“Should cost be part of medical decisions?”
Between a doctor and a patient,,but this is the FDA deciding it’s too expensive to be used. Their only scope should be to clearly know it’s effects. It isn’t their place to decide price.
“Their only scope should be to clearly know it’s effects. It isn’t their place to decide price.”
I agree. This is being used as a bureaucratic tool to deny patients who may get a few months of extra life.
But the question still stands - is cost relevant, especially if the patient is unable or unwilling to pay for it themselves? If you really wanted it, you can fly to Europe and get it - but you’d have to pay for it.
So is cost relevant to treatments available to patients?
They don’t even do that...take Lyrica for example the severe side effects hit very high percentage who try to take it.
Pretty poor track record, yet is is approved for treating Peripheral Neuropathy in diabetics and Fibromyalgia. BTW Peripheral Neuropathy is NOT always diabetic cause. Those of us with Fibromyalgia get it too.