PCOS Messages for March, 2002: Re: Generic Metformin

Re: Generic Metformin

From: Genny (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:31:11 -0600

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The reason Metformin (and virtually any other drug) is so expensive in the US is because of the federal government. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) forces all drug companies to test every drug. That includes drugs that are already tested and prescribed in other countries. The result is that the testing costs add on to the price of the drug. There are not too many drug companies left in the US because of the prohibitive costs associated with developing new (and often lifesaving) drugs.

By the very act of keeping potentially lifesaving drugs off the market for many years, people die waiting for treatment. This is unacceptable.

The FDA is a four letter word in my household!

Genny

>Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:42:33 -0600 (CST)
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (cat)
>To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>Subject: Re: Generic Metformin
>Message-ID: <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>
>Wow! You pay a lot for your met! I buy mine online (can't find a doctor
>who will prescribe it in the UK!) and it costs $34 for 500 500mg tablets
>(with free shipping). So I work that out to be about $6 per month if
>you take 3 per day, quite a big saving! (a 3000% saving from gluc I
>think, if my maths is right!)
>
>Why is it so expensive in the US? Do they add some special tax to the
>price of medicines? Or is it just the manufacturer you have charges
>obscenely high prices?
>
>I was also wondering who is the manufacturer of glucophage? And is the
>generic metformin you have there made by the same company?
>
>Cat xxx
>

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