Hypertension: Is It Time to Replace Drugs with Nutrition? (2014)

Re:Hypertension: Is It Time to Replace Drugs with Nutrition?... by peoplefromibiza on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:29PM (#30307211)

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.

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Re:Hypertension: Is It Time to Replace Drugs with Nutrition?... by burke on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:34PM (#30307256)

This 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.

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Re:Hypertension: Is It Time to Replace Drugs with Nutrition?... by peoplefromibiza on Friday February 11, 2022 @04:41PM (#30307347)

Impressive 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.

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Re:Hypertension: Is It Time to Replace Drugs with Nutrition?... by plausibledeny on Friday February 11, 2022 @05:24PM (#30307728)

The generic (Atorvastatin) is widely available for $15/month or less in the US.

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