Guest guest Posted August 19, 2007 Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 This is a report on how much the drug co make but a good reason to go raw and stay that way. It is cheeper to be raw. Theresa \o/ Worth reading! COSTCO! read this... Let's hear it for Costco!! (This is just mind-boggling!) Make sure you read all the way past the list of the drugs. The woman that signed below is a Budget Analyst out of federal Washington , DC offices. Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for the active ingredient in prescription medications? Some people think it must cost a lot, since many drugs sell for more than $2.00 per tablet We did a search of offshore chemical synthesizers that supply the active ingredients found in drugs approved by the FDA. As we have revealed in past issues of Life Extension, a significant percentage of drugs sold in the United States contain active ingredients made in other countries. In our independent investigation of how much profit drug companies really make, we obtained the actual price of active ingredients used in some of the most popular drugs sold in America The data below speaks for itself. Celebrex: 100 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $130.27 Cost of general active ingredients: $ 0.60 Percent markup: 21,712% Claritin: 1 0 mg Consumer Price (100 tablets): $215.17 Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71 Percent markup: 30,306% Keflex: 250 mg Consumer Price (100 tablets): $157.39 Cost of general active ingredients: $1.88 Percent markup: 8,372% Lipitor: 20 mg Consumer Price (100 tablets): $272.37 Cost of general active ingredients: $5.80 Percent markup: 4,696% Norvasc: 10 mg Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14 Percent markup: 134,493% Paxil: 20 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $220.27 Cost of general active ingredients: $7.60 Percent markup: 2,898% Prevacid: 30 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $44.77 Cost of general active ingredients: $1.01 Percent markup: 34,136% Prilosec: 20 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $360.97 Cost of general active ingredients $0.52 Percent markup: 69,417% Prozac: 20 mg Consumer price (100 tablets) : $247.47 Cost of general active ingredients: $0.11 Percent markup: 224,973% Tenormin: 50 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $104.47 Cost of general active ingredients: $0.13 Percent markup: 80,362% Vasotec: 10 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $102.37 Cost of general active ingredients: $0.20 Percent markup: 51,185% Xanax: 1 mg Consumer price (100 tablets) : $136.79 Cost of general active ingredients: $0.024 Percent markup: 569,958% Zestril: 20 mg Consumer price (100 tablets) $89.89 Cost of general active ingredients $3.20 Percent markup: 2,809 Zithromax: 600 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $1,482.19 Cost of general active ingredients: $18.78 Percent markup: 7,892% Zocor: /B 40 mg Consumer price (100 tablets): $350.27 Cost of general active ingredients: $8.63 Percent markup: 4,059% Zoloft: 50 mg Consumer price: $206.87 Cost of general active ingredients: $1.75 Percent markup: 11,821% Since the cost of prescription drugs is so outrageous, I thought everyone should know about this. Please read the following and pass it on It pays to shop around. This helps to solve the mystery as to why they can afford to put a Walgreen's on every corner On Monday night, Steve Wilson, an investigative reporter for Channel 7 News in Detroit , did a story on generic drug price gouging by pharmacies. He found in his investigation, that some of these generic drugs were marked up as much as 3,000% or more. Yes, that's not a typo.....three thousand percent! So often, we blame the drug companies for the high cost of drugs, and usually rightfully so. But in this case, the fault clearly lies with the pharmacies themselves. For example, if you had to buy a prescription drug, and bought the name brand, you might pay $100 for 100 pills. The pharmacist might tell you that if you get the generic equivalent, they would only cost $80, making you think you are " saving " $20. What the pharmacist is not telling you is that those 100 generic pills may have only cost him $10! At the end of the report, one of the anchors asked Mr. Wilson whether or not there were any pharmacies that did not adhere to this practice, and he said that Costco consistently charged little over their cost for the generic drugs. I went to the Costco site, where you can look up any drug, and get its online price. It says that the in-store prices are consistent with the online prices. I was appalled. Just to give you one example from my own experience, I had to use the drug, Compazine, which helps prevent nausea in chemo patients. I used the generic equivalent, which cost $54.99 for 60 pills at CVS. I checked the price at Costco, and I could have bought 100 pills for $19.89. For 145 of my pain pills, I paid $72.57. I could have got 150 at Costco for $28.08. I would like to mention, that although Costco is a " membership " type store, you do NOT have to be a member to buy prescriptions there, as it is a federally regulated substance. You just tell them at the door that you wish to use the pharmacy, and they will let you in (this is true) I went there this past Thursday and asked them. I am asking each of you to please help me by copying this letter, and passing it into your own e-mail, and send it to everyone you know with an e-mail address. Sharon L. Davis Budget Analyst U.S Department of Commerce Room 6839 Office Ph: 202-482-4458 Office Fax: 202-482-5480 E-mail Address: sdavis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Hi Theresa, Thanks for this. Would you know if this is online anywhere? It's better to give a URL for a website for this type of information because otherwise it's hard to know if it's authentic. Judy In a message dated 8/20/07 4:45:33 AM, potato writes: > This is a report on how much the drug co make but a good reason to go > raw and stay that way. It is cheeper to be raw. > > Theresa \o/ > > Worth reading! > > > > COSTCO! read this... > > Let's hear it for Costco!! (This is just mind-boggling!) > Make sure you > read all the way past the list of the drugs. The woman that signed > below is a Budget Analyst out of federal Washington , DC offices. > > Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for > the > active > ingredient in prescription medications? Some people think it must > cost > a lot, since many drugs sell