Category: Drugs
How To Get A Cheaper Prescription Before Leaving The Doctor’s Office
The pricing tool, embedded in physicians’ electronic health record, shows how much patients will pay out-of-pocket and allows the doctor to find a cheaper alternative.
Measles and cancer patients. What to do?
Measles is worrisome to cancer patients because those receiving chemotherapy or recovering from a transplant may have weakened immunity.
Trump Has Blessed States’ Exploration Of Importing Drugs. Will It Catch On?
Seeking a solution to the soaring costs of drugs, Colorado, Florida and Vermont plan to import medications from Canada, President Trump has offered his support,
Meth In The Morning, Heroin At Night
Life inside the seesaw struggle of dual addiction.
Teens of ‘Anti-Vaxxers’ Can Get Their Own Vaccines, Some States Say
To some degree, all states recognize that older children should have some autonomy in making health care decisions.
Surgeons’ Opioid-Prescribing Habits Are Hard To Kick
As opioid addiction and overdoses escalated into an epidemic, many surgeons continued to hand out far more pills than needed for postoperative pain relief
What you need to know about CBD products – FDA
Some CBD Products are Being Marketed with Unproven Medical Claims
Federal Grants ‘A Lifesaver’ In Opioid Fight, But States Still Struggle To Curb Meth
The number of drug overdose deaths involving the meth tripled from 2011 to 2016 and hospitalizations involving amphetamines are spiking.
Oklahoma’s ‘Precedent-Setting’ Suit Puts Opioid Drugmakers On Trial
All eyes will be on Oklahoma this week when the first case in a flood of litigation against opioid drug manufacturers begins Tuesday.
What’s wrong with those anti-vaxxers? They’re just like the rest of us
What is wrong with those parents? Are they anti-science? Are they simply ignorant or selfish? Are they crazy? Or are they just like us?
Rapid Opioid Cutoff Is Risky Too, Feds Warn
Federal agencies are urging doctors to evaluate the risks to patients on opioid pain medicines before abruptly tapering them off the highly addictive drugs.
As the Opioid Crisis Peaks, Meth and Cocaine Deaths Explode
Roughly 14,000 cocaine and 10,000 meth users died in the US in 2017, an increase of more than a third compared with 2016 and triple of what was seen in 2012.
Amid Measles Outbreak, Little Effort to Kill Vaccine Exemptions
Washington state, which recently experienced a serious measles outbreak, has the only state legislature this year that passed tighter vaccination rules.
UW to study pot’s effect on infant brain development
The study will track the mother’s marijuana use from the first trimester throughout pregnancy and then scan infants’ brains at age 6 months to identify possible effects of cannabis exposure.
Maine takes aim at high drug prices
Though many other states besides Maine are taking targeted actions to lower drug prices, few if any are seeking to tackle the issue in such a comprehensive way.