tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post8672070949439614799..comments2023-10-25T00:36:59.067-07:00Comments on FAST FOOD Pharmacy: Shame Shame Drug Game Part 1Filet-o-bitch RPhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02150522997875773024noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-55082080807034567622007-05-09T18:07:00.000-07:002007-05-09T18:07:00.000-07:00Oh there are laws and regulations and various othe...Oh there are laws and regulations and various other pieces of gov BS. But there is the BIG PHARMA Lobby to deal with. When you have the biggest lobby in congress you can do just about anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-67522452264298569022007-05-09T06:05:00.000-07:002007-05-09T06:05:00.000-07:00Your acronym would be CUM co... very nice lol. So...Your acronym would be CUM co... very nice lol. Something I just don't get... aren't there laws in the US against price fixing? How on earth does this happen in the drug industry and it is suddenly okay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-70164360846449108252007-05-05T20:39:00.000-07:002007-05-05T20:39:00.000-07:00I AGREE...I almost crapped a brick a couple weeks ...I AGREE...I almost crapped a brick a couple weeks ago when I got my shipment of Coreg CR...<BR/><BR/>I can see a slight advantage if you have something that is 3+ times per day and you can take it down to 1, but don't even get me started on Paxil and Paxil CR...what a wasted of my shelf space!<BR/><BR/>Anyone want some Xanax XR? How about some Ambien CR, Cipro XR, Augmentin XR???<BR/><BR/>Anyone want to get together with me, perhaps we can make allegra XR, Lunesta ER, Rozerem XR, Lisinopril CD, Zyprexa SR, and Norvasc XLS? There won't be any change to the medication we will just put some sort of special coating on it that does absolutely nothing and re-market everything and make a ton of money! We will be Completely Useless Medication Company...I wonder what acronym we could use for that??? oh well, we would make a killing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-20664059092539356292007-05-05T12:13:00.000-07:002007-05-05T12:13:00.000-07:00Great post. I'm not sure how many people know thi...Great post. I'm not sure how many people know this, but the original non-CR "Sleepy Time" tablets shot up in price by $100 per bottle (which is roughly a 33% price increase) between August 2006 and April 2007, which just so happens to coincide with the last few months of patent life on the original formulation. In specific dollar figures, the price went from about $3 to $4 in 8 months!! Oh, and the new "Sleepy Time CR" is priced at about $3 a pill!! This amazing price discrepancy must be due to the well-known fact that it is so much cheaper to produce a tablet with a slow-release mechanism, as compared to a plain old regular dissolving tablet. I hate these greedy bastards!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-6031415919432832822007-05-04T21:42:00.000-07:002007-05-04T21:42:00.000-07:00You forgot about the brand drug manufacturers payi...You forgot about the brand drug manufacturers paying off generic drug manufacturers to keep them from coming out with generic versions of drugs. <BR/><BR/>Remember Clopidogrel? Now Apotex won't make that drug again until 2011.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768592003130681982.post-35211734009881366152007-05-04T21:05:00.000-07:002007-05-04T21:05:00.000-07:00One word. Sarafem. I actually had a drug bimbo t...One word. Sarafem. I actually had a drug bimbo tell me that it works differently than fluoxetine because "it works on, like, a totally different serotonin pathway." Whatever, Barbie. It's prettier...that's the only difference. That and it comes in 28 day packs so you get less drug for your brand copay. It has a sort of evil genius about it...wish I'd thought that up actually. Then I could be living large on my private island instead of floging myself in retail hell. Damn me and my ethics!<BR/><BR/>PS Also Wellbutrin SR and Zyban.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com