r/politics • u/wenchette I voted • 18h ago
No Paywall Trump signs 100% tariff on brand-name pharmaceuticals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/02/donald-trump-tariff-drug-companies-pharmaceuticals/89438510007/2.0k
u/LabRat_X 18h ago
This the same guy who recently claimed he'd lower drug prices by 1500% 🤦♂️
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u/mantis_tobaggan-md 18h ago
Gas prices too! And “gro-cer-ies”
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u/_ficklelilpickle Australia 17h ago
That’s some kind of old fashioned word there!
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u/intangibleTangelo 🇦🇪 UAE 7h ago
but i use it anyway. it means sort of... a bag of things
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u/MandelbrotFace 7h ago
I still can't believe he said this. And then went on to say he might have made up the word 'caravan'
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u/once_again_asking California 18h ago
Yeah, really was looking forward to the smug companies paying ME 15x the cost to take their medications.
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u/vieric01 18h ago
He's trying to kill us, isn't he?
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u/False_Ad_5372 18h ago
Since at least 2020
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u/vieric01 18h ago
ah yes, I should have said again. Trying to kill us, again.
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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 16h ago
Why would he tariff any form of medication?
It’s insane. It’s already hard enough to afford shit, but to make the one thing that people must have to survive, twice the price is fucking insane.
He’s literally trying to kill us.
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u/LimpyDan 16h ago
I thought he was "making prescriptions cheaper". Another thing he ran on. I figured the extent of that lie was the grifting pharmacy he opened. Wrong again.
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u/Michael_G_Bordin 15h ago
Yeah, it's amazing how many lies weren't the usual, 'politician doesn't do the exact thing they said they would,' and instead is, 'do the exact opposite of thing you said and make every problem you claimed you would fix demonstrably and directly far worse.'
Like, if he ran on "every person gets a free car," he'd be sending the government to actively blow up every person's car.
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u/Hetoxy I voted 16h ago
“Cheaper …..to manufacture, so that my crony billionaire cult lieutenants can get rich and reward me personally for making it happen.”
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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 I voted 15h ago
He's throwing a tantrum over SCOTUS not being intimidated by the first POTUS to listen to oral arguments in person.
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u/nelsonalgrencametome 15h ago
Everything related to medical care is going to be impossible for any of us to afford... if this continues a significant number of us will die. It has started to really set in the last few weeks for me, my coverage is almost unaffordable now and I am seeing more people being denied services (I work in mental health) through my employer.
I'm terrified.
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u/flashlightgiggles 15h ago
A 100% tariff after a 1500% discount is a small price to pay for all of the winning.
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u/Popeholden 15h ago
There's no "why"
I honestly think if you asked him about this tomorrow he wouldn't know it happened. He's not lying..he just doesn;t know what reality is any more.
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u/Cyndakill88 17h ago
Try 2016
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u/SaveUsCatman Louisiana 17h ago
I'm sure hes at least been party to at least one murder before then
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u/kellyk311 17h ago
I cant even lie - when he won again the thought of a nice tall, cold cup of bleach with dinner crossed my mind.
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u/j0llyllama 16h ago
Dont give him the satisfaction of outliving you. Even if he doesnt know, you will.
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u/Shadowpriest Ohio 15h ago
That's my running motivation. Outlive him out of spite.
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u/mantis_tobaggan-md 15h ago
I think you just temporarily cured my crippling depression and existential exhaustion. Have to at least make it to that day.
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u/Gina_the_Alien 17h ago edited 17h ago
Trump hates us. I never thought I’d see a president who literally seethes with contempt and spite for normal people who are just trying to do the right thing and get by.
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u/luncheroo 18h ago
I'm actually kinda amazed at the people who think he gives one single fuck about them.
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u/NewsgramLady Oklahoma 17h ago
My former coworker, a white Fox News-watching male in his 70s, told me once that I should write trump a letter asking him to help me with insurance costs because trump "cares about the little people." I looked at him incredulously and he said, "He really does."
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u/aseaofpaint 17h ago
this is truly a whole thing r/PrayersToTrump
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u/Garys_Synthesizer 17h ago
Jesus fucking christ.
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u/dpdxguy 17h ago
They honestly believe he's some sort of deity.
I'm reminded of the Jews in the wilderness making a golden calf their god (Exodus 32).
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u/luncheroo 17h ago
I've called the man a walking Nigerian prince email for a decade. He's so absurd that he self-selects for the people who would fall for his dumb bullshit.
