I recently experienced severe pain in my feet,
particularly in the big toes. In my imagination it felt like my feet had been
run over by a truck and that several of my toes had been broken. But I knew
that was not the case, and that the pain came on slowly at first, and then
spread to other parts of my feet until I could barely walk.....The doctor
confirmed that I had the gout. I was not pleased to find out, that in my case,
the gout was probably brought on by another drug that I had been taking daily,
against my better judgment. However, I was pleased to learn that I would no
longer have to take it, that as part of my treatment I was being prescribed an
ancient and natural drug, and that I would only have to take this drug “as
needed.”...... if this drug was as
natural and ancient as advised by my doctor, why did I need a prescription in
the first place? Upon inspection the prescription was for Colcrys, the brand
name of the drug colchicine. Furthermore, when I picked up my prescription the
price was much higher than I anticipated given that it was a natural drug. When
questioned, the pharmacy technician replied that the actual price was much
higher and that my insurance paid for more than three-quarters of the bill. The
cash price (without insurance) was $198.99 which is $6.63 per pill if taken
daily, or nearly $20 per dose if used to treat flare-ups. .......
Once
again government has taken something that was both cheap and beneficial and turned
it into a monopoly that hurts the general public and drives up the cost of
medical care to the benefit of Big Pharma.......To Read More....
My Take - Normally it's my wont to defend big pharma because as an exterminator I know how much it costs to bring chemicals to market. And that's chump change compared to how much it costs to bring pharmacueticals to market. But this is nothing more than bureaucratic insanity and commercial greed. I will still defend the pharmacuetical industry because they're work is responsible for saving hundreds of millions of lives, but no matter what side of things you are on it is imperative we remain consistent to our moral foundations.
This is nothing more than greed and bureaucratic incompetence compounded by insanity.
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