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| February 01, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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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