Guess how much my eye drops cost. (doctor, prescription, insurance)

[LifeIsGood01]

They are prescription antihistamine drops.

Guess how much the 5 ml bottle cost
How much it costs per drop
how much it costs per gallon.

[LifeIsGood01]

Okay I will tell you.

The tiny bottle costs $330.00

if you get only 69 drops they come to $5.50 a drop

A gallon would cost $250,000

[AnonChick]

Originally Posted by so954

Okay I will tell you.

The tiny bottle costs $330.00

if you get only 69 drops they come to $5.50 a drop

A gallon would cost $250,000

No, not really. It's cheaper in bulk, just like pretty much anything you pay for. For instance:

I can buy water lily absolute, measured in ounce fractions rather than litre fractions, so the closest thing to 5 ml I can get is 7.39 ml (which is 1/4 fluid ounce). That'll set me back $184.69. Multiply that by 4, and you'll get $738.76 per ounce pricing.

However...

I can buy 4 ounces of it, at $2102.02 for the bottle. That comes to only 525.51 per ounce. Since water lily absolute is so rare, I can't get better pricing than that, from this particular importer.

I can get tuberose absolute for $102.54 for the same 7.39ml size bottle. And if I want 16 ounces of it, $4464.52 for the bottle. So the 7.39/ml bottle would be $410.16 per ounce, and if I get it in bulk with a 16-ounce bottle instead, it'd come to only $279.03/ounce, which is significantly less.

Moral of the story: buy in bulk if you can, accept the high cost of small quantities if you can't. Also, get in touch with the pharmaceutical company, maybe they'll cut you a break. Many companies do.

[jambo101]

My eye doctor has me on something called Latanoprost 0.005% eye drops for glaucoma,cost $25, after insurance my out of pocket cost is $5.20 for one small bottle of the stuff.
On a brief Google search Antihistamine eye drops dont look that expensive=
https://www.google.ca/#safe=active&q...eye+drops+cost

[PeachSalsa]

Originally Posted by so954

They are prescription antihistamine drops.

Guess how much the 5 ml bottle cost
How much it costs per drop
how much it costs per gallon.

I would demand a different med. Call your doctor.

I am assuming you've already tried all of the over the counter antihistamine eye drops?

[Northeastah]

I'm so glad that Obamacare addressed the real problem with healthcare in the US!

/sarcasm

[cam1957]

Originally Posted by so954

They are prescription antihistamine drops.

Guess how much the 5 ml bottle cost
How much it costs per drop
how much it costs per gallon.

What's the name and mg. of the prescription? Is there a generic?

My son takes something for macular edema and he pays 90 for a 40 day supply, but that's the cheapest we found unless we would go the Canada route.