Using opioids safely
(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) Doctors may prescribe opioids, a class of drugs used to treat pain, after surgery or an injury.
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Medicare’s Uncapped Drug Costs Take A Big Bite From Already Tight Budgets
(By Michelle Andrews for NPR) Three times a week, 66-year-old Tod Gervich injects himself with Copaxone, a prescription drug that can
Read MoreAnalysis: Why Should Americans Be Grateful For $137 Insulin? Germans Get It For $55
(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for Kaiser Health News) This month, Eli Lilly and Co. announced with some fanfare that it was
Read MoreAlzheimer’s and amyloid: ‘It’s time to do something else’
If there is anything more certain than the failure of experimental Alzheimer’s drugs — nearly 300, at last count —
Read MoreIt Will Take More Than Transparency To Reduce Drug Prices, Economists Say
(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) A new drug to treat postpartum depression is likely to reach the U.S. market in
Read MoreBiogen halts studies of closely watched Alzheimer’s drug, a blow to hopes for new treatment
(By Adam Feuerstein for STAT) Alzheimer’s disease has beaten back another effort to tame it. Biogen and its Japanese pharma
Read More“Affordability boards” to review expensive drugs
To rein in prescription drug prices, several states are considering new “affordability boards” to review expensive drugs and if it
Read MoreFentanyl-Linked Deaths: The U.S. Opioid Epidemic’s Third Wave
(By Martha Bebinger for NPR) Men are dying after opioid overdoses at nearly three times the rate of women in
Read MoreBiosimilar approval and adoption in the U.S. needs to be expedited
(By Carlos Sattler and Sheila Frame for STAT) Generic versions of brand-name small-molecule drugs saved Americans more than $1 trillion between 1999
Read MoreWhen medicines are unaffordable, here’s how patients cut costs
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) One in five U.S. adults prescribed medicines say they’ve asked their doctor for a cheaper
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