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Authored by: red floyd on Saturday, June 29 2013 @ 02:02 AM EDT |
To heck with the pharmas. And believe me, I wanted to say something stronger.
My late wife suffered from ALS. The only drug at the time was Rilutek (by
Sanofi-Aventis). It cost $500/month -- MINIMUM. And that's with Medicare.
About 6 months before she died, another drug -- Nuedexta (Avanir
pharmaceuticals) became available for some of the other effects of the disease.
$800/month. Again with Medicare.
By the way, the latter drug is essentially cough syrup mixed with another drug
(Dextromethorphan and Quinidine). So they're charging $800/month for cough
syrup.
To heck with Big Pharma.
PJ, if this post violates guidelines, please delete it and accept my apologies.
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I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *CITIZEN* of the United
States of America.
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Authored by: tiger99 on Saturday, June 29 2013 @ 07:50 AM EDT |
We have been ripped off for far too long by certain large companies, who as well
as overcharging the NHS in the UK, and just about everyone in the US, have
wilfuly obstructed the use of certain beneficial drugs, which they claim don't
work, because they are not very profitable. People suffer and die because of
that. Excess profit should never be allowed to be made at the expense of
people's lives and health. It is no better than the tobacco companies (and drug
pushers, no tangible difference) profiting from people's addiction, while
ruining their health. If India can solve the medicinal needs of the west, I
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, June 29 2013 @ 04:50 PM EDT |
They had a few stern words to the New Zealand government about
the Public Health drug buying agency Pharmac taking generics
instead of the high ticket price US product. When it was explained
that Pharmac was simply buying on the open market with a
drug performance specification, the US went away to devise a
method to close down the open market ...
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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, July 02 2013 @ 03:50 PM EDT |
To quote Rep. Fred Upton:
I first learned of this issue just a
few short weeks ago from Pfizer, my largest employer in my
district
I would have thought his largest employer was the voting
public.
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