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Re:FDA Approves drug to treat pain without opioid effects by joe_the_user on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:25PM (#42884200)
"It's worth it" isn't an answer to "drug prices are systematically inflated so many cannot afford them regardless.
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Re:FDA Approves drug to treat pain without opioid effects by jazzyjackson on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:44PM (#42884277)
In the context of post op painkillers, the cost of this pill is a drop in the bucket vs cost of hospitalization. The alternative to inflated drug prices is not having the drugs or, I guess, nationalizing the pharmaceutical companies? I don't think you'll get many takers for that plan tho.
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Re:FDA Approves drug to treat pain without opioid effects by kstrauser on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:31PM (#42884232)
That’s expensive today, yes, but it’s so hella expensive to bring a drug to market at all. I don’t mind a brand new drug costing $30/dose for a short term. That’s way more understandable than insulin or asthma inhalers going up 400%.
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