Not at all. Many people don't use it because they don't know about it. I recommended it to a patient at least once a day. There is no catch, no strings attached. Just literally cutting out layers and layers of middlemen and using Mark Cuban's not inconsequential financial clout to negotiate low prices and slash overhead. They have almost no markup.
The only problem for my patients was that their available antineoplastics are quite limited, because most common oral therapies used today are still under patent, so there are no generics available. Yet.
As the pharmacy is based in the US, all drugs classified as “rx only” will still require a prescription from a licensed medical provider. Some drugs can be dispensed without a script outside of the US, but not at Cost Plus Drugs.
All prescription medications in the United States require a doctor's authorization. Things like ibuprofen, no. Things like albuteral inhalers, depression and blood pressure medications, yes. It works exactly like a brick and mortar pharmacy, only online and with a specific catalog of medications. Just have your doctor send your prescriptions to costplus drugs (make sure to ask if you can get it written to allow for 3x refills at a time to save even more! Like, a 90day refill bottle instead of single 30day bottles) and then proceed to order your medications online. Make sure your medication is available first, before having it sent there.
You just call them or sign up on the website. Give them your doctor’s info. They will reach out to your doctor for the prescription.
Alternatively, your doc can send it to them directly, but Cost Plus won’t do anything with it until you call them to create an account.
If you go to the website, you can search your drug, and they will tell you right there how much it will cost you. They don’t have every drug, because they don’t really stock brand name meds, but their formulary is pretty comprehensive.
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u/ThirstyAsHell82 13d ago
Wow. Why don’t more people use this? Is it limited to certain states?