drug costs

Free drug samples may burden patients' pockets

harminka — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:43:10 -0500

Following free drug sample receipt, patients who receive these samples have significantly higher out-of-pocket prescription costs than those who don't, according to the first study to look at the out-of-pocket cost associated with free-sample use, published in the March 24, 2008, issue of Medical Care.

Prescription costs rise 6 times when patients reach 65

harminka — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:37:29 -0500

Prescribing costs increase dramatically when people reach 65, according to a detailed analysis of more than five million patients published in the March issue of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

Cost of Drugs Prescribed For Elderly Care Rising

admin_huliq — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:08:46 -0600

Drug costs have been increasing during 2007, especially those mainly prescribed to elderly.

Americans pay the most for prescription drugs and still don't take them

harminka — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:24:03 -0600

An international study of dialysis patients shows that although U.S. residents have the highest out-of-pocket drug costs, even those who can afford their prescription drugs are far less likely to take them than patients in other countries.

Cost of AIDS drugs in Brazil

harminka — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:40:50 -0600

Brazil’s strategy of negotiating AIDS drug prices with multinational pharmaceutical companies and producing generic AIDS drugs locally saved that country’s AIDS program approximately 1 billion US dollars between 2001 and 2005, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.

Seniors to quit taking key medicines because of costs

harminka — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:11:00 -0500

Many seniors quit taking drugs for chronic illnesses such as diabetes and high blood pressure when they exceed their drug plan’s yearly spending limits, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.

Mandate to reduce drug costs

harminka — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:03:53 -0500

Research in Norway has shown that there have been substantial savings in drug costs since the introduction of a regulation requiring doctors to prescribe the recommended first-line treatment for hypertension (high blood pressure). Since March 2004, family doctors have been reimbursed for drug costs only if they prescribe thiazides as first-line therapy for uncomplicated hypertension, unless there are medical reasons for selecting other drugs.