Prescriptions for depression and anxiety medications are on the rise among Americans – and parts of the country appear to be coping with higher rates than others, according to a GoodRx analysis of prescription data for anxiety and depression medicines. The data looks at the proportion of depression and anxiety medications among overall prescription volume…

With 2018 being an especially bad year for allergies, you may be reconsidering your current allergy medication. The sheer number of allergy relief commercials that crop up during these high-pollen months can make it pretty tempting. Among the brands frequently advertised are household names like Claritin (loratadine), Allegra (fexofenadine), and Zyrtec (cetirizine), but there’s a…

Medicare is spending more on brand-name drugs even as fewer of these drugs are being prescribed. Through Medicare Part D, the nation’s prescription drug benefit plan for Medicare beneficiaries, total brand-name medications cost 77% more in 2015 than they did just five years earlier, despite the number of these prescriptions actually dropping by almost 20%….

As part of the continued efforts to curb the opioid epidemic, naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, is now available without a prescription in some states. Naloxone, and the brand-name version, Narcan, are both used to rapidly reverse the symptoms of a deadly opioid overdose. Brand-name Narcan is dispensed…

Antidepressants, blood pressure drugs, and allergy medicines are some of the many popular medications that can affect your dreams, and not always in a good way. Medications that influence the neurotransmitters in our brain — those same chemicals that affect our mood and alertness — often come with the reported side effect of causing disturbing…

Prices for common estrogen medications, widely used to treat symptoms of menopause, have doubled since 2014 and have increased at an annual rate of 50% since that time. More than 55 million women in the US are over the age of 51, the average age of menopause, and over half experience symptoms for which vaginal…

On May 29th, 2018, Allergan Pharmaceuticals announced a nationwide recall for Taytulla birth control pills over reports that its placebo capsules were placed out of order. Taytulla is an oral contraceptive used to prevent ovulation, pregnancy, and in some cases, acne. Normal packaging for Taytulla contains 21 pills with hormones, followed by seven placebo pills without hormones…

Happy National Donut Day! As you’re enjoying bite after bite of scrumptious glazed or jelly-filled fried dough, remember that GoodRx can help you save money on your medications if you’re stuck in the Medicare donut hole. What is the Medicare donut hole? The term “donut hole” comes from a common analogy used to explain the…

When Beverly and her family rescued Ninja, a 13-year-old Shih Tzu, six years ago, she didn’t anticipate how expensive his pet medications would be. Ninja doesn’t have insurance, since he has a pre-existing condition — a heart murmur — that disqualifies him from coverage. But this is not uncommon. Less than 5% of pet owners…

It seems counter-intuitive: People who have insurance coverage through Medicare are finding that they still pay a lot for their medications. It turns out that’s no illusion — people really are bearing an increasing portion of the cost, every year. A new analysis by Avalere Health shows that since 2011, Medicare insurance plans are increasingly…