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Letter Re: A Special Antibiotics-By-Mail Offer for SurvivalBlog Readers
Jim:
Many SurvivalBlog readers have expressed an interest in obtaining antibiotics
for emergency use, for example t be prepared for another 9/11-style anthrax
attack (for which ciprofloxacin has been recommended in the past by the FDA and
Centers
for Disease
Control) or a flu epidemic. The gentleman who owns a discount pharmacy has
agreed to a solution. From now until April 30, 2008, The Medical Center Pharmacy,
located in the lobby of The Hillman Medical Center
at 2116 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, will offer for sale sealed
stock bottles of 100 Ciprofloxacin 500 mg tablets in their original
packaging "to
SurvivalBlog readers who mention discount code SB1" for only $33. (If
your prescription is for less than 51 tablets of ciprofloxacin, the price will
be $25. [The cost per unit is higher because] if the quantity is less than
100 tablets the stock bottle will be opened by the pharmacist and pills counted.)
In addition,
10
capsules
of
Tamiflu
75
mg in their sealed original packaging for treatment and prevention of flu will
be available for $93. Any other prescription medicine available in
the USA will also be offered at a discount price if "discount
code SB-1" is
mentioned. This pharmacy has been owned by the same pharmacist for the past
15 years. Both of these medicines are recently manufactured and have distant
expiration dates. The pharmacy's toll free phone number is 888-653-9404 or
if busy, call 215-568-3858. FAX: 215.564.6065.
There are four straightforward conditions. Firstly, since these are prescription
products, you must have a health care provider phone, fax, or mail
in a prescription.
The pharmacy is only able to honor the "SB-1 discount" from 8:30
AM to 5 PM Monday-Friday EST. Second condition is that there will be no acceptance
of any prescriptions for any "controlled substances" (such as narcotics,
amphetamines, etc.) unless the original prescription is handed to the pharmacist
by the customer at the pharmacy's physical location [and provide proof of identity](provided
above). However, the good news is that any customer presenting a physical prescription
or picking
up prescription medication at the pharmacy will receive an additional $5 off
per prescription because the pharmacy is spared additional shipping, handling
and related costs. Third condition is that there is an additional charge for
mailing of $3 for the first prescription and $2 each for all other prescriptions
mailed out in the same package to the lower 48 states. This includes a charge
for delivery confirmation. The final condition is that the only acceptable
methods of payment are either major credit card, US postal money order (made
out to "Medical
Center Pharmacy"), or cash. No insurance accepted.
I researched prescription prices and urge your readers to do so. The Medical
Center Pharmacy is offering really great prices for genuine products. For the
price of roughly a half tank of gas or two AR or AK mags, you can choose to
have enough ciprofloxacin for anthrax exposure and not lose life-threatening
time if your doctor agrees that you need to start a medication immediately.
Based on the response, there may be other group-buy style discounts and programs
for other survival prescription medications available in the future. Why not
compare the prices of all your current prescriptions with those offered under
the "Discount Code SB-1". Given the rural isolation of many SurvivalBlog
readers and high gas prices, you have little to lose by prudent preparing,
asking question,
and price checks. The Medical Center Pharmacy reserves the right to increase
the prices stated above after April 30, 2008. - Yorie in PA (a retired physician)
