Katie,

I, have a very different Mind set, having Myasthania Gravis. We have
to take a drug called Mestinon. What I have to pay for a Hundred tablets
($100.00) can be purchased overseas for ($8.00

When the Gov. held hearing and decided US drug manufactures were over
charging and put a ceiling on the profiteering, the Drug companies
licensed companies outside the US to manufacture the drug. It is no
longer manufacture in this country.

We pay &100 and my web friend in Spain pays $8. Made by the same
company.

I know this isn't the Flu Vaccine and I'm sorry to be venting but it is
kind of related

Ole Thom

In article ,
Thom Stewart wrote:
Katie,

I, have a very different Mind set, having Myasthania Gravis. We have
to take a drug called Mestinon. What I have to pay for a Hundred tablets
($100.00) can be purchased overseas for ($8.00

When the Gov. held hearing and decided US drug manufactures were over
charging and put a ceiling on the profiteering, the Drug companies
licensed companies outside the US to manufacture the drug. It is no
longer manufacture in this country.

We pay &100 and my web friend in Spain pays $8. Made by the same
company.

I know this isn't the Flu Vaccine and I'm sorry to be venting but it is
kind of related

Sorry to hear it! A very good friend is in the same boat. His meds
cost $350 US and a little more than 1/2 that from Canada. They're made
by the same US company overseas... have been for years.



--
Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."

Thom, how often must you take a tablet?

Scotty

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Katie,

I, have a very different Mind set, having Myasthania Gravis. We
have
to take a drug called Mestinon. What I have to pay for a Hundred
tablets
($100.00) can be purchased overseas for ($8.00

When the Gov. held hearing and decided US drug manufactures were
over
charging and put a ceiling on the profiteering, the Drug companies
licensed companies outside the US to manufacture the drug. It is no
longer manufacture in this country.

We pay &100 and my web friend in Spain pays $8. Made by the same
company.

I know this isn't the Flu Vaccine and I'm sorry to be venting but it
is
kind of related

Ole Thom

Scott,

I take five a day. The mestinon act as a shield around my muscle
receptors. It is effective for about 3hrs, then it starts to wear off
and my immune system see the receptors as a foreign body and destroyes
them. This leaves me with a muscle that can't respond to the signals
from my brain.

I can't pick up my "Manhattan" :^) Needless to say I don't dare
singlehanding without proper medication.

Ole Thom

You pay $100 per prescription..What is your net worth (assets value)? Your
friend in Spain pays $8.00 per prescription. Do you really think his asset
value is the same as yours? (or is he one of the markedly few in Europe who
have as high a standard of living as we do?) Would you like to trade and
pay what they pay for fuel...even though we've seen increases, so have they,
and on a scale much greater than we...
"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Katie,

I, have a very different Mind set, having Myasthania Gravis. We have
to take a drug called Mestinon. What I have to pay for a Hundred tablets
($100.00) can be purchased overseas for ($8.00

When the Gov. held hearing and decided US drug manufactures were over
charging and put a ceiling on the profiteering, the Drug companies
licensed companies outside the US to manufacture the drug. It is no
longer manufacture in this country.

We pay &100 and my web friend in Spain pays $8. Made by the same
company.

I know this isn't the Flu Vaccine and I'm sorry to be venting but it is
kind of related

Ole Thom

In article ,
katysails wrote:
You pay $100 per prescription..What is your net worth (assets value)? Your
friend in Spain pays $8.00 per prescription. Do you really think his asset
value is the same as yours? (or is he one of the markedly few in Europe who
have as high a standard of living as we do?) Would you like to trade and
pay what they pay for fuel...even though we've seen increases, so have they,
and on a scale much greater than we...

Good point, but I think we should pay more, a lot more, for
gasoline. We need to get away from an oil-based economy.


--
Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:10:07 -0700, (Thom Stewart)
wrote this crap:

Katie,

I, have a very different Mind set, having Myasthania Gravis. We have
to take a drug called Mestinon. What I have to pay for a Hundred tablets
($100.00) can be purchased overseas for ($8.00


I feel for you. I take a certain medication that costs $85 for sixty
tablets. I'm supposed to take two a day, so that would be $85 each
month. The medication is made by Pfizer, (and it's not viagra or
anything like that.) In Canada, it's only slightly cheaper.

With my drug card, it only costs me $25.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Hormone replacement therapy?

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Horvath" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:10:07 -0700, (Thom Stewart)
wrote this crap:

Katie,

I, have a very different Mind set, having Myasthania Gravis. We have
to take a drug called Mestinon. What I have to pay for a Hundred tablets
($100.00) can be purchased overseas for ($8.00


I feel for you. I take a certain medication that costs $85 for sixty
tablets. I'm supposed to take two a day, so that would be $85 each
month. The medication is made by Pfizer, (and it's not viagra or
anything like that.) In Canada, it's only slightly cheaper.

With my drug card, it only costs me $25.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

BOO ! I went trick or treating tonight dressed up as a hooker. I
gots lots of yummy candy.

Suzy

On 30 Oct 2004 21:36:03 -0700, (Suzy Brody)
wrote this crap:

BOO ! I went trick or treating tonight dressed up as a hooker. I
gots lots of yummy candy.

Suzy


I always pass out candy to little girls.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!