Literally have no idea what I think about them other than that it seems like a hopeless exercise. Its kinda worrying, like the meds can make you hyperfocus on things and make you paranoid but who knows, they could be right?

Altho it is a great bandwagon for the name brand dominating med companies to jump on, very easy to turn people away from generic meds that must have some baseline of quality assurance and clinical efficacy?

Uggh, just don’t know. Wish everyone could take the brand name cheaply like its easily possible to in many places outside the US. Dex cost me like 1.50 a pill before insurance and like less than 30 after total. Its almost 1500 in the states. Insane

  • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 days ago

    My neighbor spent around 3 hours calling around to track down a source today. The wasted time and money that represents is the only crime I see. Don’t go talking about it or selling it, but whatever a person does in their kitchen for their own needs is none of my business. The wasted time is theft and therefore criminal actions against common people with no recourse. There are likely millions of victims of this crime.

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      5 days ago

      That is insane. I can’t believe it. My pharmacy has to freaking keep on top of me cuz i never have any idea when refills are or calling them in time before they call me and throwing drugs at me haha.

      Its all symptomatic of gross mismanagement, their drug control apparatus is nuts, k,

      • police should not be controlling a nation’s drug supply and manufacture and scheduling it, that is for the legislature and medical governing bodies.
      • insurance companies should not have any say where you “can” fill a prescription
      • there’s zero reason a country as wealthy and pharma-dominated as Us should ever have active ingredient shortages or whatever the fuck they blame it on now that magically affects the generics less than brand name
      • should be able to mail order or have delivery. All of that is superior to whatever it is that is the reality. What a waste of everyones time and resources to have these medication shortages and monthly stampede/pilgrimmages