Comment on COVID antiviral Paxlovid to see price increase following 400% vaccine hike
athos77@kbin.social 11 months ago
The price of the drug is already $530 for a treatment course [...] The new price is not set, but one analyst suggested it could be up to 5x higher.
Duranie@lemmy.film 11 months ago
I got COVID for the first time a couple months ago. I was symptomatic 2 days before testing positive (worst fucking sore throat of my life) but on the third day I was able to start Paxlovid. I’m 51, asthma, and 10lbs over the line that qualifies me as obese.
I don’t have the words to describe the nightmare that medicine created in my mouth, BUT I would take it again under those circumstances. It seriously stopped the progression of my sickness. I ended up with a mildly sore throat for almost 3 weeks and it took about 5-6 weeks to recover from the fatigue.
For companies to do things like this should be a crime. The insane amounts of money they spend on advertising should also be held against them.