Thread: the more we know, the more confused I get!
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Old 05-13-2015, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by zanpar321 View Post
I respectfully Disagree. Hepatitis C now has a cure at $1000 per pill.

The drug Sovaldi will cost $1,000 per pill. A typical course of treatment will last 12 weeks and run $84,000, plus the cost of necessary companion drugs. Some patients may need treatment for twice as long.

Hepatitis researchers call the drug a landmark in the treatment of this deadly infection. More than 90 percent of patients who get the new drug can expect to be cured of their hepatitis C infection, with few side effects.

I believe that PD will also be cured sometime in the near future! If the cost was $84,000 and there are 1 million PD patients in the US thats $84 Billion dollars! I would find a way to pay for it for sure!

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...er-drug-prices
I hope you are right for sure but if treatment for PD was a $1,000 per pill I think that the system would continue to treat the symptoms for a lesser amount. A $1,000 per pill is extorsion, pure& simple. I hope we all fare better than that.
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