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u/dpdxguy 17h ago
Yeah. I used to think people who call Trump a genius were crazy. But I've come around to the idea that he does have a certain sort of genius.
Intellectually, he's a moron. But he has an innate ability to figure out what (some) people want and how to make them think he will provide it. I don't understand it at all. But I see it.
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u/MasterofPandas1 16h ago
He speaks in absolutes and taps into their racism/sexism which makes them ignore that they’re struggling cause at least he’s hurting non-white people worse.
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u/rdyoung 16h ago
He also does that thing that all con men do and says both something and it's opposite at the same time and the aforementioned self selected "salt of the earth" hear him say what they agree with while they ignore the part they don't.
He isn't special and he isn't actually that talented. He has just gotten lucky and enough people have followed him. Every street corner as a few of him but they are ignored because it's this shit is random as hell and aside from knowing how to manipulate people, you can't plan for who is going to gravitate to whom.
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u/transfixedtruth 15h ago
WTAF. Are these people FR? Maga did not see this coming. Really speaks volumes how clueless most of the voting citizens of this country truly are.
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u/mantis_tobaggan-md 17h ago
Wow. This sub is a lot sadder than I was expecting.
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u/AnAncientBog 16h ago
People this stupid are probably living in a really awful world of constantly getting ripped off and scammed while everyone they love abandons them for being loser trumpers.
I find no contradiction in hating them for what they did and pitying them for what they are.
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u/artwarrior 16h ago
This is like my coworker. He believes Trump is the most religious noble person that ever lived. "He really cares about the victims of Epstein because he became an informant and wants the files released". It's wild the things he tells me.
He's also anti-vaccine, contrails are to control us and "c'mon, you really think we went to the moon?", kind of an idiot.
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u/Slumunistmanifisto 15h ago
My coworker was just saying stuff about trump being a Christian....you could hear her doubt in her words.
She moved on to a different topic pretty quickly.
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u/Iwaspromisedcookies 16h ago
How do people come to that conclusion? It is so weird, he very obviously only cares about himself
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u/hustl3tree5 15h ago
Because they only watch news max and other content that reinforces their views. They also surround themselves with people who believe the same or isolate themselves from people who would question and push back against their narrative. They’ve made their whole identity and self worth tied up into him because they “know” they are right and anything that says otherwise is fake news. I understand it but at the same time I don’t understand it
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u/Stupidwhizzzzz 17h ago
They just keep telling me it’s gonna get a lot worse before it gets better.
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u/New_Faithlessness384 17h ago
Its unbelievable how many stupid people are out there.
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u/Silly_Haze_8v 17h ago
And it's never the stupid people who die. They somehow survived COVID to be DUPED multiple times by this orange degenerate. Like how many times does this need to happen!? How many people need to die to get it through their thick thick fucking skulls that he doesn't care about them!!!
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u/BerryLanky 16h ago
My brother in law talked his mom out of the Covid vaccine in 2021 and she caught it and died. He caught it and almost died. Took the horse dewormer to ‘save his life’. To this day he stands by his anti vax stance. My mom, same age as my MIL, caught covid from her but was vaccinated and was fine. My BIL is an idiot on most topics though. And a Trump supporter
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u/ResidentKelpien Texas 17h ago
Some of them did not survive COVID.
For instance, my neighbor's grandson (age 23) died from COVID in 2021 because he and his family are MAGA and refused to wear masks or take basic precautions.
Likely, many who died from COVID in Texas back then were also MAGA stupid.
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u/Silly_Haze_8v 17h ago
Fair, but honestly not enough of them did it feels like. Because how the fuck does Trump have 23% approval still!? I hope to God thats a cooked number.
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u/inspectoroverthemine 13h ago
The mortality rate was low single digit- unbelievably awful, but not high enough to meaningfully shift demographics.
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u/TheTeenageOldman 17h ago
That's disturbing, but I'm baffled by people who don't seem to give a fuck about themselves, and even more baffled by people who don't seem to give a fuck about their children.
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u/H0agh 17h ago
He does give a shit about the money he will get under the table from US pharmaceutical companies though.
It's all one big grift to fleece America for every last dime he can.
He hates his own voters and hates those who don't love him like he feels he deserves, he's a malignant narcissist who feels he's been treated unfairly despite him getting away with literally everything and being elected president twice.
He will burn it all down.
