Stupid Crap

I've had an issue for quite a while. In a recent checkup blood was found in my stool. I was diagnosed long ago with a bleeding hemroid. Lovely huh. Anyway, I can usually control it by watching my diet and it hadn't bothered me for quite some time until recently. Anyway my doc sent me to a specialist who sent me to the hospital, who knocked me out and gave me an anal and throat probe. I am hoping they either used to seperate probes or did the throat first. Although that might explain the strange tast in my mouth. Just kidding.

Anyway it turns out my colon is the nicest cleanest thing east of the Grand Canyon, but I have bad acid reflux; no kidding, knew that. Anyway aparantly I have damaged my throat enough that it is bleeding into my digestive tract. Great. Fortunately the answer is apparently called Prilosec in 40 mg doses. I started it two months ago and haven't had a single lava eruption. I also only occasionally see any blood on the old tp. Now for the stupid part. I have medical insurance and it pays for meds. It is great insurance. It even paid most of my wife's anti-smoking stuff. I take 2 other medications. One is a fairly new one with no generic equivalent and it costs me $40 for a 90 day supply, the other is older and costs me $5 for 90 days. The Prilosec costs me $40 for a 30 day supply. Now Prilosec recently with over the counter. They sell a 14 pill pack for around $10, a 28 pill pack for $15 and a 42 pill pack for $25, but these are 20 mg tablets. The pharmacist says they are identical but I would have to take 2 pills. If I bought the 42 and the 14 this would last 28 days and cost $35 roughly. Actually closer to $36. This would be versus $40. I would save $4 but get 2 doses less. Also, Walmart now produces a generic equivalent that is roughly $5 cheaper in the 28 and 42 pill packs. I don't remember seeing a 14 pill pack in generic. Usually generics work well for me, but I have run into one or two situations where they did not. I can usually tell when I forget to take my Prilosec with a couple of days. I picked up the 42 pill generic pack yesterday and took the first 2 pills today. I'll let you know in a couple of days whether they are the same effectiveness or not.