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Approximately how much money do you spend in an average month on anything having to do with your health care, meds, etc.? ~

 

Posted - March 18, 2020

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  • 13395
    About  $1.50 for raw garlic @$4.50/lb.

    About  $3.00 for vitamin D pills.
      March 18, 2020 9:10 AM MDT
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  • $2.96 every couple of months for Chlortabs.  I was buying Excedrin Migraine, but it's discontinued until further notice, so I take Advil Migraine and it is almost as good as Excedrin.  Advil is almost $10 every couple of months.  So, that's the extent of my health costs. 
      March 18, 2020 11:18 AM MDT
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  • 44583
    Dang...I was going to ask this.

    5 scrip meds @$7.00 co-pay for 3 month supply. 35/3= $11.67
    Aspirin  50 cents.
    Ibuprophen  800mg/day. About $4.00/month.
    No supplements.
      March 18, 2020 11:23 AM MDT
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  • 4624
    Hmm.
    Do you use alcohol as a pain-killer?
    If so, maybe the grog bill counts as part of your meds.
    Or does it?
      March 18, 2020 9:09 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    Usually zero.

    Back in December, I was out snigging camphour laurel logs.
    There was some sort of tiny insect, something I couldn't see, hear or feel, which bit all over my torso underneath my T-shirt.
    I waited for a week in the expectation that the bites and itches would fade.
    Instead, they multiplied.

    I went to the doctor for the first time in six years.
    It was hives.

    She prescribed calamine lotion and antihistamine tablets - $24.00.

    The combo worked reasonably well - reduced symptoms by a third within 24 hrs.
    Added bonus, good sleep - side effect of the drug.



    This post was edited by inky at March 18, 2020 9:34 PM MDT
      March 18, 2020 9:08 PM MDT
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  • 53490

      Please define “snigging camphour laurel logs”, we don’t speak Australian. Thank you.


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      March 18, 2020 9:34 PM MDT
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