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Here’s How To Save on Tamiflu This Flu Season
This year’s flu season is in full swing, and it’s bad. High flu activity has been reported in all states except for Hawaii and flu season is only halfway over. Prescriptions for Tamiflu (oseltamivir) are 6 times higher nationwide than a year ago, with reported shortages in some cities, according to the FDA. Between…
Type 2 Diabetes Drug Bydureon Gets a Makeover
The drug business is booming, especially when it comes to medications used to treat type 2 diabetes. With each passing year, drug companies are making product improvements by developing medications that are easier to take, use and store. The newest drug getting an upgrade is a once-weekly injectable Bydureon. The medication will now be available, in addition…
What Happened to $4 Generics?
For almost a decade, pharmacy chains nationwide have offered discount generics through membership programs. When the first generic program was created by Kmart, pharmacy chains like CVS and Kroger followed suit, offering a large number of medications at a discounted rate, or even for free. The programs were classic “loss leaders,” designed to bring foot…
Walmart Partners with DisposeRx to Combat Opioid Abuse
The US is currently in the middle of an opioid overdose epidemic. People are not only abusing and overdosing on street drugs like heroin, but also prescription opioids like oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone. Here’s an alarming statistic. Around 65% of people abusing prescription opioids obtained the medication from a friend or relative for free. Prescription opioids…
Generic Tamiflu Approved In Time for Flu Season
If you do happen to get sick this flu season, you now have the option to take the less expensive generic alternative Tamiflu. Are you ready? In the United States, flu cases spike in the fall and winter months (although you can get the flu year round). Flu infections peak during December and March but it can linger into May….
Ten Prescription Medications You May Want to Travel With
“Doc, I’m leaving on my trip, what prescriptions do I need to get?” First, a few general tips. Of course, bring your routine prescription medications, as well as over-the-counter medications like ibuprofen, Tylenol, Benadryl, and maybe Immodium. Then, check the CDC Travelers’ Health website to ensure you don’t need any immunizations. Next, here are ten…
FDA Cracks Down on Unapproved Opioid Addiction Products
Opioid abuse is a serious public health issue that affects almost every community in some way. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 600,000 people have died from an opioid drug overdose since 2000. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 52 million people have used prescription drugs for…
4 Tips If You Have A Kid With The Flu
Thirty children have died so far this flu season, according to the latest CDC report released last week. It bears repeating: the best way to protect your kids from the flu is to have everyone 6 months or older in your household vaccinated. It can be scary if your child starts showing signs of the…
Gener Plavix Recalled Due to Mislabeling
Manufacturer International Laboratories LLC has issued a voluntary recall of one lot of clopidogrel, the generic for Plavix. This is a class II recall, the most common type of recall, which means that there is a situation where the use of the recalled medication may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, but the likelihood of serious adverse…