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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
R12 moves a lot of heat, runs at lower pressures, compatible with any oil, non flammable, non reactive with water, non toxic, so non reactive non toxic it can be used as a propellant for medications.
Removing R12 from medical devices is why inhalers went from a few dollars each to over $100.
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The last inhaler I bought for my wife was $1.66 - in Mexico. They have been $50 each with insurance for a while in the USA. They are that much because in the USA pharmaceutical companies are allowed to charge anything they like for a drug with no regard to cost to manufacture - even very old drugs. The same reason a drug that was invented 100 years ago like insulin costs 10x more in the USA than in other developed countries.
If you need something to live you pay the price it takes to stay alive. Pharmaceutical companies take full advantage.