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Save Money on Viagra, Get the 100 mg and Slice in Half as Cost is the Same as 50 mg–Pharmacists Offer Helpful Hints

This is a good article with some good hints and the title should have received a little attention here as the cost for either the 50 or 100mg of Viagra is the same so if the small dose works, then the pill slicer out and at $15 to $18.00 a pill, it’s...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2011 9:11 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Pills, Viagra, Prescriptions, Generic Drugs, Medications, Prostate, Bald, pharmacists, cutting, Propecia, active ingredient

Fire At Quanxin Pharma Kills 5-Second Pharmaceutical Factory Explosion This Month in China With Worker Casualties

When we hear news of such, it’s reminds us of outsourcing thoughts too. As the article states this is the second blast/fire this month as another such incident 2 weeks ago also killed 5 people. I didn’t find any references to whether or not...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2010 1:24 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Pharma, Pills, FDA, Heatlhcare, China, Safety, Medications, exports, deaths, imports, Quanxin

HMO Patient Receives Letter from HMO in Michigan To Discontinue Life Saving Medication-Patient Being Denied Access Via The “Guideline Algorithm”

Here we go again with technology making automated decisions and this is where a person needs to step in and review the chart, history and information. Guidelines were established by either an insurance company study or one accessed elsewhere and then...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 12:56 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, HMO, Diabetes, Medicaid, Medications, Algorithms, Greed, Michigan, treatments, ethics, denial of care, pulmonary vasculary disease

A Blue Tooth Hydration Smart Bottle Using Sensor Fusion Algorithms With Smart Phones To Tell You When To Drink Water

if you read here last week then you may have seen the Dry Powder Inhaler. Cambridge consultants creates products for pharma as far as drug delivery system and other innovative items. Cambridge Consultants and Sun Pharma Develop a High Performance...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 3:38 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, drugs, healthcare, Medical Devices, medication, Medications, wireless, Water, blue tooth, innovation, Cambridge Consultants, hydration

Cambridge Consultants and Sun Pharma Develop a High Performance Dry Powder Drug Inhaler for Use Beginning in 2011

The inhaler has a uniform delivery profile that ensures the full intended metered dose of the drug is administered to the deep lung, regardless of the strength of the patient’s intake of breath so those who don’t breathe well or maybe have COPD can be...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 7:49 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, healthcare, Medical Devices, medication, Medications, innovation, breathing, Cambridge Consultants, Sun Pharmaceutals

China Slashes Roche, Bristol-Myers, Pfizer, Lilly, Novartis, Takeda and More Pharma Companies to Save Money

What novel idea and wonder why we haven’t tried something like that here in the US <grin>. China is set to be the second largest world consumer of pharmaceuticals in the upcoming years. The reductions in pricing are stated to be between...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2010 9:30 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Pharma/FDA News, Medicine, drugs, Pharmaceuticals, China, Medications, price

Stater Bros. Super Rx Pharmacy Offers Free Diabetic Medication Prescriptions And $4.00 Generic Drug Program

Stater Brothers is a southern California Grocery Chain and also has pharmacies at some of their locations. According to the press release a patient needs to have a prescription from a doctor to get their diabetic medicine. In addition I put...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2010 3:40 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, drugs, Pharma, Prescriptions, Pharmacy, Medications, southern California, Stater Brothers

Patients Having Problems Being Able to Afford Prescriptions As Costs Continue to Rise–Insurance Plans Add to the Money Issues-Algorithms For Efficiency Don’t Offer Consumers Any Help

We all just about live for those $4.00 generic prescriptions today and unfortunately they are not available for all medications and treatments. One drug store mentioned in this article from the Wall Street Journal says they have over 100 prescriptions...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2010 1:35 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, drugs, Prescriptions, Medications, Doctors, Money, Data, Algorithms, Cost, drug stores, healthcae reform, efficiencies

Texas Pharmacies Files Lawsuit Against CVS–Privacy Misuse Cited With Patient Information Relating to Marketing Via RX Review Plan

The data bases created by pharmacy chains have been an issue for quite a while and there has been some effort made on protecting privacy, but it has not gone far. The information gathered originally was for use by pharma sales reps and has been...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2010 2:17 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, privacy, Prescriptions, Marketing, Pharmacies, Senate, Medications, Ingenix, healthcare reform, pharmacy benefit managers, Texas, drug reps, Milleman

Avandia For Diabetes Use to be Limited by the FDA And Patients May Need to Consider Changing Medications

If you are a patient taking the drug, be ready for something new here with needing to sign an informed consent statement that you understand all the potential risks of taking the drug, otherwise, you get no refills and will need to change to another medication...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2010 7:08 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, healthcare, Pharma, Heart, Diabetes, Glucose, Medications, GlaxoSmithKline, heart attacks, cardiovascular risk, Avandia

Prescribing Drugs for Children–Collaboration Groups That Dig Deeper With Detailed Case Reviews

Are pills always the solution? This video from the New York Times goes though a few cases including Risperdal and a few other drugs. The doctors were prescribing various medications so before one boy was 2 years old he had 5 drugs prescribed...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2010 1:49 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Pills, Medications, Diagnosis, Doctors, children, anti -psychotic drugs

MonoSol Rx Announces FDA Approval of Zuplenz® Oral Soluble Film Medication – Stops and Prevents Nausea with Chemotherapy and Radiation Treatments

The medication is given in a film format the dissolves in your mouth, thus no need for water. The drug is to be used for the prevention of Chemotherapy-induced, Radiotherapy-induced, and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. For cancer patients...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 9:10 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Cancer, FDA, Chemotherapy, Medications, Pain, nausea, MonoSol Rx

Prescription Solutions Launches Clinical Vantage(SM) – Algorithmic Software Web Client Settings For Risk Management and Cost Control

I believe I am reading this correctly but if you are a member of a company, HMO or otherwise that utilizes the services of Prescription Solutions, this new format will allow the employer (or who ever is the client) to set and establish parameters in which...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2010 4:33 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, Prescriptions, HMO, Business Intelligence, Medications, Doctors, Patients, Algorithms, United HealthCare, websites, employer, Prescription Solutions, Clinical Vantage

Sensohaler Device To Help Drive Compliance With Inhaled Medications – Smart Medical Devices

We have a new device on the inhaler end of drug delivery and this one also says the mission is to “Tune in to Compliance”, which means we are going to see if you are taking your drugs when you are supposed to and how much. This device looks like...

Published Wed, May 05 2010 1:55 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Physician, Patient, Medications, Asthma, chip, compliance, algorithm, devices that report data, Sensohaler

Medical Waste Being Recycled Into Building Materials and More – Pella-DRX Pellets

Pella-DRX is the name of the product once it has been recycled which is a pellet. That needle used today to give your injection may end up being part of a building wall in the future. Disposal by mail makes it convenient to send to the facility...

Published Sat, May 05 2010 10:53 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, medical, Prescriptions, Medications, Needles, recycling, syringe, Pella-Drx, Sharps, medical waste, pharmaceutical waste

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