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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which drug did you look up? Albuterol can be bought for like $10

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was remembering the cost of my wife's regular-use inhalers (she used to have pretty bad asthma) which were over $100 each, but it looks like daily-use ones are different than emergency ones. It could also just be a US thing.

Having never had asthma myself, I never really thought to look up the differences or prices to be honest.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

wtf? 100$ per inhaler for long-term treatment?

My inhalers cost my insurance 100โ‚ฌ for 6 (120 usages per inhalter = yearly dose)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No, you're right. Our cat has asthma and her daily use inhaler is much more expensive than the emergency one.

However, my brother is on the same medicine -- he just uses the over the counter nasal spray version. It's MUCH cheaper but I can't figure out how to use nasal spray with a cat ๐Ÿคฃ