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Prescription Prices Can Vary Widely Within a Community One of our readers sent in the price comparison below on a prescription for the drug ZOCOR, a common drug for high cholesterol. She talked to pharmacists at the following stores in the Bowling Green, Kentucky area during the first and second week of January 1999, and their prices for a 30-day supply of ZOCOR were as follows*: Rite Aid Pharmacy (highest) $131.94 Revco $130.99 CVS $121.49 Williams Drug Co. $115.24 C.d.s. Drugs $113.66 Medicap Pharmacy $111.29 Kroger Pharmacy $106.29 Northgate Pharmacy $105.75 Hollands $103.49 Springhill Pharmacy $103.14 Walgreen's $102.99 Wal-Mart Pharmacy $101.78 Nation's Medicine $101.39 Medicine Shoppe $102.37 K-Mart $94.99 Hines Drugs $95.50 Winn Dixie (lowest) $92.82 *all prices subject to regional variation and change This article first appeared in Volume 4, Issue 10 of "The Social Security and Medicare Advisor" newsletter (October/1999). To receive future editions of "The Advisor" in its special, free e-mail version, please click here. | ||||||||
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