Showing posts with label Generic Prescription Drugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Generic Prescription Drugs. Show all posts
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Asthma Pill As Effective As Inhalers And Easier To Use

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Leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA) pills are just as effective as inhalers in managing asthma symptoms, and are much easier to use, re...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Drugs: Spending on prescriptions is slowing - Health Key

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mericans consume a lot of prescription drugs. And they seem especially fond of those to lower their cholesterol, relieve their heartburn, c...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

AIM: Adverse event reporting is on the rise

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Although the FDA 's Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) database has been in existence since 1969, more than half of the incidents ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Drug Shortages Distress Hospitals - WSJ.com

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A shortage of injectable generic drugs for cancer and other serious diseases is putting pressure on hospitals, which are sometimes having t...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

'Dispense As Written' Prescriptions May Add $7.7 Billion To Annual Health Care Costs, Researchers Found

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About 5% of prescriptions submitted by CVS Caremark Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) members in a 30-day period during 2009 included a &qu...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Branded drug prices soar as generic pressure rises | Reuters

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Pharmacists in Jordan-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals package generic versions of Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride 750 mg which will be ex...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

$4 drug programs could save economy billions: study | Reuters

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U.S. consumers could save billions of dollars by filling prescriptions for inexpensive generic drugs at stores such as Wal-Mart and Target,...