According to a report published in 2005 by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Synthroid is actually even one of the 20 brand name drugs with the highest average annual manufacturer price increases.
Doctors have been sold a marketing line about Synthroid's superiority, and marketing clout has ensured the distribution dominance...meanwhile, patients and insurers pay more.
As of January 2006 at Drugstore.com, 30 tablets of 100 mcg of Synthroid, a common one-month supply, ran $13.99, compared to only $10.99 for Levoxyl. (Of course, there's always the comparison to prescription natural thyroid drug Armour, where a 30-tablet supply of 1 grain, an approximate equivalent to the 100 mcg, is only $7.99, but that's another story.)
Synthroid's got a long history of problems, lawsuits, legal troubles, attempts to get FDA approval, and more. Find out more about its chekered past by reading Synthroid articles at About.com.
