A heavy price for cheaper drugs
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
The U.S. must address the lax rules and oversight over compounding pharmacies, one of which has been linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak.You get what you pay for. This maxim is proving true all over again when it comes to steroid injections used to alleviate back pain. Making safe and effective versions of such drugs involves manufacturing steps that aren't trivial. The cost of the medicine has to match the care that goes into creating it and the oversight required to ensure that the standards are maintained.