Epi-pens

rlmccarty2000

rlmccarty2000

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I just heard the price of Epi-pens jumped up 400 percent. I get allergy shots and my doctor requires me to buy them. They expire after 1 year. Dang. The drug only costs them $1. It`s the delivery system that costs so much. I think this will contribute to many more deaths, especially in children. Big Pharma needs to be reigned in. Quickly.:angry:
 
Big pharmaceutical companies will continue to make huge price hikes as long as we have lawyers. Every night you see a new lawsuit being advertised on TV against the pharmaceutical companies. We are a litigious society and unfortunately high prices for drugs is one of the consequences.

I feel for you having to shell out 4x what you were paying. I have no experience in the drug/medical field. I`m just making an educated guess as to why drugs keep going up. I also know that it can cost billions of dollars just to develop one new drug, through, research, and FDA testing.
 
They used to offer in a case, a dual syringe or single. Of epi and Benadryl, or just epi. Ck with pharmacist (hello swani)
 
Just a shame when the drug (epinephrine) is so cheap and some jackass can charge whatever he feels like. I hope they charge him for ice water in hell.
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
I just heard the price of Epi-pens jumped up 400 percent. I get allergy shots and my doctor requires me to buy them. They expire after 1 year. Dang. The drug only costs them $1. It`s the delivery system that costs so much. I think this will contribute to many more deaths, especially in children. Big Pharma needs to be reigned in. Quickly.:angry:
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Yeah, they are getting so expensive and I have to have them for my nut allergy. Luckily I`ve never had to use one, but I still have to carry it just in case. It really can be a life or death thing for some people
 
I`ve heard the average price now is around $500 which is outrageous! Something to do with no more competition due to the other manufacturer having to re-call their product. It`s pure greed and shouldn`t be allowed.
 
Our pharmacist years ago couldn`t get the kits with the syringe, tourniquet and the Benadryl tablets. They were hard to get from the manufacturer and supplier. The syringes had enough for a second injection if needed. I have been fortunate that I have not had to use one. Supposed to carry one but haven`t had my prescription filled in years. Thanks to Obamacare all pharmaceuticals for us that can afford them have pretty much have tripled or more. What is sad is that the doctors are charging up the back side also. A prescription that I was taking for half my life I only had to see the doctor every 3 to 4 years to get it renewed all of a sudden I need to see the doctor every year. Last time the doctor asked a few questions wrote a script that lasts one year and the visit cost me over $500 out-of-pocket and that was for a $8 a month prescription that went up to $20 a month about the time Obamacare was passed. I quit taking that one and working on taking care of it naturally.
 
Wow, just Googled some articles about this and I know I haven`t renewed mine in a number of years but at up to $600 an injector is total price gouging. What happened to going after companies that monopolize stuff. Here is why we have such a crappy health care system.
 
From what I can gather, there were two makers of epi-pens. One had problems with dosing so it was pulled off the market. Now the only player is raising prices and marketing more. No supply problems, just greed and bottom line. The manufacturer gets 41 percent of all profits from epi-pens.
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
From what I can gather, there were two makers of epi-pens. One had problems with dosing so it was pulled off the market. Now the only player is raising prices and marketing more. No supply problems, just greed and bottom line. The manufacturer gets 41 percent of all profits from epi-pens.
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It was a different type of deliver system.
 
Just read the top executives of the company gave themselves massive raises this year. I believe the CEO took an $18mil raise.

It`s about shareholder profit, they don`t give a damn that it`s morally wrong, it makes them tons of money. Perfect example of what`s wrong with our country`s health care system
 
I just don`t understand how the price for something on this can go up. They`ve been around forever, the development costs have been covered. They should be getting cheaper, not more expensive. This is just big business greed at it`s worst.
 
That`s what I thought. They should get cheaper, but the manufacturer is saying he`s the good guy by advertising his product on tv to save more people. If you have seen any of those commercials it`s pure scare tactics. The people in the commercials have reactions to something like peanuts and go into anaphylactic shock and don`t have their Epi-pens with them. It frightens people into buying more of their product. Just scoundrels.
 
I am a free market person, but this isn`t a free market we are talking about. They are price gouging based on that fact the they only large alternative has been pulled from the market and others cant get to market because of government regulations that require long difficult testing and approval processes (I understand its for our safety but my guess like everything else government touches it has gotten way out of hand). If the government makes a closed market then they need to regulate price gouging in that market or consumers will get abused.
 
ShaneB said:
Just read the top executives of the company gave themselves massive raises this year. I believe the CEO took an $18mil raise.

It`s about shareholder profit, they don`t give a damn that it`s morally wrong, it makes them tons of money. Perfect example of what`s wrong with our country`s health care system
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Saw this on the news this morning......the CEO has raised her salary 671 percent.....scumbags
 
Man I hate hearing about stuff like this. I`ve been having to buy expensive asthma medication since I could remember and always hated the current system. I pay $300 every two months for my current medication. Hopefully the price will drop in the next year after the patent expires allowing other companies besides Astra Zeneca to manufacture generic versions.

I understand that money is needed to research and develop these drugs, but once they`re approved I think they should be made as cheap as possible. I don`t know how some of these people can sleep at night.
 
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