Comment on Common diabetes drug helps chickens lay more eggs
SculptusPoe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wonder what the price is currently and how this will affect it. I would hope that finding a non-human medical use will drive the price of the medicine down as production goes up. Likely they will just manufacture a lower grade, deplete supplies of whatever it takes to make it and raise the price for human medicine for good measure.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s pretty cheap already. Metformin. One of the least expensive options for diabetes
SculptusPoe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well, that is probably good. I always feel a little pessimistic when I see something like this. Any time they can increase production, they tend to think about the dollars first and the impact second. It took way too long for regulation to catch up with them putting antibiotics in feed to increase production. I think they wouldn’t stop by themselves if they had to put a few diabetics in comas if they could increase egg production by some percentage.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’s my concern too. People jumping or trying to push into using it before the possible consequences are fully known.