DocHeb
Veteran Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( It wouldn't be so bad if drugs had a universal price but this one price for here, one price for there and stick it in them over there is BS but I guess you think that's OK. )</font>
Tractors don't have universal prices - ask the folks in the Northeast - they have the highest prices there.
Universal prices? Ask the passengers in the airplane how much they paid and you'll find some people got it "stuck to them".
WalMart is able to negotiate lower prices due to their volume - everybody else pays more - far from a universal price.
Innumerable other examples - the bottom line is capitalism allows people to sell at what the market will bear. If you don't like it, don't buy their drugs.
Instead of Pfizer's Azithromycin (antibiotic) for $70, you can get erythromycin for $10. For that price savings you will get an antibiotic that is just as effective, but you will have to take it four times a day for 10 days, instead of once a day for five days.
Instead of a 30 days supply of Pfizer's Celebrex (arthritis med) at $120, take Over-the-Counter Ibuprofen at $5. The tradeoff will be a higher incidence of stomach upset, and you'll have to take it four times a day rather than once a day, but it is just as effective.
Instead of Pfizer's Zoloft (antidepressant) at $80 a month, use generic Prozac at $40 a month.
Instead of Pfizer's Glucotrol at $80 a month, take Diabinase (actually made by Pfizer) for $20 a month.
Instead of Pfizer's Viagra for $10 a pill, you can just cuddle instead. It is a lot cheaper. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The point is, there are almost always alternative drugs that can be used that are much cheaper. You just need to make your doctor aware that cost is a significant concern. If Pfizer can't sell their drug because the price is perceived to be too high, you can be sure the price will come down. Even better, buy some Pfizer stock so you can get the $0.68 a share dividend, and share in the growth of that innovative company that is improving people's lives daily.
Tractors don't have universal prices - ask the folks in the Northeast - they have the highest prices there.
Universal prices? Ask the passengers in the airplane how much they paid and you'll find some people got it "stuck to them".
WalMart is able to negotiate lower prices due to their volume - everybody else pays more - far from a universal price.
Innumerable other examples - the bottom line is capitalism allows people to sell at what the market will bear. If you don't like it, don't buy their drugs.
Instead of Pfizer's Azithromycin (antibiotic) for $70, you can get erythromycin for $10. For that price savings you will get an antibiotic that is just as effective, but you will have to take it four times a day for 10 days, instead of once a day for five days.
Instead of a 30 days supply of Pfizer's Celebrex (arthritis med) at $120, take Over-the-Counter Ibuprofen at $5. The tradeoff will be a higher incidence of stomach upset, and you'll have to take it four times a day rather than once a day, but it is just as effective.
Instead of Pfizer's Zoloft (antidepressant) at $80 a month, use generic Prozac at $40 a month.
Instead of Pfizer's Glucotrol at $80 a month, take Diabinase (actually made by Pfizer) for $20 a month.
Instead of Pfizer's Viagra for $10 a pill, you can just cuddle instead. It is a lot cheaper. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The point is, there are almost always alternative drugs that can be used that are much cheaper. You just need to make your doctor aware that cost is a significant concern. If Pfizer can't sell their drug because the price is perceived to be too high, you can be sure the price will come down. Even better, buy some Pfizer stock so you can get the $0.68 a share dividend, and share in the growth of that innovative company that is improving people's lives daily.
