Really? Is there a option?

So I got all of my immunizations over Spring Break at a travel clinic in LaGrange. Since then I have been carrying around the prescription for the malaria medication and the one for traveler's diarrhea (honestly, never thought I would be typing that word on a blog post).

I knew that I had an annual doctor's appointment coming up and so I figured that I would just get them filled at the pharmacy in my doctor's office. Nope. They don't carry the drugs.

So, I went across the street to pharmacy that accepts my insurance. They get all of my information in and start to fill the prescription. But then I got a call to come up to the desk. Apparently, these meds are not covered. Nice.

My guess is that most of you don't take anti-malarial drugs on a regular basis. First of all they are the size of horse pills and second of all, I hear that the side effects may not be great. In addition, the 17 pills that I needed cost 10 bucks a pill!

But what do you do when the pharmacy tech asks if you still want the prescription? Is there really a choice? Who wants malaria?

I told them that I did indeed want my prescription, but since my insurance wasn't going to cover it anyway, I was going to go down the street to CVS. I have brand loyalty. (And by supporting CVS, I feel that I am inadvertently supporting my inheritance. Right, momma?) Plus, I saved 2.50 a pill.

Lesson to learn: next time, you decide to go to Africa, budget for the medication.