Rationing Medications and Online Pharmacies When money is tight you may be tempted to ration your medications, trying to extend a 1 month supply to last 2 months or even longer using them much less often than you should. Rationing medications can have major consequences, as in the case of 26 year old
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How are we to help our most vulnerable neighbors—the un- or under-insured, the elderly, and children—when they have chronic illnesses? What can we do to help them get the prescription medications they need when the cost is often beyond their ability to pay? Take for instance, the cost of the cancer drug Bavencio: a three
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Are you telling yourself that you are not going to let allergies get you down this year? Wait, didn’t you say that last year? Allergic reactions are a common issue among people of all ages that can severely hinder your day-to-day life. You can stop them before they start and also minimize the amount of
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As sure as April showers bring May flowers, the comfort foods of winter bring on those extra pounds. When we step on the scale or wriggle into our cutoffs on the first warm day, we suddenly realize those fireside snacks have taken their toll. It’s time to do something! And while looking good in a
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Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, made headlines in early 2018 for entering into a partnership with Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan. The three companies are planning to provide an alternative form of healthcare for their US employees. Although this partnership is only in its infancy, Amazon is already trying to establish itself in the
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By Tiffany Lee 2018 PharmD Candidate 8 out of 10 prescriptions filled in the U.S. today are for generic drugs, but many patients still have questions about generic drugs. Here’s a quick rundown on brand versus generic drugs and why we at NOVA ScriptsCentral mainly dispense generic drugs. Brand drugs A brand name drug has
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Aneeza Ahmad, PharmD Candidate, 2015 presented and wrote on generic drugs and the skyrocketing prices that are stopping patients from accessing life saving drugs. Check it out here. Today, 3/19/2015 the Washington Post writes an article on Actavis intentionally trying to stop a generic production of a drug about to come out of patent to
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By Aneeza Ahmad, PharmD Candidate, 2015 Generic drug prices are exponentially increasing at alarming rates, with no end in sight. Despite being less expensive overall than their brand name counterparts, generics have saved U.S. patients more than $1.5 trillion dollars in the past decade. The increase in generic drug prices is putting millions of people’s
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Virginia is one of the few states in the United States that has chosen against expanding medicaid. They have chosen to do this again and again despite the overwhelming detriment it causes Virginians, you know those average Joes the legislators are supposed to legislate for? So why don’t they want to do it? Honestly your guess
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