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arikara

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44. I heard they changed to CFC free

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 03:56 PM

Mar 2014

Is it true they don't work as well since the change? I didn't realized that the price went up as well. That explains why they changed then, those little puffs couldn't have been contributing much to climate change in comparison to say... the tar sands.

My daughter went on one of the newer ones and she got so sick and confused on it that she called me to ask what to do. She was living in the US and me in Canada. I told her to call an ambulance and get right to emergency then had to sit and worry. It all turned out ok but she went back to the older ones, I think pulmicort.

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Poor Folks in the U.S. Can No Longer Afford Treatment for Pneumonia [View all] McCamy Taylor Mar 2014 OP

+1. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #1

Thanks for this info - we'll be looking into it. The FDA and Dept. of Commerce erronis Mar 2014 #2

This is an important topic and an illuminating post. As a career hospital administrator .... Scuba Mar 2014 #3

+1 well said lunasun Mar 2014 #40

At Meijer stores here in Indiana (and presumably elsewhere), most common antibiotics are free. NT Adrahil Mar 2014 #4

Some stores in Ga. have it free. 840high Mar 2014 #17

crucial information G_j Mar 2014 #5

McCamy Taylor Diclotican Mar 2014 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #7

This could qualify for the stupidest post of the day! Marrah_G Mar 2014 #8

Antibiotics for pneumonia, bad. Kale, good. uppityperson Mar 2014 #10

Stupid! You gotta be kidding-my daughter died due to lack of medical care Stargazer99 Mar 2014 #26

The post I was commenting on was hidden Marrah_G Mar 2014 #28

I am sorry to hear that, Was this recent? n/t hollysmom Mar 2014 #29

Thanks for posting this malaise Mar 2014 #9

unbridled capitalism and health care rafeh1 Mar 2014 #11

There is another pretty common drug that is too expensive passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #12

Hi passiveporcupine.. In Ontario albuterol is called salbutamol , brand name is Ventolin. nenagh Mar 2014 #30

Ventolin is our generic brand. It is the cheapest brand I can get here. And it is almost $50/mo passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #33

Might not work for everyone but if you can get a neb machine McCamy Taylor Mar 2014 #31

I have a nebulizer and I use it often, but it's not with me when I am away from my house. passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #34

I heard they changed to CFC free arikara Mar 2014 #44

Pulmicort is a steriod, not albuterol passiveporcupine Mar 2014 #47

Thanks for the article and link. unapatriciated Mar 2014 #13

Keep posting, keep posting. grasswire Mar 2014 #14

Thanks for continuing to speak out on this. How many illnesses are not being treated because of the freshwest Mar 2014 #15

So sad (nt) Babel_17 Mar 2014 #16

GREED. Rex Mar 2014 #18

important..rec frwrfpos Mar 2014 #19

I've run into this, too. HeiressofBickworth Mar 2014 #20

I take propanolol, murielm99 Mar 2014 #41

That's why my kids c-pay was $30.00 instead of the normal glowing Mar 2014 #21

But we have the BEST Health Care in The WORLD....... (for the very RICH). bvar22 Mar 2014 #22

More Take From the Many and Give to the Very Few LarryNM Mar 2014 #23

We NEED he Gov to investigate into why the cost of drugs are escalating so fast. Something crooked Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #24

Thank you for posting this. theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #25

CDC finally acknowledged last year how Lyme is greatly underdiagnosed zazen Mar 2014 #27

Cipro is on the $4 list at Fred's and several other pharmacies. moriah Mar 2014 #32

I have an overseas, online pharmacy that I use. Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #35

And the TPP is likely to make it even worse with the new protections for drug patents, jtuck004 Mar 2014 #36

The $4 lists will be gone soon. KatyaR Mar 2014 #37

My Armour Thyroid went up to $15.95. murielm99 Mar 2014 #42

KnR Hekate Mar 2014 #38

Mandatory, for-profit health insurance doesn't solve a damn thing. nt Romulox Mar 2014 #39

I recall reading somewhere Turbineguy Mar 2014 #43

So grateful that the 2009 health care reform efforts of everyone from truedelphi Mar 2014 #45

Yes, I remember. NCarolinawoman Mar 2014 #48

Capitalism will kill us all! n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2014 #46