today, as the copay can be cheaper by up to $100 per prescription, dependent upon the drug. The narcotic coupons, also called copay coupon codes, are estimated to possibly make Big Pharma about $32 billion over the next decade.
About 85 percent of people using Lipitor started using a generic before June was over. About 80 percent of all prescriptions are for generic drugs.
Saving on generic narcotics
Though the morality of government intervention into business is debatable, a clear benefit to consumers is when the patents on prescription medications lapse. Narcotics that go "off-patent" can then be made by generic narcotic companies. Generic narcotics then hit the market and people taking the narcotics save a bundle by buying generic.
Some pharmaceutical corporations that produce the narcotic are trying to find ways to keep consumers around after the drugs lose their patent. They are offering drug coupon codes to consumers, according to USA Today. These coupon codes allow individuals to buy drugs with a discount in order to keep them loyal to the business.
All about Lipitor
Among the Pfizer drug coupon codes currently being offered is for Lipitor, Pfizer's cholesterol-reduction medication. Using the narcotic coupons, which are called "Lipitor For You," the co-pay for a one-month supply is $4 for insured patients, providing their co-pay is $79 or less. Usually, it costs between $25 and $50. Lipitor, formerly a giant cash machine for the business, went off-patent last year and generics hit the market easily. A one-month supply of generic avorstatin, the chemical name of the drug, goes for $10, which certainly won't make a patient need a cash advance to keep themselves in life-saving pills.
The medication costs $175 without any type of discount or insurance, which means individuals without insurance could get it for $100 with the $75 off coupon. Those with co-pays more than $79 will get discounts on a sliding scale, which will still be helpful.
Novartis' blood pressure medication Diovan and Plavix, a blood-thinner by Bristol-Meyers Squibb, are both off-patent and are providing coupon codes to keep business rolling, according to the Washington Post.
Hard to hate
It isn't easy to drum up a ton of sympathy for Big Pharma. For every breakthrough, there's a scandal. The biggest fines released in cases of corporate malfeasance are often handed out to pharmaceutical companies. They also spend billions of dollars and upward of a decade of time in creating medications, many of which are life-saving. Generic drug companies make the same drug without development costs which, according to CBS, accounts for the discount of up to 90 percent.
Generics are also good for insurance corporations, according to USA Today, as the copay can be cheaper by up to $100 per prescription, dependent upon the drug. The narcotic coupons, also called copay coupon codes, are estimated to possibly make Big Pharma about $32 billion over the next decade.
About 85 percent of people using Lipitor started using a generic before June was over. About 80 percent of all prescriptions are for generic drugs.