Azithromycin - Z-Pack or 30 days?

[T_Anna]

DS14 has been on azithromycin for weeks, I am getting them in z-packs (6 pills at a time). Do others get 30 days at a time?

 

Thanks,

T.Anna

[tpotter]

Absolutely. I would think it would be WAY more expensive to get them in 6 pill containers at a time. Also, it's available in generic (azithromycin)

[Mayzoo]

Yes, but if you have insurance, the cost is likely the same. I got them both ways, whatever the pharmacy had on hand, and it was a 30 day copay regardless. The pharmacy may be losing money, but your copay should be the same.

 

If you do not have insurance, then it is likely cheaper to buy a 30 dose bottle.

[Dedee]

Yes we get ours in 30 day doses. It may depend on your insurance or on how your doctor wrote the script. Seems like a real pain to have to go to the pharmacy every week. I would talk to your doctor and make sure the script was written to dispense 30 tablets. If that is how it was written, they are supposed to dispense it that way unless insurance refuses to pay for it.

 

Dedee

[T_Anna]

Thanks. I will ask them to rewrite the prescription.

 

T.Anna