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Rick Melcher R.Ph.:
Lets say you're taking a 25mg tablet and there's a 50 and 100mg tablet.

Pharmacist Rick Melcher, co-author of the book, Smart Buys Drug Wise…

If you would buy the 50mg tablet take one half of that tablet you're now back at that 25mg dose that you were taking. You will save 30, 40, 50 in some cases 75%.

Everyone knows that buying a generic rather than a name brand drug is another easy way to save money but there are concerns about generics.

Some people say, "gosh I took the brand and now when I take the generic I just don't get the same results." That may be true maybe because of the binders and other things that make that tablet how it's compressed it may dissolve a little different. However, the thing that can be easily done is the dose can be adjusted. You usually will save a lot more money taking two of the generic if that was necessary which is not usually the case versus taking one of the brand names.

If you're going to take a drug for a long time, Rick says, get your doctor to write a prescription for as much of the drug as possible.

Every pharmacy that I've ever worked in and know of, if you buy quantities of 90 or 100 there's usually some pretty good price breaks on almost every single pharmacy you go to that you will save some money.

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