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Why does this medication cost so much??? The retail cost is $2,012. My out-of-pocket payment is $475 for a 30-day supply. No wonder people are dying...they can't afford to pay for the medication. I sometimes don't refill my prescription because of other bills, i.e., food, rent, etc Can't Gilead come down on the price???
Yes fear can be very deadly and facing it can be more fearful. The good news is that FDA does have an open web page for consumer to report side effects. Their is no better time for Drug Companies that like to do live experments with live patients for it is win win for them they get top dollar for ARVs and get to experiment with us and make other block buster drugs like virgra... Thing are not always as they seem and buyer beware. And remember Donal Rumsflied and Channey run Gilead in the past
TonyC, while I can understand your concern, we HIVers *know* that without these drugs, we will die. We don't have the time to wait for long term data before approval. Many of us are reaching points where most existing drugs no longer work. So we're willing to gamble, I suppose, that a drug with a short test period may help or hurt. When you know the outcome of doing nothing, it changes your mental calculus quickly.
I am a Pharmacist & in the good ole' days, the FDA took so long for ONE drug to be released...really 48 weeks of data??I would like to see LONG TERM DATA!
andy
how can we afford this medication?? what kind of life is living in poverty to pay for your meds?
June 12, 2012 • bloomsburg pa