Wag more
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I have worked in pharmacies for 8 years and the price of drugs is hard for me to get my mind around. Some are dirt cheap and others are through the roof in cost.
Furosemide is a generic and costs about $5 for a bottle of 1000 tabs. Less than 1 cent a pill. Alendronate costs less than a dollar for a pack of 4. Loratadine costs about $5 for a bottle of 300.
And then there is Viagara at $36 per pill. And Cialis about the same. And that new stuff Harvoni for Hepatitis is an incredible $31,000 for 30 tabs.
Furosemide is less than a penny a pill and Harvoni is over $1000 a pill.
3 years ago EpiPens were about $350 for a 2 pack. Today they are around $650. The CEO promised a less expensive generic and today we have that generic, epenephrine, in a 2 pack for about $350. Even with a generic the price stayed the same.
Health costs in this country are inflating more rapidly than just about any other commodity.
Any of you HOP'ers out there got any sane thoughts how to rein in drug prices without turning us into Cuba?
Furosemide is a generic and costs about $5 for a bottle of 1000 tabs. Less than 1 cent a pill. Alendronate costs less than a dollar for a pack of 4. Loratadine costs about $5 for a bottle of 300.
And then there is Viagara at $36 per pill. And Cialis about the same. And that new stuff Harvoni for Hepatitis is an incredible $31,000 for 30 tabs.
Furosemide is less than a penny a pill and Harvoni is over $1000 a pill.
3 years ago EpiPens were about $350 for a 2 pack. Today they are around $650. The CEO promised a less expensive generic and today we have that generic, epenephrine, in a 2 pack for about $350. Even with a generic the price stayed the same.
Health costs in this country are inflating more rapidly than just about any other commodity.
Any of you HOP'ers out there got any sane thoughts how to rein in drug prices without turning us into Cuba?