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A full-page newspaper ad in The Washington Post in November 2008 offered a free 30-day-trial supply of type 2 diabetes drug Januvia (sitagliptin). But you'd save $2,254 during the first year if your physician prescribed generic metformin--a Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs pick--instead of Januvia, even with the 30-day voucher. That's according to information derived by Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs from Pharmaceutical Audit Suite (PHAST) data provided by Wolters Kluwer Health, a health-care information company. And you can save even more if you buy online or at mass-merchant outlets such as Costco, Target, or Walmart.
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That's the problem with drug vouchers and coupons. They're reasonable to use for free refills or to defray ...