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onecent

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3. I talked to a pharmacist recently about them changing my

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Jul 30, 2014, 07:38 AM

Jul 2014

pills (same pills - different color, different texture, crumble when cut in half and TASTE TERRIBLE. I asked the pharmacist if I could get the other brand (approx. same price - One dollar difference) and she didn't know. She told me that big pharma is only interested in making money and they make money on pills for diseases that are ONgoing. SUCH AS diabetes, blood pressure, drugs for people who have heart conditions...blood thinners...things that people can possibly be on the rest of their lives.

They are not interested in short term pills...cuz the bottom line is greed. It, indeed, is scarey this Ebola.

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'No Market': Scientists Struggle to Make Ebola Vaccines, Treatments [View all] steve2470 Jul 2014 OP

If Big Pharma could find a way to develop a vaccine that cures wrinkles and protects against Ebola.. joeybee12 Jul 2014 #1

We should punish big pharma by not buying any of their drugs!!! n-t Logical Jul 2014 #2

I talked to a pharmacist recently about them changing my onecent Jul 2014 #3

guess we have to wait until an infected person shows up in new york dembotoz Jul 2014 #4