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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

The new initiative, Care Studio, aims at doctors rather than patients. Then there is the cost of generic drugs. A recent study in the An­nals of In­ter­nal Med­i­cine took a look at al­most 90 gener­ic drugs that the Medicare Part D pro­gram pays for, find­ing that Medicare could’ve saved $3.6

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When FDA-Approved Generics Fail: Brand Wellbutrin XL Antidepressant is Cheaper from Canada

Pharmacy Checkers

Joe and Teresa Graedon, founders of The People’s Pharmacy , not only have an admirable track record of telling health consumers how it is, but also listening to those in their readership. In fact, many people reported that when they were switched to the Teva generic Wellbutrin XL, their depression returned. Not normal, but better.

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Can you trust Turkey-approved Alipza? Is it the same as U.S.-Approved Livalo?

Pharmacy Checkers

costs only $90 for a three-month supply at the lowest-cost PharmacyChecker-accredited international online pharmacy: a savings of 71%. John’s doctor was skeptical of drugs bought online from other countries. Is the drug safe? Is the drug safe? pharmacies. So, are these the “same” drug?

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Our abysmal health care system

World of DTC Marketing

First, the health insurance companies are making a lot of money while burying doctors in paperwork and limiting treatment options. Patients and doctors are tired, and insurance companies are raising rates after two years of making a surplus because nobody went to the doctor during the pandemic. The result:?

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is just one agency out of the many that make up the United States Department of Health and Human Services and, from PharmacyChecker’s relatively small (non-regulatory) role of helping verify online pharmacies to protect public health, I’ve learned just how insanely massive its mandate is.

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Cerelle vs Cerazette: Are they really the same?

Druggist

Can I still request a doctor to prescribe Cerazette? Can I ask the pharmacy to dispense Cerazette instead of Cerelle? Do generic, and branded drugs produce exactly the same effect? As with other drugs, once a patent expires, other manufactures start to produce generic or new brands of the same pill (desogestrel).

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Teva shares slide as it faces illegal kickback charges from US government

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Teva mainly administered the scheme through its specialty pharmacy, Advanced Care Scripts (ACS) with payments amounting to around $300 million during the period, according to the complaint. During that period Teva raised the price from around $17,000 per year to over $73,000 per year, the DoJ alleges.