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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: News Articles => Topic started by: iolaire on November 12, 2018, 06:46:07 AM

Title: In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs. Or Make Their Own.
Post by: iolaire on November 12, 2018, 06:46:07 AM
In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs. Or Make Their Own.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/business/china-drugs-smuggled-homemade.html

Lots of the people relying on self manufactured or imported drugs are diabetics and dialysis patients, one photo shows:
Fosbait 500 mg Tablet is used in the treatment of increased phosphate levels in blood. It is used in patients with kidney problems and on dialysis
illegally imported from India.
Title: Re: In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs. Or Make Their Own.
Post by: Mr Ken on November 12, 2018, 07:26:59 AM
Quote from: iolaire on November 12, 2018, 06:46:07 AM
In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs. Or Make Their Own.

Lots of the people relying on self manufactured or imported drugs are diabetics and dialysis patients,

That is sad - no excuse for that to be happening. People should nto suffer when there are know medicines to treat the patient.

Ken
Title: Re: In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs. Or Make Their Own.
Post by: Simon Dog on November 12, 2018, 08:19:40 AM
This guy in China took self-medication past any reasonable limit:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2266412/Chinese-man-kept-alive-13-years-HOMEMADE-dialysis-machine.html
Title: Re: In China, Desperate Patients Smuggle Drugs. Or Make Their Own.
Post by: Mr Ken on November 12, 2018, 08:29:33 AM
Quote from: Simon Dog on November 12, 2018, 08:19:40 AM
This guy in China took self-medication past any reasonable limit:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2266412/Chinese-man-kept-alive-13-years-HOMEMADE-dialysis-machine.html

That is absolutely crazy. The government did give in a little and offer comparable cost of treatment. The tennis ball is in his court. When it comes  to medicine who is not inconvenienced.

Ken