Yes it is! My only prescription med is my thyroid med that I take once a day. A 90-day supply is only $4.00. I have refused to take statins because the only one I tolerated was $175.00 a month WITH insurance. I try to exercise and eat right but with genetically high cholesterol, who knows. It’s only my LDL that is bad. I go on my own and pay to have my arteries scanned when the Lifeline Screening is in town to keep up with any buildup.
I have two old dogs (sisters) that are almost 15-years old and around 60 pounds each. They have always been in perfect health until one was diagnosed in September with inoperable bladder cancer. I wouldn’t have surgery done on one that old anyway. She is taking an anti-cancer pill once a day that shrinks the tumor. The pills are over $1 each. They only gave me 30 the first time because they predicted she wouldn’t make it more than a month. The last time, I got 180. She’s still plugging along after six months, playing, barking, eating, etc. and her only symptoms are a small weight loss, and it takes her forever to pee. When I refilled the med I asked how to know it’s time and was told when she starts passing blood or seems to be in pain. Other than that, you can’t tell there is anything wrong with her. They have both been on plain Ivermectin for heartworm prevention for almost 15 years. Now that we are finding out what we are finding out, I credit the IVM for their long healthy lives.
I’m having a fight with the medical establishment about getting my Synthroid filled as Synthroid.
Because of many allergies I have to take what I know works and the brand name does and yet everyone tries to prescribe it as generic. And with levothyroxine, you are not supposed to change formulations.