So. After my delicious lobster sandwich kept me awake far too late last night Here are a few drugs I have from near the beginning of the pandemic when politicians were not cult leaders flogging hope in a pill. You will see that the HCL is original Sanofi Plaquenil, not the cheaper generic. I checked the receipt and it was between 40-50 bucks a pack, exchange rate has varied a lot. The odd thing was months back was though a generic was available, it did not seem to be particularly available/popular. I checked on several disease specific forums and particularly the lupus users discussing original vs generic were of the opinion that the generic was inferior, with one exception but it was near the same price as original Plaquenil anyway. You will see in the picture Sanofi also sell Dexamethasone and this is the big pharma made version. This was just about five bucks a pack. It also comes injectable. The argument that HCL was sidelined because it was too cheap when an as cheap or cheaper drug, which produced good major drug trial results, is now taking off.. Is bollocks.