#2 Reason to Hate People Who Hate Big Pharma

[Aegon]

I don't think being against "Big Pharma" is the same thing as being against medications entirely. I have kidney disease, so I choke down a number of pills each day: for blood pressure, cholesterol, active Vitamin D deficiency, and proteinuria. The meds I take are significantly slowing down the disease. So I have "Big Pharma" to thank for that. But some meds can be incredibly expensive, and every time I'm prescribed a new medication I have to have a battle to the death with my insurance. They almost always refuse to cover it initially, and it takes countless phone calls and countless screaming matches for them to finally cover anything. I'm still fighting with them to cover the costs of a kidney biopsy from almost a year ago. Anyway, the most recent example of this: I was prescribed an inject able gel, but the bottles cost over $3,000 each. Each bottle is about 5 weeks worth. And of course my insurance says, "Lol no."

I believe in the effectiveness of pharmaceutical medications, but I am absolutely against our healthcare system, of which Big Pharma is a HUGE part.

The closest "homeopathic" view I hold? I much prefer marijuana as means of maintaining low blood pressure than Vasotec.