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Is it not possible to order a generic from India or another country? The drug should be out of patent a long while already? If no competitor is available, why

• Skunkleton 9y ago
  Import laws exist to prevent this specific scenario.
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  • tehlike 9y ago
    travel might still be cheaper, no?
• WalterSear 9y ago
  The drug is out of patent. As soon as it went out of patent, they patented the drug + transdermal patch. So, in order to keep their profits up, everyone went without the patch system until their original patent was about to expire. So now they can charge $2,200 for something they developed in the 1990s, but intentionally kept off the market to monopolize. This happens as a matter of course, with every new drug. Without the transdermal system, I can't take the drug. I have to take too much of the active ingredient, and it causes pain and permanent hearing damage. Thanks for suggesting grey market alternatives - I hadn't given it a thought. However, they would definitely be grey/black market, since it's not off-patent, which means there will be higher risks, and it will harder to obtain.