Medicare Prescription Drugs: Commonsense Solutions

Published August 28, 2013

Medicare Prescription Drugs: Commonsense Solutions – Lowering prescription drug costs could save Medicare billions. Go to aarp.org/commonsense to tell Congress to keep Medicare going strong with responsible, co…

Former addict sets up prescription drugs support group in Bradford

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

A support group for those addicted to prescribed and over-the-counter medication has been set up in Bradford by one man who managed to wean himself off the drugs. Tens of thousands of prescriptions are estimated to be issued each year locally for the …
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Xalkori? Zelboraf? Yondelis? Why New Drug Names Are So Strange

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

The FDA has veto power over the monikers attached to all brand-name prescription drugs sold in the United States. (Generic drug names, which are often even more bizarre than their brand-name counterparts, go through a different and much more …
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