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Because of their abuse potential, they are only prescribed for short-term use. When misused for non-medical reasons in higher doses or for longer periods of time than recommended, tolerance and addiction may occur. When availability of drugs, legal prescriptions, and prices prohibit getting ...
Dr. Peter Bach: What's shocking to me is half a billion dollars spent on this drug for seniors where there's no evidence that it's the right drug for any of them. We asked Dr. Peter Bach, who studies the cost and value of drugs at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York, to look ...
and plagued with presbyopia, I have developed a sharper, more personal interest in the labeling. My wife is having similar visual and cognitive problems, and, despite all my years in pharmacy, we have had a number of close calls. Unfortunately, many drugs resemble one another and have similar...
Supporters argue that drug prices would drop due to competition if imports were allowed, while opponents argue that increased demand for imported drugs and moves by manufacturers to limit supplies of cheaper drugs would cause prices to rise both in the U.S. and abroad and would increase the ...
Canada has restrictions in place to prevent the export of drugs if doing so “will…cause or exacerbate a drug shortage in Canada.” The population of Florida is roughly half that of Canada, and Canada has had shortages of drugs, from cancer medications to weight-loss and diabetes medications...