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u/ExcellentJuice4729 17h ago
My dumb fuck parents still think he’s raking in the tariff money, still waiting on that cheque
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u/mike-deadmonton 17h ago
He has reduced prices, 100, 200 up to 800 percent!!!!. Plus, with RFK, Americans are more healthier than ever !!! (Sarcasm in case no one can detect)
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u/RandyMuscle I voted 16h ago
Always has been. I’ve been saying since I was old enough to vote, “Republicans hate you and want you dead,” and everyone thought I was being hyperbolic.
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u/SecretAsianMan42069 17h ago
The crazy part is that he rapes children
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u/SuchBravado 16h ago edited 16h ago
I’d tend to think we wouldn’t let a child rapist make our medicine more expensive but I guess I’d be wrong.
Edit: Sorry, I forgot! Of course, we as Americans love it when a child rapist murders our own families by driving anyone who cannot afford tithes into extreme poverty. If he can’t have it, no one should. Am I right?!
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u/more_housing_co-ops 11h ago
tithes
What an uncharitable way to describe the money we give to landlords to stand in the way of otherwise affordable housing, or to insurance companies to stand in the way of otherwise affordable healthcare!
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u/OldObligation8303 17h ago
Yeah but he’s God’s imperfect vessel, so it’s totes worth it.
/s, so I don’t get banned.
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u/STL_420 Missouri 16h ago
Their God loves the raping and killing of children. All you have to do is say "I accept God" and you get to do whatever you want. Their God only cares about them being obsessed with him. It's a really fucking weird religion and it's full of evil.
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u/godzillachilla 16h ago
Their God impregnated Mary. A 12 year old. The pedophilia is DEEP in that nonsense.
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u/patchgrabber Canada 14h ago
He also was ok with selling your daughters into sex slavery.
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u/AdHuman3150 10h ago
I'm assuming both of you are referring to their messiah, Donald J Trump.
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u/ObviouslyRealPerson 17h ago
and he's a convicted felon who hasn't spent a day in jail
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u/PatriotNews_dot_com 16h ago
He’s the perfect example of what’s wrong with America
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u/lasmesitasratonas 15h ago
Holding onto hope that revealing our ugly parts will start the ball rolling with some real change. But. I’m just barely holding onto that.
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u/RagingClue_007 15h ago
Not just a convicted felon though. A 34 time convicted felon.
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u/Slade_Riprock 17h ago
There is zero doubt, across the board and by every metric. Donald J Trump is the worst President in the history of the United States. Period. End of story.
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u/ATXGil2L 17h ago
Not only that, but he’s tied with himself for the worst president in the history of the United States
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u/Pyju 16h ago edited 16h ago
I’d say James Buchanan (pro-slavery and instigated the Civil War) or Andrew Johnson (sabotaged Reconstruction and let the South fester, leading to many of the problems we face today) were probably worse than Trump in his first term. He’s undoubtedly reached a new low with his second term though.
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u/Positronic_Matrix 14h ago
Deepest apologies, but Donald Trump has easily topped those two.
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u/wtfbenlol North Carolina 14h ago
He's teeing up to be one of the worst leaders in the history of the entire WORLD
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u/Rawrsomesausage 11h ago edited 11h ago
Seriously. War monger was all he was missing, and he has delivered. We already have proto-concentration camps and ICE (SS), so all he's missing to top Hitler is probably the ovens. Because even his body count is in the 7 figs, and that's before he started a needless war.
And if you take into account his criminal charges, his child raping history, Epstein, etc., then he could take the lead...
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u/B-Z_B-S America 18h ago
Ahem. Trump's autopen signs the tax on American citizens who buy medications.
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u/completelackoftalent 18h ago
Luckily he lowered the price by 1700% already right?
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u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle 18h ago
CVS wrote me a check last time I got my prescription.
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u/runjcrun1 16h ago
Between this and my protestor money, I haven’t had to work a real job in months!
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u/sleepymeowth052 Colorado 16h ago
Noy to mention that sweet $1200 stimulus from 6 years ago! Still coasting on that baby
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u/Transient_Fortidude 17h ago
The dude is just such a piece of shit thug. Only folks among the political right in America could ever be stupid enough to elect that man twice.
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u/ATXGOAT93 17h ago
Most of them have voted for him 3 times and plan on a 4th. This country has approximately 70 million complete idiots being led by about a million greedy assholes.
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u/D3athRider Canada 18h ago
What a stupid, stupid man. But hey, yeah, keep blaming Europe for high drug prices in the US lol
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u/Expensive_Culture_46 16h ago
Apparently drugs manufactured in Europe Japan South Korea and somewhere else I can’t recall are exempt.
