Operation: RX Drug Hunt

Pharmacy's across Texoma are dealing with prescription drug price hikes. We took a look at pill pricing in some pharmacy's in Wichita Falls to see how they price their drugs, and if they are looking out for you the consumer.

At Wichita Falls Family Practice some patients say their pharmacy bill can really add up in price fast. An issue Doctor Mattar is all to familiar with.

Doctor Matter commented, "Lack of health insurance and financial difficulties is what most people are dealing with. They cannot afford their medication and then don't use their medications."

In a rough economy Doctor Mattar said having a patient not taking their medicationand putting their life in danger, is definitely not what he wants. "We are extremely conscience of the cost at our practice.We want to give patients something that is effective but affordable."

Doctor Mattar said when he has the option he will always prescribe a generic form of a medication because it's cheaper.

Newschannel 6took a look at a commonly prescribe blood thinner drug by the brand name of Coumadin, and its generic form on the marketcalled Warfarin.

"The brand name Coumadin could be about $60 dollars and the generic could go for about $20." Doctor Matter added, "There are programs that are selling if for $4 for a month."

Newschannel 6 found out pharmacy chains like Walmart and Targetsell the generic drug Warfarin for as little as $4 for a months supply. In most cases that's cheaper than a co-pay if you have insurance.

We also called other pharmacy's in the area and asked what the price would be for a person without insurance. Walgreens priced warfarin at $14. Savon Pharmacy priced it at $21.69, offering to drop that price down to $4.99, after buying their $10 pharmacy card.CVS priced it at $14.79. They also offered a discount price, bringing that down to $10.87.

We headed to an independent pharmacy, Harvest Drug to ask what they priced their Warfarin at. Pharmacist Ginger Pino was able to match the $4 price, the cheapest price chain pharmacy's like Walmart and Target priced theirs at.

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Operation: RX Drug Hunt