A recent NIDA-sponsored survey found that one in four teens with legitimate
prescriptions said other kids had asked them for pills.
Many patients are getting their
prescriptions filled correctly under the new Medicare program.
Furthermore, wiping out unnecessary doctor's visits, eliminating the paperwork involved with unnecessary
prescriptions, and putting drug prices in front of consumers, thereby forcing them to be cost-conscious, lowers overall health care costs and ultimately reduces insurance premiums.
TORONTO - Canada's health minister threatened Wednesday to overhaul the country's regulations on exporting
prescription drugs, saying Canada would no longer be a cheap ``drugstore for the United States.
While the government continues a crackdown on medical-marijuana grannies, a lot of us evade the unpleasantness associated with illegal drug use by getting a legal high with any number of mood- and mind-altering
prescription drugs currently flooding the U.
And, just like you--the members of Congress and your staffs and other federal employees--all seniors should have the choice of a healthcare plan that provides
prescription drugs.
In an effort to control those costs, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois is looking at the prospect of paying pharmacists to check with physicians to see whether it would be appropriate to change
prescriptions for brand-name drugs to generic drugs, said Robert Kieckhefer, a spokesman for the Illinois Blues.
As
prescription drug prices continue to climb, the question hits all of us: how will we pay for our medication?
com) offers discounts of as much as 75% off
prescriptions and offers great savings on diabetic supplies, vitamins, and other medical needs.
How will Medicare pay for
prescription drug coverage?
With 70 to 80 million NSAIDs
prescriptions written annually, and with cox-2 inhibitors potentially an alternative to a large majority, precertification is potentially an administrative nightmare, unless specific clinical criteria could be developed that would exempt many of the
prescriptions from precertification.
All three sources revealed large decreases in benzodiazepine
prescriptions after the triplicate regulations took effect, accompanied by significant jumps in
prescriptions for a variety of other sedatives, such as barbiturates.
