It would cost you $2 with insurance in the US too. It’s a terrible system, it doesn’t make sense, but you have to understand that approximately no one pays the list price for prescription drugs - even people without insurance.

What about those ketamine sessions for depression that cost thousands per session?

What medication?

Both dimethyl-fumarate and natalizumab are very expensive, well, MS medications are expensive in general.

Thanks. I have a relative who was recently diagnosed and I heard their first treatment was very expensive (an order of magnitude more than 8k). I was curious what medication cost 8k, as finding the true cost for drugs is often quite difficult in the US.

Most MS medications are very expensive at market price, unfortunately. :/ I would love to move to the US (because of friends), but I am afraid I will not be able to get my MS medication for ~$2 but $8k or more which I would not be able to afford. I want to switch to Tysabri (once a month injection), but it costs $1500 here at market price where I am in Eastern Europe, but I can get it for $2. In the US, it says: "The cost for Tysabri (300 mg/15 mL) intravenous concentrate is around $8,654 for a supply of 15 milliliters" (once a month supply). It does not matter though, even dimethyl-fumarate costs just as much (and is much weaker).

So... needless to say, I am lost.