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Posted by iforgotmypassword on April 21, 2011, at 20:27:55
here in canada the cost of 30 50mg tablets of naltrexone is almost $200. after messes of web searches i have done, i have read that while it can be expensive for some people in the states (but never as much as this from what i've read) some people are getting very cheap generics that are walmart-like in price.
i am trying to brainstorm my options, my pharmacy compounds different doses to make the price a bit more sane, covering doses other than but close to 50mg to avoid patent issues. it is still not cheap. i really need to figure out all of my options before i needlessly cripple my finances.
can anyone help me brainstorm?
it seems pretty unlikely i can go over to the states to fill the rx. my passport has even expired just recently, renewing it could take an arbitrary and unpredicatble amt of time and would also cost money.
Posted by mtdewcmu on April 26, 2011, at 15:15:56
In reply to naltrexone cost, posted by iforgotmypassword on April 21, 2011, at 20:27:55
I always use costco.com and drugstore.com as references. Costco.com has 30 for $47 USD.
http://www.costco.com/Pharmacy/DrugInfo.aspx?p=1&Drug=naltrexone
I thought that Canadians didn't have to pay a lot out of pocket for meds?
Posted by iforgotmypassword on April 29, 2011, at 16:01:08
In reply to Re: naltrexone cost, posted by mtdewcmu on April 26, 2011, at 15:15:56
Naltrexone is only available as a brand name, or as a compounding option when at all... I don't come across any respectfully priced generics. Somebody probably had their palm greased at some point, but not simply that there is even more c*ck-up than conspiracy in this system; if something goes wrong, it usually doesn't get fixed.
The Italian pharmaceutical company Sigma Tau managed to patent the amino acid carnitine (nonsensical and never should have happened) in this country by making sizable campaign donations to Liberal party minister David Dingwall (who was also health minister) in the 1990s before corporate donations were banned. Now carnitine is a ridiculous limbo and is very hard to get a hold of except by rx, and never ever cheaply at any store like in the US.
Carnitine was supposed to be given an NPN sometime between February and April to allow normal sale, but of course as with everything, it never ended up happening. No information on why has been released.
The Conservatives in power now are even worse than the Liberals and tried teaming up with the pharmaceutical companies to implement Codex Alimentarus which would have made all supplements prescription only.
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