The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath
The repatenting of older drugs like some birth control pills, insulin and colchicine, the primary treatment for gout, has rendered medicines that once cost pennies many times more expensive. “The increases are stunning, and it's very injurious to …
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The price of addiction: Oregon works to dull the pain of prescription drug …
Oregon is No. 1 in the country for nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers, but much further down the list for fatal drug overdoses, according to a new study. Trust for America's Health's 2013 report, “Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop …
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Drug Safety Bill Puts Urgent Treatment in Jeopardy
One particular repackaged drug — Avastin — is used to treat the rapidly blinding disease “wet” age-related macular degeneration. Avastin is one of two drugs used to treat this disease and costs about $ 50 per dose. The other is Lucentis, which does …
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