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Vinca

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11. My husband takes a dose of injectable insulin every day.
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 07:42 AM
Aug 2016

He was first prescribed the pre-packaged, pre-filled syringes that were very expensive. After doing some research he found he could buy a vial of insulin and a box of insulin syringes for about half the cost and he's been doing that for over a year. Of course people who might need an "Epi-Pen" are in a totally different situation. Since the drug is generic, someone needs to tweak the design of the delivery system, patent it and sell it to the people who need it for an affordable price. It should be illegal to gouge people on any drug, but especially on life-saving drugs.

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