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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>So why is it that we have three Wal-Marts and two Miers
in this area but no Costcos?</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=ecxmsonormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A
title=http://mc/compose?to=rosettesig@Costco
href="http://mc/compose?to=rosettesig@Costco"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #800040; FONT-SIZE: 36pt"
title="http://mc/compose?to=rosettesig@Costco CTRL + Click to follow link">Costco</SPAN></B></A></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #800040; FONT-SIZE: 36pt"> -
Unbelievable!<BR></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>Story verified</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #010101; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> @<A
title=http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/generic.asp
href="http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/generic.asp"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #0000ee">http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/generic.asp</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #010101"><BR><BR> </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Make sure you read to the end You
will be amazed.</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes"><IMG
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height=319></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR></SPAN><B><I><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Let's hear it for Costco! (This
is just mind-boggling!)</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR></SPAN><B><I><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Make sure you read all the way
past the list of the drugs. The woman that signed below is a Budget
Analyst out of federal Washington , DC offices.</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><BR>Did you ever wonder how much
it costs a drug company for the active ingredient in prescription
medications? Some people think it must cost a lot, since many drugs sell
for more than $2.00 per tablet. We did a search of offshore chemical
synthesizers that supply the active ingredients found in drugs approved by
the FDA. As we have revealed in past issues of Life Extension a
significant percentage of drugs sold in the United States contain active
ingredients made in other countries. In our independent investigation of
how much profit drug companies really make, we obtained the actual price
of active ingredients used in some of the most popular drugs sold in
America . </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><BR></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Celebrex:</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">100 mg<BR>Consumer price (100
tablets): $130.27<BR>Cost of general active ingredients: $0.60<BR>Percent
markup: 21,712%</SPAN></B><SPAN
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style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">10 mg<BR>Consumer Price (100
tablets): $215.17<BR>Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71<BR>Percent
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style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">250 mg<BR>Consumer Price (100
tablets): $157.39<BR>Cost of general active ingredients: $1.88<BR>Percent
markup: 8,372%</SPAN></B><SPAN
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style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">20 mg<BR>Consumer Price (100
tablets): $272.37<BR>Cost of general active ingredients: $5.80<BR>Percent
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style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">10 mg<BR>Consumer price (100
tablets): $188.29<BR>Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14<BR>Percent
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style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">20 mg<BR>Consumer price (100
tablets): $220.27<BR>Cost of general active ingredients: $7.60<BR>Percent
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style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">10 mg<BR>Consumer price (100
tablets): $102.37<BR>Cost of general active ingredients: $0.20<BR>Percent
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tablets) : $136.79<BR>Cost of general active ingredients:
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style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><BR>Zithromax:</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">600 mg<BR>Consumer price (100
tablets): $1,482.19<BR>Cost of general active ingredients:
$18.78<BR>Percent markup: 7,892%</SPAN></B><SPAN
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style="COLOR: blue"><BR>Zocor:</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">40 mg<BR>Consumer price (100
tablets): $350.27<BR>Cost of general active ingredients: $8.63<BR>Percent
markup: 4,059%</SPAN></B><SPAN
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style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Zoloft:</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">50 mg<BR>Consumer price:
$206.87<BR>Cost of general active ingredients: $1..75<BR>Percent markup:
11,821%</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><SPAN
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style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><BR>Since the cost of
prescription drugs is so outrageous, I thought everyone should know about
this. <BR>It pays to shop around! This helps to solve the mystery as
to why they can afford to put a Walgreen's on every corner. On Monday
night, Steve Wilson, an investigative reporter for Channel 7 News in
Detroit , did a story on generic drug prices gouging by pharmacies. He
found in his investigation that some of these generic drugs were marked up
as much as 3,000% or more. So often we blame the drug companies for the
high cost of drugs, and usually rightfully so. But in this case, the fault
clearly lies with the pharmacies themselves. For example if you had to buy
a prescription drug, and bought the name brand, you might pay $100 for 100
pills.<BR>The pharmacist might tell you that if you get the generic
equivalent, they would only cost $80, making you think you are saving $20.
What the pharmacist is not telling you is that those 100 generic pills may
have only cost him $10!<BR><BR>At the end of the report, one of the
anchors asked Mr. Wilson whether or not there were any pharmacies that did
not adhere to this practice, and he said that Costco consistently charged
little over their cost for the generic drugs.<BR></SPAN></B><B
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style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><BR><BR>I went to the Costco
site, where you can look up any drug, and get its online price. It says
that the in-store prices are consistent with the online prices. I was
appalled. Just to give you one example from my own experience I had to use
the drug Compazine which helps prevent nausea in chemo
patients.<BR></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-no-proof: yes"><IMG
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style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><BR>I used the generic
equivalent, which cost $54.99 for 60 pills at CVS. I checked the price at
Costco, and I could have bought 100 pills for $19.89. For 145 of my pain
pills, I paid $72.57. I could have got 150 at Costco for $28.08.<BR><BR>I
would like to mention, that although Costco is a 'membership' type store,
you do NOT have to be a member to buy prescriptions there as it is a
federally regulated substance. You just tell them at the door that you
wish to use the pharmacy, and they will let you in. <BR><BR>I am
asking each of you to please help me by copying this letter, and passing
it into your own e-mail, and send it to everyone you know with an e-mail
address.<BR></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333300; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>Sharon L. Davis<BR>Budget
Analyst<BR>U.S. Department of Commerce<BR>Room 6839<BR>Office Ph:
202-482-4458 202-482-4458<SPAN
class=ecxecxapple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>Office Fax:
202-482-5480<BR>E-mail Address:<A
title=http://mc/compose?to=sdavis@doc.gov
href="http://mc/compose?to=sdavis@doc.gov"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #0000ee">sdavis@doc.gov</SPAN></A></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
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