The entire thing is a scam.
PharmaCompass' API Reference Price for Methadone determined using sample data obtained from Indian Trade (Import/Export). Original Data: Indian Custom Trade
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Given that methadone costs $526.60/Kg, explain how it costs a member of the public upwards of $210/week to receive treatment with methadone?
An entire GRAM of methadone only costs 52¢.
https://www.pharmacompass.com/price/buprenorphine so someone who gets 300mg/day is only buying $1 of the stuff per week!
Now I admit buprenorphine costs more:
PharmaCompass' API Reference Price for Buprenorphine determined using sample data obtained from Indian Trade (Import/Export). Original Data: Indian Custom Trade
www.pharmacompass.com
But if someone is getting 16mg/day then it's still only using $1/week of the stuff!!!
The drugs used in the treatment of opioid dependence are virtually FREE.
Long ago I considered using AH-7921 to treat opioid dependence. It's more potent than methadone but it only lasts for about 12 hours (in preventing withdrawal). So I even worked out unmanned dispensing. Dependent addicts would be given a secure card (like a credit card) and they feed the machine $1 and it dispenses the appropriate dose (10-80mg of AH-7921).
They can put credit onto the card or pay cash - it could even allow people a very limited amount of credit (say $5). That way people could pay much less and only for the drug they actually take.
I am suspicious that drug treatment centres have a vested interest in their being millions of people dependent on opioids. If the problem were ever solved, that would be them out of business.
