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Drug company trying to take advantage of right-to-die laws?
Posted on 4/4/16 at 10:29 am
Posted on 4/4/16 at 10:29 am
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Also interested in how the OT feels about right-to-die laws. Personally, I'm all in favor of them. If I had a terminal illness, such as cancer, that was going to waste me away painfully, I'd like to end it with dignity.
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Washington state Death with Dignity advocates have found a way to thwart a drug company that abruptly doubled the price — to more than $3,000 — of the lethal medication some terminally ill patients use to end their lives. They’ve come up with a new mix of medications that induces death for about $500, said Dr. Robert Wood, a longtime University of Washington HIV/AIDS researcher who now volunteers with End of Life Washington, an advocacy group.
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The issue arose last year, when Valeant Pharmaceuticals International of Quebec acquired the rights to Seconal, the trade name of secobarbital sodium, the most commonly prescribed drug for aid-in-dying patients. The firm quickly doubled the cost, from $1,500 to more than $3,000 — and up to $5,000. That’s on top of previous retail price increases for the nearly 90-year-old sedative that once sold for $150 for a lethal 10-gram dose.
Also interested in how the OT feels about right-to-die laws. Personally, I'm all in favor of them. If I had a terminal illness, such as cancer, that was going to waste me away painfully, I'd like to end it with dignity.
This post was edited on 4/4/16 at 11:12 am
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Posted on 4/4/16 at 10:34 am to High C
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abruptly doubled the price — to more than $3,000
They are trying to make a killing.
Not too many repeat customers though.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 10:36 am to High C
I'm all in favor of them as well. We should have that right over our own lives, not the gov't.
Relative to the increased pricing of secobarbital, this is no different than that douchebag who put a 5000% premium on his drug. It's immoral in my opinion, but from a business standpoint, I can understand why they did that.
Relative to the increased pricing of secobarbital, this is no different than that douchebag who put a 5000% premium on his drug. It's immoral in my opinion, but from a business standpoint, I can understand why they did that.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 10:36 am to High C
Yay capitalism!!!!
You have a right to live, if you don't have a right to die then that first right is an obligation and that's not the same thing.
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Also interested in how the OT feels about right-to-die laws.
You have a right to live, if you don't have a right to die then that first right is an obligation and that's not the same thing.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 10:37 am to High C
I would just put it on my credit card. Which I now am not obligated to pay for, since I'm dead.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 10:39 am to Broke
Or get a payday loan just to frick one of those places over.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 10:43 am to High C
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Also interested in how the OT feels about right-to-die laws.
In favor.
Many are in favor; however, I find that those that oppose are usually louder with their opposition.
Posted on 4/4/16 at 11:02 am to GetCocky11
Yay
Posted on 4/4/16 at 11:18 am to High C
Welcome to America where putting down a suffering animal is the humane thing to do.
And it's legal to kill someone for trespassing but when it comes to ending your own life "people shouldn't play God".
And it's legal to kill someone for trespassing but when it comes to ending your own life "people shouldn't play God".
Posted on 4/4/16 at 11:19 am to LucasP
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You have a right to live, if you don't have a right to die then that first right is an obligation and that's not the same thing.
Insightful little troll, aren't you? Interesting point.
This post was edited on 4/4/16 at 11:21 am
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