Re:Why There’s a Severe Shortage of Cancer Drugs
by robocat on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @07:45AM
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Not just the US.
New Zealand has free health care, but there are a variety of drugs you can’t get prescribed easily (often because the system is trying to prevent drug-seeking). However it regularly ends up that necessary medicines are legally unobtainable (two situations recently in my own family). I have seen friends turn to illegal sources, or seek substitutes (especially “alternative” medicines and/or internet bullshit).
New Zealand has free health care, but there are a variety of drugs you can’t get prescribed easily (often because the system is trying to prevent drug-seeking). However it regularly ends up that necessary medicines are legally unobtainable (two situations recently in my own family). I have seen friends turn to illegal sources, or seek substitutes (especially “alternative” medicines and/or internet bullshit).