Generics – an app that compares cost of a medication at various pharmacies

When doctors are seeing patient, the cost of medication is always a question whether we like it or not. Even a physician prescribes a medication that he/she feels that is appropriate for patient, it gets changed due to insurance coverage and cost issues.

It is now important for physicians to be cognizant of costs of the medications.  If patient can not afford it what you prescribe, he may not take it and in that case physician did nothing to the patient. It is not easy to find out which medications are available free or at what cost at pharmacies.

Now with this app – Generics – finally you can search a generic drug and you will know right away how much it cost at Walmart, Target, RiteAid, CVS, Walgreens, Kmart and Giant. Some antibiotics are available for Free at Shoprite and some are cheaper at Walmart.

Knowing this allows us to know where patient can get the same medication at cheaper cost.

With this app, you can

• Search the drug by name, class or by pharmacy
• See whether a particular generic drug is available at the patient’s pharmacy
• Verify if patient get the discounted price for a 90 day supply
• Check which drugs are available as discounted generics for a particular condition or drug class

It is a FREE app which is very useful tool for a physician to have on their iPhone for daily use.