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The prices for these drugs is ridiculous. My kids vere prescribed Ventolin this winter due smog related illnesses. Looking at price of a Ventolin inhaler (90mcg

The prices for these drugs is ridiculous. My kids vere prescribed Ventolin this winter due smog related illnesses. Looking at price of a Ventolin inhaler (90mcg) even on Cuban's website (https://costplusdrugs.com/medications/albuterol-90mcg-inhaler18g/ https://costplusdrugs.com/medications/albuterol-90mcg-inhale...) it costs $43 The same thing costs less than $2 in Pakistan for the Glaxo Smith Kline version. https://www.emeds.pk/ventolin https://www.emeds.pk/ventolin

enjoyyourlife 5y ago
Are you going to go to Pakistan to buy it?
- AlphaSquared 5y ago
  I live in Pakistan :)
  - enjoyyourlife 5y ago
    Good for you. Drugs in the US are often much more expensive than the prices on the website
- renewiltord 5y ago
  Haha no. I get them muled over from India with a prescription or I’d go get them myself. Only suckers and rich people pay American rates. I have so many antibiotics and controlled substances you’d be better off raiding me over your local Walgreens in a zombie apocalypse. Seriously, sometimes I read about people dying of lack of access to insulin and it blows my mind. It’s one payday loan spent on the round trip flight and 30 hrs and you have cheap medication. Even when folks here were whining that HCQ was going to be in “a shortage”, I just bought some Plaquenil from there. Folks really like building cages and then just die in them. Frankly confusing but hey it’s your life.
  - kylehotchkiss 5y ago
    https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/5-tips-traveling-us-medications https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/5-tips-travel... The government's attitude appears to be against muling medicines over (I realize that people still do it all the time). Self-prescribing antibiotics is not great for antibiotic resistance - Al Jazeera has done some great reporting on how Indian pharmacies loose prescription checks or doctors overambitious antibiotic prescriptions have caused a rise in antibiotic resistant superbugs (https://www.aljazeera.com/program/101-east/2016/8/9/the-rise-of-indias-superbugs https://www.aljazeera.com/program/101-east/2016/8/9/the-rise...) - sure they're easy to get, but there's been a tremendous health cost in India because of that But not only "suckers and rich people" pay American rates - the people who were born here without foreign ties do it all the time! And finally, India just recently opened for tourism, plus they're not doing visa on arrivals yet, how can people get a payday loan, passport, visa via embassy, and a whole trip in so casually? Edit: can't you just do everything you mentioned above in Mexico anyways?
    - renewiltord 5y ago
      Hey, I’ve done what I could. You can listen to your FDA and go contribute to GoFundMes when people die of diabetes. That’s one way to live life. I choose another way, but I’m not demanding you join me. You can always enjoy the fish mox.
- cryoz 5y ago
  It's available on AllDayChemist: https://www.alldaychemist.com/asthalin-hfa-inhaler-100-mcg-200-mdi-1.html https://www.alldaychemist.com/asthalin-hfa-inhaler-100-mcg-2...

enjoyyourlife 5y ago

Are you going to go to Pakistan to buy it?

AlphaSquared 5y ago
I live in Pakistan :)
- enjoyyourlife 5y ago
  Good for you. Drugs in the US are often much more expensive than the prices on the website
renewiltord 5y ago
Haha no. I get them muled over from India with a prescription or I’d go get them myself. Only suckers and rich people pay American rates. I have so many antibiotics and controlled substances you’d be better off raiding me over your local Walgreens in a zombie apocalypse. Seriously, sometimes I read about people dying of lack of access to insulin and it blows my mind. It’s one payday loan spent on the round trip flight and 30 hrs and you have cheap medication. Even when folks here were whining that HCQ was going to be in “a shortage”, I just bought some Plaquenil from there. Folks really like building cages and then just die in them. Frankly confusing but hey it’s your life.
- kylehotchkiss 5y ago
  https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/5-tips-traveling-us-medications https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/5-tips-travel... The government's attitude appears to be against muling medicines over (I realize that people still do it all the time). Self-prescribing antibiotics is not great for antibiotic resistance - Al Jazeera has done some great reporting on how Indian pharmacies loose prescription checks or doctors overambitious antibiotic prescriptions have caused a rise in antibiotic resistant superbugs (https://www.aljazeera.com/program/101-east/2016/8/9/the-rise-of-indias-superbugs https://www.aljazeera.com/program/101-east/2016/8/9/the-rise...) - sure they're easy to get, but there's been a tremendous health cost in India because of that But not only "suckers and rich people" pay American rates - the people who were born here without foreign ties do it all the time! And finally, India just recently opened for tourism, plus they're not doing visa on arrivals yet, how can people get a payday loan, passport, visa via embassy, and a whole trip in so casually? Edit: can't you just do everything you mentioned above in Mexico anyways?
  - renewiltord 5y ago
    Hey, I’ve done what I could. You can listen to your FDA and go contribute to GoFundMes when people die of diabetes. That’s one way to live life. I choose another way, but I’m not demanding you join me. You can always enjoy the fish mox.
cryoz 5y ago
It's available on AllDayChemist: https://www.alldaychemist.com/asthalin-hfa-inhaler-100-mcg-200-mdi-1.html https://www.alldaychemist.com/asthalin-hfa-inhaler-100-mcg-2...