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The cost of medicine is outrageous Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #1
Did it work for you? Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #18
The neat thing about MS drugs Mariana Dec 2012 #67
I know right? How wonderful for the drug companies it works that way Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #111
Beats being dead. Richard Cleary Dec 2012 #84
Which was my point. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #86
Invisible hand not working in health care Clouseau2 Dec 2012 #104
It is worse than that! Sometimes drugs fall out of "copyright" and patent truedelphi Dec 2012 #105
Ann Romney n/t wilt the stilt Dec 2012 #23
She already gave at the office malz Dec 2012 #76
Man,they should be paying YOU to tke the drug.!! pangaia Dec 2012 #24
my sister's prothetic leg costs 45 grand each time a new one is needed which is every roguevalley Dec 2012 #25
That is just a huge amt of money. Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #112
thank you, darling. I need it tonight. roguevalley Jan 2013 #118
Not sure if you've seen it yet, but you might be interested in this video/brief lecture: drokhole Dec 2012 #77
Thanks, I have seen it! Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #113
MY WIFE HAD HEP "C" ROBROX Dec 2012 #80
Prescription Drugs are a ripoff. Richard Cleary Dec 2012 #83
I am also on Copaxone. My part D is going to lapse tomorrow. silvershadow Dec 2012 #97
I took that for a year. It was so painful Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #106
An RN who is a friend of mine living with MS told me she was giving silvershadow Jan 2013 #116
Check out what this guy has to say....thought provoking green for victory Dec 2012 #103
$48k vs. the price of Gold... Grins Dec 2012 #85
This may help. arikara Dec 2012 #89
Thanks! nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #114
I posted this a few days ago Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 #102
Thanks but our income is too high to qualify for anything Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #107
Check to see if the drug company kurtzapril4 Jan 2013 #110
read this whole article watch the sky Dec 2012 #2
Exactly! primavera Dec 2012 #27
Not only that, but they control publication skepticscott Dec 2012 #32
Damn primavera Dec 2012 #35
The students that worked on all or portions...... MAD Dave Dec 2012 #40
It should, but it doesn't skepticscott Dec 2012 #44
In a properly run world Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #54
This is one of the things that really upsets me and has kept me from plunging glowing Dec 2012 #65
Me too ! MAD Dave Dec 2012 #79
I found this out nearly 11 years ago tavalon Dec 2012 #62
No society DOESN'T tolerate those costs. JimDandy Dec 2012 #78
Drink Cherry juice and the gout will go away... WCGreen Dec 2012 #3
As a gout sufferer I have to agree on the cherry juice underpants Dec 2012 #6
It works on my busted up, arthritic knees and keeps me from having to take a prescription .... marble falls Dec 2012 #66
I found out about a new (to me) supplement at a party yesterday underpants Dec 2012 #68
I use it in aquarium filters. I can see where there are minerals - I need to read up on it, thanks! marble falls Dec 2012 #72
Any particular brands? Concentrations? Non-sweetened? SHRED Dec 2012 #70
I get organic 100% cherry juice underpants Dec 2012 #73
I like Hansons - unsweetened and undiluted and with no additives. I drink a glass a day and have .. marble falls Dec 2012 #74
I understand it helps even with simple arthritis--you have to get the quality stuff, though, MADem Dec 2012 #93
WCGreen Diclotican Dec 2012 #12
COLCHICINE sorefeet Dec 2012 #49
sorefeet Diclotican Dec 2012 #55
COLCHICINE meets the FDA green for victory Dec 2012 #63
+1000 DeSwiss Dec 2012 #42
Blood Sucking Leeches are offended........These assholes are far worse.. Stuart G Dec 2012 #4
Why mtasselin Dec 2012 #5
It is - this is in NYT Doctor_J Dec 2012 #9
Is one of the largest newspapers in circulation somehow not public? (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #47
Holy shit! Warpy Dec 2012 #7
But they're a corporation! Can't interfere with them! Doctor_J Dec 2012 #8
I process copays daily for drugs like this underpants Dec 2012 #10
New Biotech Drugs Are a Big Cause of Escalating Medical Costs Indykatie Dec 2012 #14
This is why the necessities of life should not be left to for-profits; snot Dec 2012 #11
Read this article..almost unbelieveable...but this company does what it does...and within the law.. Stuart G Dec 2012 #13
