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Why is hCG so expensive?
AlphaMD's Answer
A good few years ago they changed the regulations regarding its manufacture, making it a much harder process on the production side of things. This caused the price to rise, which then gets passed down to the consumers, and causes the demand to drop.
This further worsened in November/December of 2023. Because of that drop in demand, and a higher price making less people willing to buy it, there was less motivation to continue to make the medication. Any time a pharmacy makes something, it takes time away from something else. So why make HCG when they could make Semaglutide? So, Merck & Co., one of the larger producers of it still making it dropped it from their line. They did pass it on to one of their smaller spin off companies, but it has caused every single pharmacy we work with to jack the price up.
It's kind of a vicious cycle, because less people want to buy it now, so the effort is less worth it to keep making it. We only ever expect the cost to rise unless something is changed to make the production process easier.
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