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Old 04-07-2013, 08:39 PM  
GrantMercury
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Originally Posted by dyna mo View Post
i was buying insulin from canada, i have to get 3 different types but 1 of those i paid $38/a vial for lilly brand. the same exact lilly branded vial at walgreens usa is $140. 3.5x more.
then all the sudden canadian pharmacies weren't able to get this insulin, they told me for the longest time that their supplier in turkey was having a difficult time getting it. then, bam, they get it in stock and it's now $50 more than here, it's $190 a vial now in canada.


big pharma at work.
It's capitalism. It's as American as apple-fucking-pie.

Thank GAWD we don't have a horrible "socialist" system like they suffer with in Canada. Those poor bastards and their reasonably priced medications.
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