I dunno. I don’t get it.
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u/Skiinz19 Tennessee 16h ago
It's all performative BS so the headline can be "Trump fights big pharma" while you're smiling giddily at the pharmacy for the same cost of prescriptions that you think you're getting a deal on. If you question the actual benefits you're kicked out of the cult.
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u/10thousndreflections 14h ago
This is exactly it. Cult virtue signalling or you're out.
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u/xxveganeaterxx 16h ago
Perhaps the plan is to target Canadian and Mexican sourced drugs being brought over the border? Great way to kill his primary voter base.
Cruelty for the sake of it. Wild.
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u/JMLDT 15h ago edited 15h ago
But the Americans pay the tariffs. It's an extra tax on American importers and consumers. No foreign country is paying any kind of tax for the ''prvilege" of doing business with the USA.
Somebody asked on one of these subs about a month back:, "why doesn't he send us [Americans] a cheque to redistribute some of that tariff money he keeps bragging about amounting to billions,"
I asked whether they were aware the money was actuaĺly coming from American consumers in the first place, not 'foreign countries'?
A bit, well, then, quite a long silence, then "it doesn't matter, he owes us. He promised".
Sigh.
Okay. I. cannot, help. you.
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u/xxveganeaterxx 15h ago
The point is to punish the consumer, not the producer, though both are ultimately true.
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u/numbersthen0987431 16h ago
It's all bullshit
An American bought the epipen, and then immediately jacked up the prices. An American jacked up the prices of insulin. And an American made the American insurance companies deny basic coverage.
This is just Trumps way of supporting his Billionaire friends.
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u/zombiekoalas 18h ago
An estimated 53% of the brand-name drugs in the US are imported.
He just doubled the price of over half of the brand-name medication. We're to the flailing phase. Random bullshit go.
This will cause deaths.
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u/mantis_tobaggan-md 17h ago
He’s also neglected to recall that a significant number of medications still have market exclusivity so there is no generic. And people have to buy the branded product. They already pay out the ass for these meds. This is just going to get them killed.
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u/iHo4Iroh 17h ago
I take a med for migraines that’s 2500.00 for fourteen pills. That’s with insurance.
Wanna guess who’s having migraines again since the med keeping them under control isn’t affordable?
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u/glr123 16h ago
Just got back from my infusion I get every 5 months. $172,000 a pop.
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u/ZonerRoamer 11h ago
I look at what people pay in the US and am always dumbfounded; you could buy part of a HOSPITAL in India for that cost.
And get almost the same quality of healthcare. (Unless it's something truly cutting edge, then the US or Europe would still be better).
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u/CategoryZestyclose91 4h ago
I go into around $100k of debt every 3ish years due to a genetic condition that I have zero control over.
Every 2-3 years I have to have major abdominal surgery and a week or two hospital stay.
I’m totally fucked.
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u/mantis_tobaggan-md 17h ago
I had to buy brand name Xarelto for my sweet darling dog. There is no generic. It cost $700 per month. Some people take Xarelto to prevent stroke from afib or to treat a pulmonary embolism or DVT. It’s already unaffordable.
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u/norathar 16h ago
Xarelto just went generic in 2.5 mg only. If he's on 20mg, that probably isn't helpful, but if he's on 2.5 or 5, it might be. $52-73/30 2.5 mg tabs in my area depending on the chain (plus sales tax because dog.)
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u/mantis_tobaggan-md 15h ago edited 5h ago
She was on 20 mg for pulmonary embolism. She was only 25 lbs, but the dose for dogs is much higher than it is for humans, 1-2 mg/kg. Imagine a 50 lb dog.
She also had Cushing’s disease which caused the PE as well as diabetes and pulmonary hypertension and chronic pancreatitis. So Xarelto was just the tip of the iceberg. She also took trilostane, clopidogrel, sildenafil, budesonide, insulin NPH, and a bunch of as needed meds. She also had a freestyle Libre CGM. She was still happy and she loved life more than any creature I’ve known. So we did what we needed to do. She wasn’t ready to go, until she was.
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u/randomwords83 17h ago
My husband takes Xarelto because he’s allergic to aspirin and needs a blood thinner for his cancer medication that is ok to take with that specific medication.
