U.S. lawmakers demand information on EpiPen price increase

Don't worry, Trump is going to bomb the shit of the bees

Free said:

Public shaming at its best?

Mylan CEO Bresch Grilled On Capitol Hill Over EpiPen Debacle

https://www.google.com/amp/www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2016/09/21/mylan-ceo-bresch-grilled-on-capitol-hill-over-epipen-debacle/amp/?client=safari

Not sure what context you say that in. "Public shaming" has a particular feel to it.... are you glad she and the company are being called out, or are you suggesting this shouldn't have happened?

Free said:

PJ_Soul said:

Free said:

Public shaming at its best?

Mylan CEO Bresch Grilled On Capitol Hill Over EpiPen Debacle

https://www.google.com/amp/www.forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2016/09/21/mylan-ceo-bresch-grilled-on-capitol-hill-over-epipen-debacle/amp/?client=safari

Not sure what context you say that in. "Public shaming" has a particular feel to it.... are you glad she and the company are being called out, or are you suggesting this shouldn't have happened?

Let's all hear what you think.

... are you not going to answer my question? It was an honest one.

Just today I found out that there is also an auto injector for naloxone, also known as Narcan. Naloxone is used to reverse opiate overdose and is a lifesaving medication. The kits with a vial of naloxone and a syringe continue to be cheap, but they require people to be trained how to use them, and in an emergency it can be very difficult for someone to remember how to use the syringe, draw up the medication, inject it correctly, etc. So now there is an auto injector of naloxone which could be used by anyone, without any training, to save the life of someone with an overdose of heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, and the like.

What's the cost, you ask?

$3,700 per two dose kit. For a commonly available, inexpensive drug.

How can they possibly justify this?

oftenreading said:

Just today I found out that there is also an auto injector for naloxone, also known as Narcan. Naloxone is used to reverse opiate overdose and is a lifesaving medication. The kits with a vial of naloxone and a syringe continue to be cheap, but they require people to be trained how to use them, and in an emergency it can be very difficult for someone to remember how to use the syringe, draw up the medication, inject it correctly, etc. So now there is an auto injector of naloxone which could be used by anyone, without any training, to save the life of someone with an overdose of heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, and the like.

What's the cost, you ask?

$3,700 per two dose kit. For a commonly available, inexpensive drug.

How can they possibly justify this?

Holy shit.

Something simple to use that can save a life right then and there? At that cost?

Unjustifiable.

I don't think it should be that much but I'd have to research a bit before deciding how much the injector should be. It looks to be a brand of narcan

How about those fucking scumbag republicans who want to block narcan use because it promotes drug use?

Yeah, I won't immediately say that's outrageous because I don't know what kind of technology goes into these auto injectors, or who is actually responsible for making it cost so much. I know that it is fucking amazing that the Naloxone kits are being handed out for FREE to hundreds of sites in metro Vancouver, and I've heard of a ton of training/info sessions where the public can go and get a kit for free too.

lukin2006 said:

Become a junkie and OD, lifr saving kits are available free, develope an allergy that might someday require the use of a epipen victim of greed, price gauging and big pharma, sounds par for the course...

That's a gov't issue. Someone is paying for the narcan

lukin2006 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

lukin2006 said:

Become a junkie and OD, lifr saving kits are available free, develope an allergy that might someday require the use of a epipen victim of greed, price gauging and big pharma, sounds par for the course...

That's a gov't issue. Someone is paying for the narcan

I know someone's paying for it, just saying that's typical of today.

Maybe, but I think you're forgetting a pretty important distinction that affects how things get funded: the fentanyl thing is an acute public health crisis. It's being handled more like an epidemic, really. The issue of Epipens, while also important, really isn't even in the same ballpark.