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" In 2015 in the United States, a course of three doses could cost over $1,000, while in Europe a course costs around €100." Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.or

by Kuinox 5y ago

" In 2015 in the United States, a course of three doses could cost over $1,000, while in Europe a course costs around €100." Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies_vaccine#Cost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies_vaccine#Cost)

fmakunbound 5y ago
I had the post exposure protocol (3 vaccine and immune globulin shots) and in 2018 in the US it was about $5000. Also, you should not wait for the test results to come back after being exposed. By then it’s too late if you’re positive for it, so you kind of have to suck it up given that it’s near 100% fatal. I got a lab report back about a week later. I was not exposed to a bat, but interestingly it is estimated 1 in 10 bats under the famous Congress Avenue bridge in Austin, Texas have rabies. Not sure what the spectator draw https://www.austinbats.org/ https://www.austinbats.org/ is, given that.
pessimizer 5y ago
https://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/article_thumbnails/infographics_social/January_2018/Rabies.png https://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site... "The treatment regimen for rabies was first developed in the late 1800s, and it hasn’t changed much over the last 100 years. "But the price of survival has gone up rather dramatically -- nearly 400% over the last decade for those shots. "That rise is part of the reason why people who have insurance coverage may be stuck with hundreds of dollars in out-of-pocket costs, while the uninsured and underinsured often face thousands of dollars in medical bills. "In 2007, for example, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur charged an average wholesale cost of $740 per 10 milliliters for its Imogam immunoglobulin, a purified blood product that is the most expensive part of the rabies treatment. Ten milliliters is the standard dose for an adult who weighs between 134 and 166 pounds. "By 2017, the company charged $3,612 for the same dose, an increase of 388% over the last decade, according to First Databank, a company that tracks pharmaceutical costs. "HyperRAB, the other brand of immunoglobulin on the market, has seen price increases of 370% over the last decade." https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20180220/the-high-cost-of-surviving-rabies https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20180220/the-high-c...

by Kuinox 5y ago

fmakunbound 5y ago

I had the post exposure protocol (3 vaccine and immune globulin shots) and in 2018 in the US it was about $5000. Also, you should not wait for the test results to come back after being exposed. By then it’s too late if you’re positive for it, so you kind of have to suck it up given that it’s near 100% fatal. I got a lab report back about a week later. I was not exposed to a bat, but interestingly it is estimated 1 in 10 bats under the famous Congress Avenue bridge in Austin, Texas have rabies. Not sure what the spectator draw https://www.austinbats.org/ https://www.austinbats.org/ is, given that.

pessimizer 5y ago

https://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/article_thumbnails/infographics_social/January_2018/Rabies.png https://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site... "The treatment regimen for rabies was first developed in the late 1800s, and it hasn’t changed much over the last 100 years. "But the price of survival has gone up rather dramatically -- nearly 400% over the last decade for those shots. "That rise is part of the reason why people who have insurance coverage may be stuck with hundreds of dollars in out-of-pocket costs, while the uninsured and underinsured often face thousands of dollars in medical bills. "In 2007, for example, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur charged an average wholesale cost of $740 per 10 milliliters for its Imogam immunoglobulin, a purified blood product that is the most expensive part of the rabies treatment. Ten milliliters is the standard dose for an adult who weighs between 134 and 166 pounds. "By 2017, the company charged $3,612 for the same dose, an increase of 388% over the last decade, according to First Databank, a company that tracks pharmaceutical costs. "HyperRAB, the other brand of immunoglobulin on the market, has seen price increases of 370% over the last decade." https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20180220/the-high-cost-of-surviving-rabies https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20180220/the-high-c...