[Dailydrool] Medication resource

[Val Brewer]

Bo takes an expensive daily medication for his chronic ulcerative colitis 
(Budesonide 2 mg.). When first prescribed, we discovered that to fill the 
prescription here in Hawaii at any of several local pharmacies would cost us 
about $300/month. After consulting with the Drool, drooler and veterinarian 
Laura Tancredi recommended a pharmacy in New Jersey available to vets and pet 
owners. The pharmacy is Wedgewood Pharmacy; 405 Heron Drive; Swedesboro, NJ; 
phone: 800-331-8272. Our vet calls in Bo's prescription to Wedgewood, which then 
fills the script and second day airmails it to us. The price is less than a 
third what it would cost us to fill this script locally. Their service has been 
great. I believe they have a website on-line as well where one can check the 
prices of meds. Wedgewood compounds their meds and handles large quantities 
which allows them to offer better prices. (Bo's medicine is one used by humans 
that needs to be dosage reduced for veterinary use--it is a medicine specific to 
ulcerative colitis and Crohn's; a steroid which dissolves in the intestines 
rather than the stomach). This resource is definitely worth looking at when 
pricing meds.
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