$150 for a single run of TamiFlu?

[NMDemDist2]

i'm glad we're middle class, since we both have to take it (only he's got the flu)

everyone is talking about how horrible this flu season is but if we were a little closer to the financial edge we couldn't afford it.

wow, just wow

[valerief]

1. Gotta keep Rummy rich.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/tamiflu.asp

[ryan_cats]

2. I know this isn't an option since you have to take Tamaflu as soon as flu is detected but

I know this isn't an option since you have to take Tamaflu as soon as flu is detected but these guys in Canada have meds at decent prices.

http://www.pharmapassport.com/pricedetail.aspx?DrugName=Tamiflu
10 pills of Tamaflu at the strongest strength is around $80.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Why do you think you need it?

[NMDemDist2]

7. thats the recommendation

All in household according to CDC

[LAGC]

4. Did you both get the flu vaccine?

A lot cheaper than TamiFlu and 100% covered under Obamacare now.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Plus it actually works.

[hobbit709]

8. Only on that specific variety of flu.

Vaccine A does nothing if you're unlucky and catch flu B.

[HereSince1628]

9. Sort of...each vaccine targets multiple strains

and because immunity doesn't go away at the end of the flu season, it's possible that a component of one year's vaccine will yield some protection against a virus in a future season.

[NMDemDist2]

6. i did

He will next year!

[rainbow4321]

10. Our hospital keeps it locked up in the omnicell after a pill got lost

Last season we had a patient who had it ordered but it was not with his other meds in his med drawer. So I called pharmacy and asked them to send it up to us by the telecart system. The worker down there said oh, no...they had an instance of the Tamiflu pill getting 'lost" along the way and since each pill was so expensive management said it would be locked up in the omnicell from there on out on each floor instead of being sent up from pharmacy

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. You could probably have bought $150 worth of sugar water instead:

the evidence that Tamiflu reduces complications, hospitalizations, or deaths is weak at best, and if the drug does offer any benefit, it is slight indeed. This is precisely the conclusion of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). As we reported in our story in The Atlantic, the FDA directed Roche to state on the drug’s label the following caveat: “Tamiflu has not been proven to have a positive impact on the potential consequences (such as hospitalizations, mortality, or economic impact) of seasonal, avian, or pandemic influenza.” An FDA spokesperson told the BMJ, "The clinical trials . . . failed to demonstrate any significant difference in rates of hospitalization, complications, or mortality in patients receiving either Tamiflu or placebo.”

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/12/the-truth-about-tamiflu/307801/

[NMDemDist2]

12. it was a hell of a placebo then

he actually could sleep within 6 hours of the first dose.