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At Aetna, another example of screwy medical pricing
Consumers have been told by insurers again and again that if they want cheaper prices for prescription drugs, they need to order them in bulk from mail-order pharmacies. And typically, it works out that way. Sometimes, however, the prices reveal how...
Tags: Aetna Inc., Drugs and Medicines, CVS Corp., Consumers, Statins (drugs)
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It's best to avoid grapefruit when taking some statin drugs
Q: My doctor just prescribed atorvastatin (Lipitor) for high cholesterol. The instructions said: "Do not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice while taking this medication." I love grapefruit. Do I need to avoid it completely? A: Like you, I love...Tags: Harvard Medical School, Chemical Industry, Zocor (drug), Grapefruit, Internists
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FACTBOX-U.S. biotech shares outpace broader stock market
ReutersMay 28 (Reuters) - Shares of biotechnology companies have outrun a bull market for U.S. stocks, rising nearly 50 percent over the past 12 months as investors look for new growth stories. Investors' enthusiasm, despite the inherent risk of drug...Tags: Chemical Industry, New Products, Asthma, Flu, Drugs and Medicines
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Study: Car emissions can turn good cholesterol bad
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Safety, Diesel Before you head to the pharmacy to refill your Lipitor prescription, check this out. The American Heart Association's journal on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology has concluded that high levels of... -
Shop around for deals on prescription drugs
If your insurance has ever stopped covering a prescription drug or you don’t have coverage at all, you know how quickly costs can mount. Americans spent, on average, $758 out of pocket for medication in 2012, according to a recent Consumer Reports...Tags: Chemical Industry, Singulair (drug), Medicines, Clopidogrel (drug), Statins (drugs)
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U.S. spending on medicines fell for first time in 2012
Reuters(Reuters) - Patent expirations on big-name drugs such as Lipitor and Plavix has resulted in modestly less spending on medicines in the United States for the first time in at least 55 years, according to a report released on Thursday. Overall U.S....Tags: Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Pfizer Inc., AstraZeneca Plc, Statins (drugs), Seroquel (drug)
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Drug spending falls for first time in 6 decades
An explosion of cheap generic substitutes for widely used prescription drugs last year helped drive the first decline in pharmaceutical spending in the U.S. in nearly six decades. Drug makers often lament what they call the patent cliff, which is when...
Tags: Medical Research, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Flu, Science and Technology
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Pfizer's new Viagra strategy
What makes Viagra so interesting? On Monday, my colleague Chad Terhune wrote about Pfizer’s plan to begin selling its little blue pills directly to patients on the company’s website. And within a couple of hours, the story was listed among ...
Tags: Pfizer Inc., Viagra (drug), Drugs and Medicines, Prescription Drugs
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CONSUMER REPORTS: Big name drug savings
If you take Lipitor, Actos, or Lexapro, new generics of these and other big-name drugs could be a real money saver. But are you saving as much as you should? Consumer Reports has discovered just because you're buying a generic drug doesn't mean you're...
Tags: Singulair (drug), Statins (drugs), Actos (drug), Prescription Drugs, Lexapro (drug)
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An insider's view of generic-drug pricing
Bob Toomajian worked for 16 years as Kaiser Permanente's drug purchasing manager for Southern California, giving him an insider's knowledge of how medications are priced before reaching consumers. When it comes to patented name-brand drugs, he told me,...
Tags: Novartis AG, Chemical Industry, India, Prescription Drugs, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
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After limos, jets and steak dinners, now they're talking ethics reform
If you've lived in Florida for any length of time — like prior to noon yesterday — you probably know that our state is an ethical cesspool. Special interests funnel money to legislators. Legislators write the laws the way the interests ask....Tags: Winter Park, Politics, Republican Party, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Trips and Vacations
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Researchers: Grapefruit doesn't mix well with some drugs
Los Angeles TimesIt’s been known for a long time that eating grapefruit and taking certain prescription oral medications — including the cholesterol drugs atorvastatin, lovastatin and simvastatin as well as some cancer and heart drugs — don’t mix. ...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Lovastatin (drug), Science and Technology, Statins (drugs)
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