My tiny little pills I take for low thyroid are about $4.50 for 30 pills, a month's worth.
I picked up a horrible lung/chest infection last fall that went from being a virus to one the doc referred to as bacterial. Several meds at a cost of almost $600 did nothing so he prescribed steroids. 16 of them taken over 5 days at a cost of $3.50 - but they were only available at one of our many local pharmacies. Cured my infection almost immediately although I did have a HUGE weight gain.
Hard to understand.