Novartis You don't have to pay $5 per pill New York, New York

Novartis sells a blood pressure medication called Lotrel, which is very expensive--as much as $3--5 per dose, depending on where you buy it. But Lotrel is really just a combination of benazepril and amlodipine. Both are available as generic medications for much less. For example, Walmart includes them in their $4 prescription list. If you ask your doctor to prescribe them separately instead of in the form of Lotrel, a daily dose will be about 27 cents instead of several dollars. You can save more than $1000 per year!