Name that illness!

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Or a hella case of allergies.

Uh oh, "hella" made it all the way to NJ?

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Or a hella case of allergies.

Uh oh, "hella" made it all the way to NJ?

I'm hearing it here in NC. Mainly used by the folks that have transferred from Cali.

Oh and "right now, right now".

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

Originally posted by: OCguy

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle

Or a hella case of allergies.

Uh oh, "hella" made it all the way to NJ?

I'm hearing it here in NC. Mainly used by the folks that have transferred from Cali.

Oh and "right now, right now".

You have my condolences

 

[udonoogen]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
UPDATE, because you care:

i saw my doctor this morning. diagnosis: bronchitis. if i had a fever, it would have been the flu.

250mg azithromycin for 5 days, 2 on day 1. without insurance, these 6 tablets would have cost $44. how the hell are these worth $7.33 each?

drugs are expensive due to R&D costs (sometimes spanning 10 years+) and the need to keep the companies making these drugs afloat. if you sell them at the cost of manufacturing, the consumer wins but they will get no more future drugs because the company will go under.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Originally posted by: udonoogen

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
UPDATE, because you care:

i saw my doctor this morning. diagnosis: bronchitis. if i had a fever, it would have been the flu.

250mg azithromycin for 5 days, 2 on day 1. without insurance, these 6 tablets would have cost $44. how the hell are these worth $7.33 each?

drugs are expensive due to R&D costs (sometimes spanning 10 years+) and the need to keep the companies making these drugs afloat. if you sell them at the cost of manufacturing, the consumer wins but they will get no more future drugs because the company will go under.

yes, every business needs to turn a profit, but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azithromycin

Azithromycin... is one of the world's best-selling[citation needed] antibiotics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azithromycin#History

A team of researchers at the Croatian pharmaceutical company Pliva, Gabrijela Kobrehel, Gorjana Radobolja-Lazarevski and Zrinka Tambura?ev led by Dr. Slobodan Ðokic, discovered azithromycin in 1980. It was patented in 1981, and was later found by Pfizer's scientists while going through patent documents. In 1986 Pliva and Pfizer signed a licensing agreement which gave Pfizer exclusive rights for the sale of azithromycin in Western Europe and the United States. Pliva brought their azithromycin on the market in Central and Eastern Europe under the brand name of Sumamed in 1988, Pfizer Zithromax in 1991, and Zentiva Azitrox. After several years, the US FDA approved AzaSite, an ophthalmic formulation of azithromycin, for the treatment of eye infections. AzaSite is currently marketed in the US by Inspire Pharmaceuticals.

nothing about that says "expensive" to me. so i ask again, $7.33 each, WTF???