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This is not the first time this issue has been in the news in the last couple of years, but the dollars, or lack of dollars perhaps bring this to light once more, and once more it all comes back to money. There are some interesting efforts going on to try and combat the problem, such as Aetna paying...
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One reason stated is convenience, more on every corner, like the gas stations. To take advantage of some of the other low cost benefits, there may be a longer driving distance. A while back I had a conversation with someone from CVS, and there are shoppers who visit every store, one for a...
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Stories like this are sad indeed. It comes back to the dollar and someone playing "God" to determine who gets treatment and who does not. Granted personalized medicine tests will help in time, not only from the actual treatment side, but from the information side of things as well...
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Digitek, as you may or may not remember was found to contain twice the amount of active ingredient in the tablets earlier this year. The list is below as published by the FDA. The recall is being conducted for retailers to return their products currently. It sounds like...
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How bad do the insurance companies want the patients to take their medications? Well enough to try a pilot program with an electronic umbilical cord to tie the patient to a device. It doesn't say exactly how the device will work, but I am guessing once you remove a pill, it will...
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This is good, a genomics test that can give some preliminary results on whether or not statins will have an adverse effect before prescribing them. As the post states here, this is something that could certainly use some marketing to physicians. Zocor at 40 mg is a very common dosage and...
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This brings up one big issue, something I have been aware of for a while, collecting data for one purpose and being used for another, think this doesn't happen, think again. When you sign up for health insurance, you sign you life away for all this data to be collected and reviewed for the...
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One more way for the information to run queries to cherry pick applicants is accomplished. When you apply for insurance, the fine writing will usually state that you are giving permission to check any medical information and records and, yes, this includes prescriptions. Even the $4.00 generic...
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Statin side effects, weakening and sore muscles, this topic has been commented on here as well. My question would be are they one in the same, weakening muscles or just muscular pain and are they the same? It looks now like there is some research in the personalized medicine area...
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Good article from the Wall Street Journal blog here about generics, however in the example quoted below, the patient’s benefit payment of 146.53 just doesn’t come close to taking advantage of a cash prescription of the same drug for $10.00 for a 90 supply at Wal-Mart or Target . In this case with...