Thank you Congress .. no capability for negotiating on drug pricing and... YOHABLO Dec 2012 #15
+1000! SammyWinstonJack Dec 2012 #41
Thank You Billy Tauzin! Joe Bacon Dec 2012 #45
+1 Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #59
It takes a large number of Americans just not giving a damn about anyone except themselves... stillwaiting Dec 2012 #51
Meh ... CranialRectaLoopback Dec 2012 #16
Pig brains are suspected as one source of "mad cow" disease. McCamy Taylor Dec 2012 #17
Why does one pharmacy charge $320 and another $10 for the same drug? QED Dec 2012 #19
lame excuse - most companies don't take a $310 loss as a "loss leader" salin Dec 2012 #22
in canada the government negotiates with riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #28
Drug pricing makes even less sense than airline fares. subterranean Dec 2012 #48
That sounds uniquely American! Just like we were told we wanted Dragonfli Dec 2012 #20
a 100% increase in price would be $100 per same amount. salin Dec 2012 #21
My doctor believes there is a treatment for my Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #26
Past time to have governmnet manufacturing orphan drugs - if hedgehog Dec 2012 #29
My insurance has been screwed up for 2 months now - hedgehog Dec 2012 #30
"Short-sellers have written scathing criticisms of the company..." DCKit Dec 2012 #31
I cannot think of Heathen57 Dec 2012 #33
Marijuana is a virtually FREE help for inflammation and arthritis RainDog Dec 2012 #34
Antidepressants to treat grief? Psychiatry panelists with ties to drug industry say yes Leopolds Ghost Dec 2012 #36
Marijuana study: eases pain AND suppresses disease RainDog Dec 2012 #37
Every time I go to the doctor now I see an army of young women aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2012 #38
They are called "detailers" and they are all over,as you said. virgogal Dec 2012 #43
They're bringing lunch or other goodies to the docs and staff. Laffy Kat Dec 2012 #46
Yup..... physioex Dec 2012 #53
Sadly, this is how a lot of docs keep up with new meds. They do get samples Hoyt Dec 2012 #57
They used to be only men, under the theory that only men had marybourg Dec 2012 #82
Holy shit - the health care industry really doesn't give a shit. Initech Dec 2012 #39
The key word there is "industry" primavera Dec 2012 #52
It's a business Demo_Chris Dec 2012 #50
blood sucking leeches indeed. they charge it because they can. that's the only reason. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #56
the Doc gets a piece of the action .nt quadrature Dec 2012 #58
No they don't get any of the 'action' unless of course they own stock azurnoir Dec 2012 #60
These people are worse than blood sucking leeches intaglio Dec 2012 #61
The inevitable, clearly demonstrated, and often predicted outcome of for-profit health care. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #64
Novartis just raised Sandostatin LAR by over $2000 proReality Dec 2012 #69
link requires a subscription to the NYT SHRED Dec 2012 #71
To get around, open link in new window. n/t n2doc Dec 2012 #75
Investors and 401k holders profit everytime someone is denied treatment. raouldukelives Dec 2012 #81
there's only one solution MisterP Dec 2012 #87
simply ridiculous leftwingman5225m Dec 2012 #88
Call me a commie, but health care should not be a for profit enterprise. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #90
Commie.... physioex Dec 2012 #94
low dose naltrexone has made major improvement in my inflammatory arthritis and Nhrtuvdxi Dec 2012 #91
I asked my neuro about LDN for my MS. He wouldn't even talk about it for his MS patients. silvershadow Dec 2012 #98
So sorry he won't consider it. If you're interested there are groups and lists and you Nhrtuvdxi Dec 2012 #101
Thank you. I will check them out sometime later. My new year begins with silvershadow Jan 2013 #117
Reprehensible tawadi Dec 2012 #92
We need to reduce funding for medical research, because that is the ultimate driver of costs FarCenter Dec 2012 #95
Costs are MUCH lower outside the US drmjg Dec 2012 #96
Something needs to be done about these kleptomaniac corporations. Undismayed Dec 2012 #99
A tiny googling Rainforestgoddess Dec 2012 #100
NO R&D costs; Manufacturing costs are ONE cent per dollar! Divernan Dec 2012 #108
Big Pharm bigbadR Jan 2013 #109
The only difference between Big Rx and crack dealers is the lab coats and pocket protectors. Erose999 Jan 2013 #115
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