You wouldn’t pirate a medicine, would you?
Incredible video.
And you know what bloody sucks? ADHD meds are one of the few that you can not and probably should not make at home. Why? Without watching the whole video, I can tell you the medication he can’t get ahold of is Lisdexamphetamine. The precursor chemicals of which are the same as for Methamphetamine. It’s also in the same schedule as opiates. So I’d imagine that even the guy the article is about wouldn’t mess around with those publicly, and perhaps even privately as the DEA heavily monitors sales of the precursors.
I’m so fucking sick of the meds that make my brain work being out of stock :(
Try Adzenys.
I like it better than adderall and I haven’t experienced any shortage where I am in the states, while friends can’t get their Addy.
The shortage is happening internationally. I am in Australia. I would have to pay money to see a psychiatrist again to change meds. I would need to restart a 12 month period where my GP can’t be the prescriber.
Prescription medication advertisements are illegal here too, so I think I just extra don’t appreciate unsolicited medication advice. I get you’re trying to be helpful. However, I did not ask for help.
OK good luck
I’ve tried enough meds in my life to know which ones work. Vyvanse is the only things that does. But if you mean it genuinely, while it’s in stock atm I’ve been skipping some days a week. I now have a 3 month supply saved up so 🤞
No, I do mean that genuinely.
Your initial reply rubbed me the wrong way since I was trying to help but that doesn’t mean I don’t wish you luck! Everyone’s situation is different and i know fuck-all about Australia’s healthcare system lol
I remember reading an article a month or two ago about a guy ordering a bunch of precursor amphetamines from China, and the distributor was able to route them through Mexico. He called it “simple” to acquire.
I was expecting a NileRed video of him extracting meds from batteries or anal lube or something
You know what? Yeah I wouldn’t pirate a medicine. They got me this time.
I would not trust that the pills he was throwing out to the crowd were legit. But if an independent third party could verify the drug, why not.
Also, I am not suffering from anything that is too expensive to fix. Maybe if I was desperate and not rich, I’d have a different opinion.
States are absolved of patent law, so I keep hoping the west coast will make a compact where each state makes a major drug for their state health care plans and they share across.
I have a friend in Portugal who uses semaglutide that’s compounded by a local pharmacy for about 35euros a month. I, in Canada still pay $230/month for Ozempic. For $120/month I could take a 2.5mg dose similar to Wegovy which in Canada right now is $400ish
Its the same drug, just no prefilled pen. All these pharmacies that offer it in Europe aren’t accessible from North America without a vpn, and then once accessible refuse to ship to Canada.
This is incredible. But how to make this legal?
Guillotine all the CEOs and venture capitals.
Replace guillotine with imprison and lets include all the lobbyists, Super PAC members, super delegates, and politicians who accept money from foreign fascist states (like Russia and Israel)
Or keep the guillotine.
#TeamGuillotine
As a European, this looks insane to me.
Capitalism working as intended though, undercutting the competition and all that.
My thoughts exactly. In Europe it’s part of our social welfare
You wouldn’t pirate a medicine, would you?
You wouldnt’ pirate a human thought would you? The basis of this entire sub, that one pile of neurons deserves for life the rights to a computation.
I just wrote it because it rhymed with the now memed 2004 anti piracy announcement You wouldn’t download a car that was rightfully criticized.
…Are you a bot? Your account is less than a day old and this comment… almost made sense. But what the heck does this mean?
…that one pile of neurons deserves for life the rights to a computation.
Ideas/art/concepts/recipes/books are just waiting around to be discovered. We as a species discover them or develop them from our shared culture. And a bunch of rich fucks think they should get perpetual rights because they own all the content mills/researchers, regardless of how much the rest of the species would benefit.
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Good, don’t lol
Lots of people do know a lot about these things and were previously hindered by an inability to manufacture the drugs themselves.
There are plenty of docs and chemists who would willingly do this underground because they actually want to help people.
Ok this is pretty cool, I just don’t know if I would trust it yet. I was actually thinking about the concept a bit ago, that I really don’t know what I’m taking if my doctor prescribes something to me… I do really like the concept, though.
Wouldn’t “right to repair” regarding medicine just be universal healthcare?
Most people in right to repair states/countries still bring their iPhone to someone to fix (though they have the right to fix it themselves just as people I guess have the right to try to fix themselves rather than go to a doctor).
I don’t think you fully understand right to repair.
Companies (most egregiously Apple, but Samsung, Microsoft, and other tech, farming, and medical companies as well) have been actively introducing barriers to self or third-party repairs for decades. Apple serializes their displays on iPhones, so if you were to swap the screen on an iPhone without Apple’s authorization or without specific hardware, your iPhone disables specific features on your new screen, even if it’s a genuine Apple part. Apple also has incredibly unfair and invasive contracts with their authorized service providers such that they have to provide a slower return window than Apple’s own service centers. Furthermore, Apple et al. don’t sell every part needed to fix phones, and even when they do sell parts, they are often sold as packages or bundles that make the parts unnecessarily expensive.
To be clear, it’s rare for companies to ban third-party repairs outright. However, the vast majority of device makers artificially limit who can buy spare parts and who can fix their devices via software, by tight supply chain control, lawsuits, or getting governments to seize the few parts that could be obtained. This means that most third-party stores can’t compete with manufacturers because they can’t get genuine parts without becoming “authorized”, and by becoming authorized, they can’t provide a quality service.
trans people: first time?
now we just need nile red to synthesize insulin. We’ll be set once that happens.
I’m going to stick to europe
I’m in Europe and can’t get my meds either
Oh? Where do you happen to be?
NL
Learning how to navigate the healthcare system here can be quite a drag, but it’s great once you have. I am kinda curious now tho what kind of care you’re not able to get
I’m trans. Giving up on the system has been good for me. It was like a one sided relationship. Now when I need something I just solve it on my own and it works.
Wait trans care isn’t decent here? I didn’t expect that. How would you get medication without a prescription?
Then you’ll also be surprised to learn that I am insulted constantly and laughed at. Don’t get me wrong, there are lots of great people, but it is naive to think the Netherlands is a tolerant place. When you go through the medical system you face the same attitudes.
The issue is, if you believe in the system, you’ll give it a chance to traumatize you. This is added on top of other traumas such as losing your family, becoming homeless and so on. The trans thing itself isn’t actually the biggest part of it, it’s the culture and the society.
Sure, you could get lucky and have the right gp and meet the right psychiatrist, and then you have to wait 5 years before you get any medical support. I’ve tried. I mean I’ve literally been at a gp that I knew was trans friendly and I told her I was at risk of suicide, and she was OK with that.
And about the medicine, well you can compound it yourself. I honestly can’t live without it, because it is night and day for my mental wellbeing. Without it, it is extremely difficult to live. It’s like you’re in a state of dissociation and it’s painful. It’s quite a complex thing to describe, but you are effectively disabled and are at risk of suicide.
Intellectual property is theft. Is there a WikiLeaks for medicine? WikiMeds perhaps?
Fascinating article!
