> > >Michael Sachs wrote: >> Graham wrote, Vermox is expensive if thought of per dose (AWP is >> approximately $5.00 per pill). But rather than thinking of it as cost per >> pill, think of it as costing $10.00 (AWP) to treat one person for an >> illness - that's cheaper than two bottles of Amoxil. >At 10:30 AM 5/7/99 -0400, Vicki L Soloniuk wrote: >I don't say this to everyone but, when people ask me how disease is transmitted >, I am likely to say that the 2 main routes of transmission are spit and s**t. Actually, wouldn't it be 3 routes: snot, spit, and s**t? I thought most viral URI's are more likely to be transmitted through nasal secretions than saliva. >Where are you finding Vermox for 5.00/pill? I paid more than that the last >time I needed it (about 3 years ago). That's what the pharmacist charged me. He usually charges me approximately his cost plus 10% or so. I don't know what the charge to the patient is. Michael Sachs, M.D. General Pediatrician