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Now if only Aspirin wasn’t so damn expensive in Germany (and other European nations): http://andrewhammel.typepad.com/german_joys/2007/09/prescription-dr.html h

by ugh 16y ago

Now if only Aspirin wasn’t so damn expensive in Germany (and other European nations): http://andrewhammel.typepad.com/german_joys/2007/09/prescription-dr.html http://andrewhammel.typepad.com/german_joys/2007/09/prescrip...

_stephan 16y ago
Really? Acetylsalicylic acid is available as a cheap generic drug in Germany.
- ugh 16y ago
  You won’t get 100 tablets for one Euro. Five Euro or so is maybe doable, you still have to buy them in a pharmacy.
  - _stephan 16y ago
    So, that's about 5 cent per day then.
    - CWuestefeld 16y ago
      In America, it looks like low-dose 81mg is around 1 to 2 cents per dose. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dhpc&field-keywords=aspirin+81mg http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dhp... Who says our healthcare is more expensive?
      - jamii 16y ago
        > Who says our healthcare is more expensive? WHO indeed - http://www.photius.com/rankings/who_world_health_ranks.html http://www.photius.com/rankings/who_world_health_ranks.html
  - AndrewDucker 16y ago
    100 tablets, 50p. http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/dispersible-aspirin-tablets-75mg-low-dose-aspirin_1_2783.html http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/dispersible-aspirin-tablets-7... (Ok, there's shipping too, but if you're buying a bunch of stuff it's not that bad.)
thibaut_barrere 16y ago
In France, a box of 20x1g pills is around 3 euros, so you can get 1g per day at 4.5€ per month (~0,15€ per day). I find this rather cheap personally.
- ugh 16y ago
  Most will be able to pay it but it is still obscenely expensive compared to what you pay elsewhere for completely stupid reasons.
  - thibaut_barrere 16y ago
    I understand your point about the difference between places etc. But locally, calling 4.5€ per month "obscenely expensive" is really far-stretched. One baguette cost 1€ here (~ 30€ per month).

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Now if only Aspirin wasn’t so damn expensive in Germany (and other European nations): http://andrewhammel.typepad.com/german_joys/2007/09/prescription-dr.html h

by ugh 16y ago

_stephan 16y ago
Really? Acetylsalicylic acid is available as a cheap generic drug in Germany.
- ugh 16y ago
  You won’t get 100 tablets for one Euro. Five Euro or so is maybe doable, you still have to buy them in a pharmacy.
  - _stephan 16y ago
    So, that's about 5 cent per day then.
    - CWuestefeld 16y ago
      In America, it looks like low-dose 81mg is around 1 to 2 cents per dose. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dhpc&field-keywords=aspirin+81mg http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dhp... Who says our healthcare is more expensive?
      - jamii 16y ago
        > Who says our healthcare is more expensive? WHO indeed - http://www.photius.com/rankings/who_world_health_ranks.html http://www.photius.com/rankings/who_world_health_ranks.html
  - AndrewDucker 16y ago
    100 tablets, 50p. http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/dispersible-aspirin-tablets-75mg-low-dose-aspirin_1_2783.html http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/dispersible-aspirin-tablets-7... (Ok, there's shipping too, but if you're buying a bunch of stuff it's not that bad.)
thibaut_barrere 16y ago
In France, a box of 20x1g pills is around 3 euros, so you can get 1g per day at 4.5€ per month (~0,15€ per day). I find this rather cheap personally.
- ugh 16y ago
  Most will be able to pay it but it is still obscenely expensive compared to what you pay elsewhere for completely stupid reasons.
  - thibaut_barrere 16y ago
    I understand your point about the difference between places etc. But locally, calling 4.5€ per month "obscenely expensive" is really far-stretched. One baguette cost 1€ here (~ 30€ per month).