[Secret Agent Man]

Watch out, many people here will rip on you and say “who are you to post something that has people in charge of what they put in their bodies, not their doctors.”

I am not one of them. Beware though, if you’re not a doc, you’re not an expert and therefore you don’t know jack.

I still remember a video interview with a retired pharma ceo who point blank said that most drugs do nothing for many people, and that even their best drugs to their own testing only help at best 50% of the people that take them.

[TomGuy]

I am apprehensive of drugs from watching too many litigation commercials where drug companies are being sued.

Several years ago a physician had me on 3 name brand prescriptions running about $300/month out-of-pocket. I started seeing another doctor and he took me off all 3. Within a couple of years all 3 of those drugs showed up in litigation commercials and were pulled off the market.

I prefer generics. Many say they are not as good as the name brand, but I figure if the drug has been on the market long enough to reach the generic stage, it is more likely to be beyond the litigation stage.

[jeffc]

Kind of off-topic, but still related to prescription drugs: I have to take Synthroid or levothyroxin (the generic). I used to be able to get a one year prescription from a doctor, but now all they'll write me is a 3 month supply prescription, forcing me to go back every 3 months (and pay a healthy office visit fee and blood test fee each time!).

I see where you can, supposedly, get the generic synthroid from Canada without a prescription. Is this legit? Does anyone do this?

[metmom]

Maybe it’s thanks to all those commercials which push the Rx drugs and are forced to list the side effects, which range from hangnails to death.

For most of those drugs, the side effects sound worse than the condition and after hearing them, I’d be inclined to take my chances with the condition.