Cardura XL packaging
A weekly series identifying prescription drugs manufactured in America and their prices.
Cardura XL (doxazosin mesylate extended release tablets), a product marketed by drug giant Pfizer, is used to treat signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia, or an increase in prostate size. Cardura XL is manufactured in the U.S., but available at a much lower price in foreign pharmacies. At a Rite-Aid in New York City, 30 pills (4 mg) costs $94. The lowest price from a PharmacyChecker.com approved pharmacy is $26. That’s a 72% savings or $816 over one year.
I consider it shameful that the price of doxazosin mesylate extended release tablets in the U.S. prevents my less well-off patients who need this medicine from obtaining it in the U.S. from a U.S. pharmacy.
I am pleased that these patients can afford this common medication if they purchase it from a PharmacyChecker.com approved foreign pharmacy.
No patient should ever have to choose between food and medicine in the wealthiest nation the world has ever known.
‘Nuff said.
Mark Gary Blumenthal, MD, MPH
Hi Dr. Blumenthal –
It's heartening to see American doctors looking out for patients when it comes to high drug prices. Have a nice weekend.
Gabriel Levitt
Vice President
PharmacyChecker.com