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honestly I don't think there's much money to be made out of those drugs. I'm on drugs for hypertension and they cost me less than 10 euros a month and that's i
by peoplefromibiza 5y ago
honestly I don't think there's much money to be made out of those drugs.
I'm on drugs for hypertension and they cost me less than 10 euros a month and that's if I go buy them at the pharmacy, if my doctor makes me a prescription they are free for me and I'm sure the government pay them a lot less than a private citizen.
They also fall into the category of generic drugs, most of the time they are manufactured in my country by Italian companies.
- burke 5y agoThis is where American drug pricing does a lot of work. I used to work for a Canadian Internet pharmacy selling prescription drugs to Americans, splitting the difference between wholesale and US retail prices. A 30-day supply of Lipitor - I think, the most-prescribed drug in America? - is something like $150–200. Our cost was something like a dollar and we'd sell it for something like ten.
- peoplefromibiza 5y agoImpressive and also scary. I'm on lercanidipine and ramipril, a month worth of pills cost 2.50 euros for the former and 3.80 euros for the latter. both are manufactured in Italy.
- plausibledeny 5y agoThe generic (Atorvastatin) is widely available for $15/month or less in the US.