Remember way back in 2016 when we were outraged by the rising cost of EpiPen? How kids and schools couldn’t afford a simple, life-saving treatment? How the company’s CEO was grilled by the government and reporters and they pledged to do something about it? Well, so much for public outrage. The cost of EpiPen has…
Which Antibiotics Are Less Likely to Cause Diarrhea?
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis is affecting more of you, given the widespread use of antibiotics. Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is the organism that causes antibiotic-associated colitis; this happens because the bacteria is allowed to overgrow in the intestine when the normal intestinal flora is changed due to antibiotics. C. diff can release toxins that bind to receptors…
FDA Approves Mavyret for Hepatitis C
Since the FDA created the Priority Review Program, aimed at fast tracking the development of drugs used to treat serious conditions, new hepatitis C medications are being approved at a faster rate. Recently, the FDA approved Mavyret, a new combination medication for hepatitis C. What is Mavyret prescribed for? Mavyret is a combination medication indicated…
80+ Drugs to Be Dropped By Insurance in 2018
If you’ve got health insurance, now’s a good time to be paying attention. Each year, prescription coverage changes, and yours will likely be changing in 2018. Express Scripts and Caremark, companies that handle pharmacy benefits for more than 200 million Americans, are removing more than 80 prescription medications from their formularies at the end of…
What New Treatments Are Best for Lower Back Pain?
Low back pain is a part of life—common across sexes, age groups, and countries, it’s something that almost all people experience at some point. Treatment for low back pain often includes a combination of medication and non-medication options. What should you start with? What treatments have the best evidence? And more importantly . . ….
7 Tips for Using Eye Drops
If you’ve ever had prescription eye drops, you know that those tiny bottles can cost a pretty penny, and can be challenging to apply in the eyes. Eye drops can be used for many reasons like allergies, infections, inflammation, dryness or vision disorders. Here are seven tips to help you get the very last squeeze out…
5 Ways to Treat Female Pattern Hair Loss
Female Pattern Hair Loss (FPHL) is the most common cause of hair loss in women. While the cause is unknown, FPHL is more common in women with obesity, high blood pressure, and insulin resistance (pre-diabetes). FPHL mainly affects the mid and frontal regions of the scalp, while preserving the frontal hairline. Your part gets wider,…
Prevident Products for Tooth Decay – How Are They Different?
If you have ever used a Prevident dental product, you might have seen the many forms that are available like Prevident 5000 Plus, Prevident 5000 Booster Plus, Prevident 5000 Sensitive, Prevident 5000 Enamel Protect and Prevident 5000 Dry Mouth With so many Prevident dental products, it can be confusing and hard to determine the differences between these similarly named products. How do these products…
2 Medications Recalled Due to Mislabeling
Believe it or not, medications are recalled on a daily basis and due to numerous reasons. Medication recalls can range from minor to life-threatening incidents if not immediately and appropriately taken care of. One of the most recent recalls, occurring on July 27th, involves two very different medications cyclobenzaprine & amantadine. What are these drugs prescribed…
7 Resources to Help with Opioid Addiction
Prescription narcotics have been essential to improving the quality of life for those living with pain, but sometimes at a high cost. Since the 1990s, deaths related to opioids have quadrupled, resulting in a serious public health epidemic and the deadliest drug crisis in US history. In 2015, roughly 33,0000 deaths were related to opioids,…