Right to Try Law

Has anyone on the forum been able to take advantage of the so-called "right to try" law in the United States?

If you have, please share your story with the details. Thanks!

[Fuzzman77]

Crickets

[Fairwind]

This law sounds good but in practice it's almost impossible to get satisfaction under it.. You must be terminal to be eligible.. So all the drugs supplier (there is usually only one supplier) has to do is drag his feet until you give up or pass away.. Or set a price that very few people can meet..People dream the supplier will just send them a bottle of pills with a note "Here you go, good luck" but that's not how these things work..

[Hidden in reply to Fairwind]

You are probably better off trying to go outside the US and see if it's available in another country, like LU-177. You will have to pay for it out of pocket anyway. Drugs are often available in other countries first since the FDA approval process is fairly slow. I'm not saying I don't approve of the process with clinical trials, etc. but if I am dying, I don't care much about risks.

It's easy to think about right to try being used for some experimental, long-shot option. Every drug that is eventually approved was once only available through clinical trial. I've been on Zytiga right now for over a year, but at one time the only way I could have got it was on a clinical trial.

[j-o-h-n in reply to Hidden]

Right to die laws.... better...

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Saturday 11/02/2019 12:01 PM DST

[Hidden in reply to j-o-h-n]

I think it should be a "right to do" law because...

youtube.com/watch?v=h5SNAlu...(Not working as expected?)

[j-o-h-n in reply to Hidden]

getyarn.io/yarn-clip/30490f...

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Saturday 11/02/2019 1:20 PM DST

[monte1111 in reply to j-o-h-n]

Blazing Saddles and Airplane! Who's got the popcorn? Wait a minute. I forgot Animal House.

[j-o-h-n in reply to monte1111]

Look around you're in it.................

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 11/03/2019 6:15 PM EST

[Fairwind in reply to j-o-h-n]

Right to die laws are almost as bad. By the time you manage to get that little bottle of pills, lots of hoops to jump through, you will die from your cancer with hospice orchestrating it..Takes about 7 days, depending..

[Hidden in reply to Fairwind]

I plan to start to work on getting my little bottle of pills the day I qualify. In California, it's 6 months from death. It does take time so you have to start before you really need it. You don't have to take it so it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

[ctarleton in reply to Hidden]

"One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small

And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all..."

Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit", 1967

[Hidden in reply to ctarleton]

Feed your head.

[Hidden]

Yes, we've been wondering about him too.

[Hidden]

No, I've only just read his postings here.

[monte1111]

Right to try, right to die. How about right to live. I hope Gusgold is doing well. Miss the pictures.