Posted by ed_uk2010 on February 22, 2015, at 16:36:50
In reply to The Pharma Drug That Is Bankrupting America, posted by stan_the_man70 on February 20, 2015, at 2:56:51
Sovaldi is horrifically expensive but it's also a novel and immensely valuable treatment.
With respect to bankrupting America, why are you guys putting all and sundry on $$$ Crestor when other countries reserve it only for those with severely elevated cholesterol resistant or intolerant to other statins.Over here, generic atorvastatin (Lipitor) costs the health service little more than £1 to treat a patient for a month..... and this is a very effective and well-proven statin. Routinely using Crestor instead (rather than 2nd or 3rd line) would waste millions.
Don't even get me started on Nexium...
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