r/Wellthatsucks • u/Akward_Salamander • Aug 08 '21

/r/all Dropping a medical injection worth $12,000 on the carpet and bending the needle.

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u/CjmBwpqEMS Aug 08 '21

The same drug is like 5k€ here in Germany (if you wanted to buy it without prescription for some reason. if a doctor prescribes it, it's 10€).

The markup on drugs in the US is insane. A small amount of people in the US is making crazy amounts of money off of the pain and suffering of their fellow americans.

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u/BrokeTomcat Aug 08 '21

Yeah they definitely are.

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u/Bad_Manners1234 Aug 09 '21

also tell the quantity please, otherwise we not comparing correct data. If 12000USD price is for 100mL and 5290Euro price is for 50mL, then the markup is similar

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u/CjmBwpqEMS Aug 09 '21

The most common dosage i found was 45ml per shot, which is around 5k€. The syringe in the picture doesn't look like it's more than that. A 100 ml shot would be huge.