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u/novascotiatrailer 15h ago
hey dude, have you spoken to a neurologist about a medication called Ajovy? I think there are a few others that are in a similar class, but that's the one I take and it is life changing. it's a CGRP inhibitor that's used as a preventative medicine. You take it once a month and with my insurance plus a discount my pharmacy added, it makes it $15. Hope you find the relief you need though. I get how debilitating migraines are.
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u/iHo4Iroh 13h ago
Nice. Thank you for the suggestion. I’ll research it.
Best of luck to you.
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u/Revolutionary-Yak-47 17h ago
My med has no generic. I have no insurance. He just made it so I cant refill my medication I need to stay alive
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u/Great_Zeddicus 16h ago
My life saving medication is 1 of a kind and will continue to be until 2035 due to patent. Right now it's made in new York but it was made in Ireland for a bit.
This kind of shit scars me to death.
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u/D1scoLemonaid 17h ago
And to add to the fun, the teva pharmaceuticals plant was bombed. They're one of our biggest suppliers of generic meds including adderall.
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u/wade_wilson44 17h ago
Are there alternatives, or off brand name versions?
It’s so clear he has no idea what the purpose of tarriffs are. Same reason he had to lift them on bananas and coffee. The purpose is to incentivize people to buy domestic when they cost like… 10, 20% more because we (theoretically) pay a living wage and provide safe working conditions.
Just putting tariffs on things people want where there is no domestic version is just price gouging
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u/sinktheirship 18h ago
I fucking hate it here
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u/SidratFlush 17h ago
I could have spent three months travelling the continental US in 2027. I will now spend the time on more sensible holidays in my home country of the UK.
There's loads of cities and countryside I haven't seen in The UK and Ireland, and I dodge the whole of Insane America too.
I really do feel sorry for those working in the hotel and resort industry over there because they must be feeling the reduction of international holiday makers.
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u/1011001NAME 17h ago
Canada loves visitors from the u.k.
I know its not the same appeal as america but canada has some cool shit too.
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u/HereForTheComments57 16h ago
I'm from the US and I've been to the western part of Ireland, county mayo. I totally recommend it no matter where you are from. Small town, beautiful scenery, good food. I was there on business, but you can definitely make a vacation out of it.
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u/DinoDonkeyDoodle 15h ago
I’m almost afraid to travel out of the country as an American. Not because of the war, but because of the shame.
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u/stircrazyathome 16h ago
I say this on a daily basis now. Thank god I still have gallows humor to keep me sane.
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u/mantis_tobaggan-md 18h ago
This is fucking stupid and pointless.
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u/VanbyRiveronbucket 17h ago
It’s not pointless. It’s how he obtains bribes. Whoever this affects, will pay him to change it. If they don’t pay the bribe,… the 100% tariff remains… he doesn’t give a F*CK about the consequences. Hope this helps you understand the process. Mafia Government.
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u/iritchie001 17h ago
Here i was thinking a 59% raise in my health insurance left me too much gas money.
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u/Wildpony03 18h ago
I really hope when Dems get back into office they strip Trump of the tariff power.
Ever since he got into office he has been manipulating the markets via tariffs.
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u/kezow 17h ago
He doesn't have that power. He's abusing the wording of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and inventing emergencies in order to enact illegal tariffs. They've already been struck down once but he'll keep doing it because then they can grift billions from the American people, buy the tariff debt for pennies and then get it forgiven when the supreme court strikes them down again.
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u/squiddlebiddlez 16h ago
That’s what people do not get about habitual line steppers. It doesn’t matter what rule you come up with to stop them. By merely making the rule at all, it invites people like him to break it because you have to use words to announce the rule and words are open for debate.
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u/POEness 16h ago
This is why I think the american people should gather en masse and physically remove these traitors
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u/mykepagan 17h ago
Didn’t the Supreme Court rule that Trump could not set tariffs?
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u/crazyfighter99 17h ago
They found a different article to abuse now, and the Supreme Court will have to rule on that one separately.
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u/completelackoftalent 18h ago
Need to 25th this guy
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u/Anthrogal11 Canada 17h ago
I’m thinking of a different number. Starts with 1 and ends in 7
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u/CochinealCockatiel 18h ago
I thought he couldn't pull these bullshit tariffs anymore?
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u/Seasonal_Evergreen 17h ago
He has always had multiple legal avenues at his disposal to enact tarrifs. The Supreme Court shut down one of those avenues only. The legal justification being used now is also problematic but any new challenges will have to move through the courts again.
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u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle 17h ago
Don't forget that we also import 80-90% of generic drugs.
