Like Water For Insulin
These past few months have forced me to think about what I would be willing to give up in order to have access to my drugs again.
I know what it’s like to live without.
These past few months have forced me to think about what I would be willing to give up in order to have access to my drugs again.
Patients like me have to plan our whole lives around the costs.
Over the past 15 years since my diagnosis, my conditions have impacted some of my most important life decisions from where I’ve been able to live to which jobs I’ve been able to keep.
Drug prices have forced me to ration my multiple sclerosis meds.
Even though there are more and more multiple sclerosis drugs being developed and market competition is increasing, prices keep going up.
P4AD Founder David Mitchell’s Testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Right now I am on a four-drug combination that carries a list price tag of more than $900,000 per year.
Drug company greed took five years of my life from me.
The price hike of clomipramine has completely derailed my life for almost half a decade.
An extremely expensive diagnosis.
No one should have to skip meals and ration the medicine that keeps them alive simply due to high prices.
I pay $600 on prescriptions each month.
This year, I watched as my copay for a one-month supply of Levemir, a long-acting insulin, skyrocketed from $20 to $180.