for more than $2.00 per tablet We did a > search of offshore chemical synthesizers that supply the active > ingredients found in drugs approved by the FDA. As we have revealed > in > past issues of Life Extension, a significant percentage of drugs sold > in the United States contain active ingredients made in other > countries. In our independent investigation of how much profit drug > companies really make, we obtained the actual price of active > ingredients used in some of the most popular drugs sold in America > > The data below speaks for itself. > > Celebrex: 100 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets): $130.27 > Cost of general active ingredients: $ 0.60 > Percent markup: 21,712% > > Claritin: 1 0 mg > Consumer Price (100 tablets): $215.17 > Cost of general active ingredients: $0.71 > Percent markup: 30,306% > > Keflex: 250 mg > Consumer Price (100 tablets): $157.39 > Cost of general active ingredients: $1.88 > Percent markup: 8,372% > > Lipitor: 20 mg > Consumer Price (100 tablets): $272.37 > Cost of general active ingredients: $5.80 > Percent markup: 4,696% > > Norvasc: 10 mg Cost of general active ingredients: $0.14 > Percent markup: 134,493% > > Paxil: 20 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets): $220.27 > Cost of general active ingredients: $7.60 > Percent markup: 2,898% > > Prevacid: 30 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets): $44.77 > Cost of general active ingredients: $1.01 > Percent markup: 34,136% > > Prilosec: 20 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets): $360.97 > Cost of general active ingredients $0.52 > Percent markup: 69,417% > > Prozac: 20 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets) : $247.47 > Cost of general active ingredients: $0.11 > Percent markup: 224,973% > > Tenormin: 50 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets): $104.47 > Cost of general active ingredients: $0.13 > Percent markup: 80,362% > > Vasotec: 10 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets): $102.37 > Cost of general active ingredients: $0.20 > Percent markup: 51,185% > > Xanax: 1 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets) : $136.79 > Cost of general active ingredients: $0.024 > Percent markup: 569,958% > > Zestril: 20 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets) $89.89 > Cost of general active ingredients $3.20 > Percent markup: 2,809 > > Zithromax: 600 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets): $1,482.19 > Cost of general active ingredients: $18.78 > Percent markup: 7,892% > > Zocor: /B 40 mg > Consumer price (100 tablets): $350.27 > Cost of general active ingredients: $8.63 > Percent markup: 4,059% > > Zoloft: 50 mg > Consumer price: $206.87 > Cost of general active ingredients: $1.75 > Percent markup: 11,821% > > Since the cost of prescription drugs is so outrageous, I > thought > everyone should know about this. Please read the following and pass > it > on It pays to shop around. This helps to solve the mystery as to why > they can afford to put a Walgreen's on every corner On Monday night, > Steve Wilson, an investigative reporter for Channel 7 News in Detroit > , did a story on generic drug price gouging by pharmacies. He found > in > his investigation, that some of these generic drugs were marked up as > much as 3,000% or more. Yes, that's not a typo.....three thousand > percent! So often, we blame the drug companies for the high cost of > drugs, and usually rightfully so. But in this case, the fault clearly > lies with the pharmacies themselves. For example, if you had to buy a > prescription drug, and bought the name brand, you might pay $100 for > 100 pills. The pharmacist might tell you that if you get the generic > equivalent, they would only cost $80, making you think you are > " saving " $20. What the pharmacist is not telling you is that those > 100 > generic pills may have only cost him $10! > > At the end of the report, one of the anchors asked Mr. > Wilson whether > or not there were any pharmacies that did not adhere to this > practice, > and he said that Costco consistently charged little over their cost > for the generic drugs. > > I went to the Costco site, where you can look up any > drug, > and get its > online price. It says that the in-store prices are consistent with > the > online prices. I was appalled. Just to give you one example from my > own experience, I had to use the drug, Compazine, which helps prevent > nausea in chemo patients. > > > > > > I used the generic equivalent, which cost $54.99 for 60 > pills at CVS. > I checked the price at Costco, and I could have bought 100 pills for > $19.89. For 145 of my pain pills, I paid $72.57. I could have got 150 > at Costco for $28.08. > > > I would like to mention, that although Costco is a > " membership " type > store, you do NOT have to be a member to buy prescriptions there, as > it is a federally regulated substance. You just tell them at the door > that you wish to use the pharmacy, and they will let you in (this is > true) > > > I went there this past Thursday and asked them. I am > asking > each of > you to please help me by copying this letter, and passing it into > your > own e-mail, and send it to everyone you know with an e-mail address. > > > Sharon L. Davis > Budget Analyst > U.S Department of Commerce > Room 6839 > Office Ph: 202-482-4458 > Office Fax: 202-482-5480 > E-mail Address: sdavis > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 On Sunday 19 August 2007 17:07, trills4u wrote: > Did you ever wonder how much it costs a drug company for > the > active > ingredient in prescription medications? This is not in any way in support of drug pushers (pharmacies) and their poisons, but this report is not balanced. There are significant research costs that go into developing their poisons which are not accounted for in this report. In simple accounting terms, cost of active ingredients does not equal Cost of Sales! This is dishonest reporting regardless of who its from or who its about. And there are many, many pensions that live off the profits of big pharma? neal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Hi Judy, I don't know exactly where it came from because it was sent to me and she said she got it from an online newspaper she belongs too. It made me do some real thinking about why I'm working on this diet and lifestyle change and going to stay with it. Theresa \o/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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