[ArlenBales]

This is to treat acute pain, probably mostly post-op as alternative to opioids. At most you'll probably get a week's worth of pills from your doc post-op, and I would say the cost is worth it if it works better than NSAIDs and it's not addictive.

[zamadatix]

Can this be taken alongside NSAIDs? If so it might not even need to be that great to still be worthwhile for that first week after an operation.

[joe_the_user]

"It's worth it" isn't an answer to "drug prices are systematically inflated so many cannot afford them regardless.

[jazzyjackson]

In the context of post op painkillers, the cost of this pill is a drop in the bucket vs cost of hospitalization. The alternative to inflated drug prices is not having the drugs or, I guess, nationalizing the pharmaceutical companies? I don't think you'll get many takers for that plan tho.

[kstrauser]

That’s expensive today, yes, but it’s so hella expensive to bring a drug to market at all. I don’t mind a brand new drug costing $30/dose for a short term. That’s way more understandable than insulin or asthma inhalers going up 400%.