This guy parties
Everytime he pushes that morphine button is probably $400.
Worth it
More like 50$
Not in america
I love how you just ignored the source they provided proving you wrong because you found your gotcha comment was more important
Lol morphine isnt that expensive
where do you live that any IV drug is inexpensive
The u.s. a dose is not that expensive, I'm surprised no ones actually Googled it yet. Lol
Not expensive to the hospital
FTFY
I may die on this hill but I wont go without a fight. Lol. Using work sampling methodologies, we compared both acquisition and administration costs of equivalent daily doses of controlled-release morphine tablets and morphine sulphate solution. A total cost for each drug therapy was derived by summing: (i) the acquisition cost of the medication, (ii) the cost of drug administration supplies, (iii) the cost of pharmacy time required for packaging and distribution of doses to nursing units, (iv) the cost of nursing time required to administer the medication, (v) the cost of nursing time required to complete the requisite narcotic records. Acquisition costs for controlled-release morphine tablets, morphine sulphate solution and ancillary materials required for dosing were those actually paid by the hospital pharmacy at the time of the study. Costs for nursing and pharmacy time for administration of doses were based on our analysis of the time required to perform each step of the procedure and the median hourly wage for the corresponding position from the British Columbia collective agreement. Assuming a mean total daily morphine dose of 120 mg, administered as one 60 mg controlled-release morphine tablet 12 hourly or 20 mg (4 ml of 5 mg/ml) morphine sulphate solution 4 hourly, morphine solution had a lower acquisition cost than controlled-release tablets ($0.48 vs. $2.32 per day; respectively). However, the saving in acquisition costs was offset by a higher administration cost ($10.20 vs. $2.86 per day). These figures indicate that administration of 120 mg morphine per day to hospitalized patients for 30 days would have a total cost of $155.40 using a regimen to 60 mg controlled-release morphine 12 hourly. In contrast, total cost for a 30 day regimen of 20 mg morphine solution 4 hourly would be $320.40.
The sauce: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1758824/
Lol British Columbia isn't US, lol.
Lol.
And also, that is the cost for the hospital, not the patient.
Meh I dont really care anymore all I was trying to do orginally was joke a little but reddit's lame
"More like $50" doesn't sound much like a joke. At least I don't see the humor. It's okay to be wrong man, we're all human.
Kind of a silly hill to die on then.
Whereâs the set up, whereâs the punchline? I canât even think of a sarcastic or funny way to word it to make it sound somewhat funny, unless you said it in a sneaky Jewish voice while you were rubbing your hands together, but that wouldnât make much sense
As someone who puts in way too much effort into typing pointless obscure comments I sincerely applaud your effort and diligence to deliver facts to an argument based on assumptions and emotions.
FYI I recommend you stop using lol. It makes you sound obnoxious
Thanks I used google
Yea, i saw how it was copypasted, but still
Well have a nice day. Because my karma isn't. Lmao
With all due respect, hospitals basically have completely free command of what to charge for anything. See here. To put it simply, theyâre a corrupt agency that often profits off the backs of those in severe need. Are there ones who donât? Sure! Do most do so anyways? Yep!
Despite what hospitals may report, there are more than enough sources that supply that there is a VERY extreme markup between supplier price and hospital price. Can it be remedied? Sometimes. Is it still, quite frankly, an epidemic? Yep!
Interesting I didnt realize it was that bad. :/
Of course! I wanna say, Iâm so appreciative that youâre sharing your opinion but welcome to outside information! Thatâs an awesome thing and respect to you!
Thank you. Originally I was just joking that it really wasn't that expensive but i guess people took it the wrong way.
What a fuckin legend
That's more expensive than street level heroin.
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Aww you seem like a fun guy. Lol
On the street itâs dirt cheap but harder to get than actual opium. Also the hospital isnât like a movie theatre, which doesnât really care if you bring in your own snacks to save money. The hospital will be very upset if you sneak your own street morphine in and probably call the cops, and those buttons are very expensive.
Also does any one know if they put the button in the patients hand, or if itâs like on the side of the bed or what? I wouldnât be too surprised if they put you on some painkillers, and if you need the morphine drip then some nurse puts it in your hands and says âthatâs the morphine drip, if your in pain than you can press the button and itâll dispense a little morphine.â
Then turns and walks towards the door and whispers âitâs $1,200 every time you press that, if you donât have insurance.â
As an American who's been on a morphine drip, yes the fuck it is. Those fuckers charged me something ridiculous like $515 a hit to take away the excruciating pain I was in. The American healthcare system is fucked.
I was charged $250 for a pill of ibuprofen in the hospital.
Bull shit!
Yikes then I'm not sure why it expensive for other people
Yo I'm pretty sure this guy is right. When I was beat to shit in the hospital from a car accident they gave me a similar remote but mine was daludid(not sure on the spelling). But I had to get a bill for insurance and on the bill it was like 14 usd per dose.
dilaudid is the fucking best bro when i get pancreatitis they give me that shit
Diluted my friend
No heâs talking about duladid which is what I got after my motorcycle wreck, itâs really good stuff way stronger than morphine
Yeah bro that shit is wild I miss it everyday
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