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Post by Tony Crispino on May 20, 2014 11:31:56 GMT -8
Just about everywhere in the world the PDE-5 drugs for erectile dysfunction, Levitra, Cialis, and Viagra, have expired patents and the prices for generic PDE-5's tumbled to less that .50 per pill. Everywhere that is except the US where 10-25 bucks a pill is still common. Here is a table for PDE-5 for the US. At least until 2017 the US will pay heavily for these drugs. drive.google.com/file/d/0B_t9_NUAIqFdX0dSaC00a1p5Zm8/edit?usp=sharingIt's time congress investigated as to why these patents have been extended here but no where else. It's a ridiculous travesty against PCa survivors and it has been hugely profitable to these companies. Attachments:
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Post by KC on May 21, 2014 6:14:04 GMT -8
Hahaha…when you wrote “Expiration Dates of PDE-5 drugs,” I thought you meant what you wrote: expiration dates of PDE-5 drugs, and not expiration dates of the patents of PDE-5 drugs.
I have probably an 18-month or more supply sitting in my bathroom drawer…I don’t want them to pass their expiration date and lose potency. "A travesty!" Well, at about $0.25 a piece, I won’t lose any sleep over it.
I purchase inexpensively in quantity (in 5 years, I've placed 3 orders) from a well-known online pharmacy in India, and they are shipped to my home. In my annual physical exam with my internist, we always discuss all meds I take both prescription and non-perscription. He asks about my Cialis prescription, and I’ve told him I purchase online (ADC). He replied, “A lot of men do.”
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Post by Tony Crispino on May 27, 2014 10:07:44 GMT -8
Rightfully so. These patents have come down just about everywhere except the US where they keep getting re-applied. I can understand to many this is a "lifestyle" drug but as we PCa veterans know, it's a valuable part of post care therapy. So it is that men have to take risks such as using an off-shore pharmacy because some judge thinks the Pharma has not made enough money yet off these men.
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