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Health

Grasswire2

(13,739 posts) Thu May 25, 2023, 09:15 PM May 2023

$2,765.00 for ten tablets.

I paid $1.45.

What the hell kind of racket is this?

The pill is "linezolid"

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Dr. wrote me a prescription for foot wound -- check out this price. [View all] Grasswire2 May 2023 OP

Rightl But with universal health care it would be $1.45. dchill May 2023 #3

as it is with Medicare Grasswire2 May 2023 #5

Not necessarily with a Medicare part D plan. JohnSJ May 2023 #9

This is why people without insurance die. Laffy Kat May 2023 #2

Maybe not related, but...... MyOwnPeace May 2023 #4

if it can be sold for $1.45 (as it is with medicare)... Grasswire2 May 2023 #6

But...but...R & D rubbersole May 2023 #7

I did think for a moment about the cost of developing the med. Grasswire2 May 2023 #8

Which ought to be against the law. flying_wahini Jun 2023 #12

We you on another antibiotic that failed to clear it up? Warpy May 2023 #10

No. Grasswire2 May 2023 #11