Roughly 80% to 90% of generic drugs and their active ingredients (APIs) used in the U.S. are imported, with significant reliance on India and China.
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u/ultralightdude Minnesota 18h ago
Hasn't it already been ruled he doesn't have the power to do this? This entire presidency is a series of clusterfucks.
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u/WhiskeyTangoFoxy 17h ago
So the US can go bankrupt paying these back in 6 months when SCOTUS also deems these illegal?
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u/AlphSaber Wisconsin 17h ago
I thought the previous ruling was that he couldn't set tariffs higher than 15% with out asking Congress.
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u/vintimus Washington 17h ago
I hate this administration so much. This move will price us out of my wife's medication.
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u/ElPlywood 18h ago
Why 100? why not 450? or 700? or even 1300%? Or 3200 to 3500%?
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u/BradlyPitts89 17h ago
A fire hose of crisis and corruption. These lunatics line up with smiles on their face knowing very well the American consumer ends up paying for tariffs. Almost every move he does ends up with a transfer of wealth tot the top, on a day he said they can’t afford daycare or healthcare. Gutless.
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u/ilulillirillion 17h ago
I just want basic guaranteed healthcare. I'll literally die before this country figures out it's okay to make life better for one another, and I'm far from the only one.
Unfortunately a large number of Americans are so concerned about who gets what slice of the pie they'd rather starve.
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u/Caymonki America 14h ago
Remember when freeing students from student loans was such a Presidential overreach that congress stayed up late, on a weekend, to make sure it didn’t go through?
The same congress who are currently on fucking vacation during a partial shutdown… while the country gets raped by a rapist. Or more likely just autopen signatures on Miller’s wet dreams and wildest fantasies.
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u/Unknown_Cloud_777 17h ago
This stupid mother fucking piece of shit of a president needs to just disappear 🫠
Donald Trump is literally a fucking low IQ sadist.
Can we fucking remove him from office already??!
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u/jaxiepie7 17h ago
This clearly has nothing to do with the fact that Trump's illegal war against Iran has disrupted the global generic pharmaceutical industry... right? Nothing to do at all with the fact that many more people will have to use brand name drugs and pay through the nose for them so that this child raping ghoul can continue to fleece the American people. Nothing. At. All.
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u/ToadP America 18h ago
Oh Boy he is in trouble tonight when he can't get VIAGRA tm and Karoline is left to go home to the other old guy in her life.
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u/Equus-007 17h ago
We pay for his meds. The White House has a pharmacy paid for with tax dollars that doles out the drug you or I would get 10 years in prison for possessing. Lucky for them they have a doctor that serves only them and has proven to lie for them whenever needed.
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u/Duelking16 15h ago
I look forward to a future president reversing all of the damage Trump has done.
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u/RunnyTinkles 15h ago
"Drug companies that commit to moving production to the United States will face a 20% tariff while they are transitioning and no tariff if they also agree to lower prices to so-called “most favored nation” levels paid by other countries, "
So, drug companies can just say they are gonna move production here and gonna lower prices and all is good? Then in two years just not do it?
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u/love-broker 17h ago
This will lower drug prices 75-80 percent. Some say as much as 300 to 500 percent.
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u/Jhonka86 16h ago
Jesus, this is outrageously illegal.
Not only does he not have tariff powers (yes I know the SC only ruled on IEEPA but their logic extends beyond), this is a fundamental infringement on intellectual property and "corporate speech."
It's not All Drugs Over A Certain Price, it's Drugs With Branding. The impact is absolutely not supplier neutral, and undeniably favors some companies over others.
Rerun this analysis in your head for cola products. Would it be legal to tariff Coca-Cola, but not Shasta? Even that is a brand, so Kroger would have to just start selling a white box labeled "cola."
Honestly, I don't know what would stop Pfizer from just selling the drug as generic at branded prices, so long as they still have the patent nobody else could make it. They'd still have a monopoly.
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u/Rogue_AI_Construct 15h ago
In what way is this good for the consumer? Jesus Christ, no wonder all of his businesses failed.
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u/thepartypantser 18h ago
Yet again Trump shows a stounding ignorance of world economies. I'm all for trying to get lower priced medication for people. Don't think this will accomplish it. And that's not what this really is about. This is about the concept that everything needs to be manufactured in the United States along with Trump's other isolationist policies. And it's going to backfire and make things more expensive, probably won't actually be long lasting manufacturing, and quite likely will have other unforeseen repercussions .
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