This article talks about absurd pricing for new patented delivery mechanisms for old generic drugs - the epipen, the evizio naloxone auto-injector (and presumab

This article talks about absurd pricing for new patented delivery mechanisms for old generic drugs - the epipen, the evizio naloxone auto-injector (and presumably the Narcan insufflation device). Anyone who might need to deliver these drugs -- to their allergic kid, addict friend, etc -- ought to learn how to use a syringe, and skip the price gouging. Someone on the opiates subreddit sent me a couple vials of naloxone and some needles - I sent a donation to cover shipping & handling. Naloxone is $0.50/mg, when you buy a gram at a time: http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/substance/naloxonehydrochloridedihydrate399875148160811?lang=en&region=US http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/substance/naloxonehydroc... - I tried to buy some naloxone powder from a different company, but they wouldn't sell it to me. I wonder if Sigma Aldrich would... I think more attention should be drawn to prescription drugs that harm patients. For example, the caller to a NPR Science Friday segment [1] was annoyed that her doctor made her "manic and suicidal" with the depo-provera injection, and that this awful drug is still on the market. [1] http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/looking-beyond-condoms-for-male-contraception/ http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/looking-beyond-condoms... (The first caller was at 8min30sec)