$175.99 for an inhaler which will last about 1 month. ($175?????????)

[The Village Idiot]

The only thing that bothers me, is that some drugs are developed by universities with government funded money, yet the government never sees a return on it's investment, but the drugs are still expensive.

Which means they pay more taxes.

[thundley4]

Which means they pay more taxes.

Corporations don't pay taxes, they just collect them from consumers and transfer them to the government.

[The Village Idiot]

Corporations don't pay taxes, they just collect them from consumers and transfer them to the government.

thats part of the expensive-ness

[soleil]

My son's seizure medication is in the $500-600 range monthly.    It isn't cheap to develop medicine.   Someone has to pay for the research etc. to get the drug approved.   

Wow. That is so expensive. For some people that is a house note.

I understand medicines aren't cheap to develop, but there has to be a way to make it more affordable for people like you that have to have this medicine for their children.

[Ballygrl]

Wow. That is so expensive. For some people that is a house note.

I understand medicines aren't cheap to develop, but there has to be a way to make it more affordable for people like you that have to have this medicine for their children.

A lot of Pharmaceutical companies out there have programs for people who can't afford the meds, all someone has to do is apply. Also if people don't have the money or a prescription plan they can always ask for samples from the office if they carry it. We used to save tons of samples of various meds for seniors and other people we knew couldn't afford it.

[MrsSmith]

I'm sure there are people that require the new medications...but so often, something older and cheaper, or even generic, will do the job.  I have mentioned this to our doctors so many times that the one we usually see will actually call a couple different pharmacies and then come back and say, "We can try this one, it's this much at this pharmacy...or we can go with this more expensive one, it's this much at this pharmacy.  If you want to try the cheaper one first, just call if it isn't working and I'll prescribe the other." 

I think there was one time we had to go back for the more expensive one...