Answers questions about the cost of prescription drugs in the United States. Discussion of why drugs cost so much and why they are cheaper overseas; The reason for the fast growth in drug spending and why people are taking so many pill...
Looking at wholesale data for around 27,000 prescription drugs, Hernandez and her colleagues found that, between 2008 and 2016, brand-name oral prescription drugs rose 9 percent annually, while injectable drugs increased 15 percent per year. Inflation, meanwhile, is only about 2 percent. These pe...
Why Drugs Cost So Muchby Rhona Finkel on August 17, 2012 Tweet It's the rare American (or one with phenomenally good health insurance) who hasn't griped at least once about the cost of prescription medication. Currently, U.S. health care costs are rising faster than general inflation--...
From a market stand-point, the impact was moderate for biopharmaceuticals companies, with hospital sales of prescription drugs declining by 16.8 percent year-on-year at the end of February, based on a sample of 690 hospitals. Several other indus...
Certain prescription meds and hormone medications can cause breast pain. These include: Some heart medications, including digitalis Certain psychiatric drugs, including chlorpromazine Oxymetholone, which is used to treat some forms of anemia Water pills (diuretics) Birth control pills, hormone replacement...
Analytics for prescription drug monitoring: How to better identify opioid abusePrescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are a great start in combating abuse of prescription drugs, but they could be doing much more. Better data and analytics can inform better treatment protocols, provider education...
Finally, wholesale pharmacies the companies that buy prescription drugs from manufacturers in large quantities, distribute and sell them to your local pharmacies, also affect prices. The state laws seek out their profit margins as well. So what? How does this lower my damn drug prices?
These include the many, often severe side effects that accompany many of these drugs, and how they are allowed to make it past FDA approval, as well as, a look at the rising cost of prescription drugs. Tied with the increasing cost, is a comparative look at the similarities and ...
Open Document I’m going to tell you why you shouldn’t do drugs. My audience is people who do drugs or are thinking about doing them. They might sound cool now but when you are in the hospital it might not sound as cool. If you have a family and kids that love you I would doin...
The Comprehensive plan in this imaginary market covers all treatments, much as plans do today, and is offered to Jill and Bob at a premium of $6000 per year. Jill and Bob both enroll in the Cost-Effective plan, Jill because it’s all she can afford and Bob because he is prudent. ...