Mail-order Prescription Discounts

If you want to receive discounts on your medications, you may want to consider mail-order prescriptions.

Mail-order prescriptions drugs are often much cheaper than buying drugs through a pharmacist. Some pharmacies offer prescription discounts of up to 80% when received through the mail.

There may be a membership fee required, but you'll find that most pharmacies won't charge a fee. However, you may have to pay shipping and handling costs for your mail-order medications.

Sometimes when you order medication through the mail, you can receive more medication than you would get if you pick it up from the pharmacy but at a discounted price. For example, if you get your medications on a monthly basis, you may have the option to receive three months' worth of medication for the price of only two months.

There are many other positive aspects to mail-order prescriptions other than just discounts:
- You don't have to waste time driving down to the pharmacy or waiting in long pharmacy lines. Your medications conveniently arrive at your door in plenty of time.
- Receiving medication through the mail lets you get your drugs confidentially.
- It's usually very simple to order your mail-order prescriptions, either by filling out a form or ordering online.
- Your medications are all FDA approved.
- You may have the option of setting up constant delivery, so you have the reliability of receiving the medications you need on time. You won't forget to go to the pharmacy and pick them up yourself.

The following pharmacies will let you buy medications online. Each of them has been approved by the FDA for meeting the criteria on how to buy medications online safely and securely.
- Clickpharmacy has an online service for you to get your prescriptions delivered to your home through a local pharmacy. There is no fee to join Clickpharmacy and there is a $6.95 shipping charge for each order. However, on orders over $50 there is no shipping at all. Discounts depend on the medication. Visit www.clickpharmacy.com to order.
- The popular wholesale store Costco has an online pharmacy that lets your order your medications online, and you can have them delivered to your home or pick them up at a local Costco. There is no membership for using this pharmacy, and there is free standard delivery. Discounts usually range from 20-50%. To order, visit www.costco.com.
- CVS also has an online pharmacy that enables you to order online and receive home delivery. There is no fee to join, and only a 99 cent shipping fee per order. The amount of your discount depends on your drugs. Visit www.cvs.com to order.
- Drugstore.com is an online pharmacy only that delivers to your home. There is no fee to join; shipping charges are $5.49 per order. Prescription discount depends on the medication. Visit www.drugstore.com to place your order.
- Eckerd is another pharmacy that allows you to either pick up your drugs at the local Eckerd pharmacy or else have your prescriptions delivered. There is no fee to join, no shipping fees, and your discount depends on the prescription. Visit www.eckerd.com to order.
- HomeMed is an online pharmacy only that provides home delivery. There is no fee to join; you pay $3.95 per shipping order. Prescription discount depends on the drugs that you order. Visit www.homemed.com to order.
- Familymeds is also only an online pharmacy that delivers straight to your home. There is no fee to join, free standard shipping, and discounts vary between the different medications. Visit www.familymeds.com.
- Another popular pharmacy, Walgreens, lets you order online for home delivery or for pickup at your local Walgreens. There is no fee to join and only $1.95 per order. Your discount depends on the medication. Visit www.walgreens.com to order.