Call to action, DIY Daraprim for the HIV+, Chem kids get busy
Some of you may have seen this story: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/price-parasite-fighting-drug-jumps-1350-750-pill
tl;dr
The price of an AIDS medication was just increased from $13.50/pill to $750/pill overnight, despite no increase in costs. It is also an anti-parasitic and anti-malarial drug. Apparently it also treats toxoplasmosis which is resposible for turning people into cat hoarders. Nobody likes the lady with 100 cats! This must be stopped. To be fair and balanced, the CEO has some reasons for doing this and claims it will be given for free to people who need it: http://fortune.com/2015/09/21/turing-pharmaceuticals-martin-shkreli-response/
...Right...
...Right...
I'm kind of the opinion that if my life depended on something like this then $13.50/pill would even be outrageous. More importantly, I should have the right to save my own ass and not have to depend on pharma, insurance, etc. The pill is being made in India for $010/ea.
I want to make a DIY recipe video for this drug. I want to use common ingredients whenever possible, improvised kitchen equipment, etc. I also want to explore all possible hazards and safety precautions to minimize fuck ups. Here is the Wikipedia page that includes some synthesis stuff:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrimethamine
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Lets do this!
Comments
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Holy shit, that link you posted....I guess this is the same stuff as Zyklon B. Damn that's serious stuff.
I do understand the whole FDA thing but getting through the red tape what is the problem?
Provided they can source the chemicals and have thousands worth of lab gear.
That's the thing I enjoyed most about chem, if you can follow a recipe and lab safety instructions, you need zero knowledge about the specifics. Obviously it helps to know you have a cyanide gas byproduct, but if the lab notes say ventilate and wear a filter/fume hood it, it doesn't really matter.
I'm interested to see what this CEO will set the price at too. Honestly though, $13.50 x 2/day x 30 days = $810/month. That sucks as it is.
He's gonna make a video on how to do this.