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Amazon Launches Amazon Pharmacy for Medications
The service will accept most forms of insurance and may have savings for those without insurance as well. Customers may be able to use their health savings accounts or flexible spending accounts to purchase prescriptions on the site.
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Clear Election Winners: State Marijuana Reforms
After voters approve the measures, the state legislatures usually will need to set up regulations in each state. Right now, 11 states have fully legalized marijuana, CNN noted.
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Trump OKs Final Plan to Import Drugs From Canada
The announcement clears the way for Florida and other states to implement a program bringing medications across the border to save money. The effort is strongly opposed by drugmakers and the Canadian government.
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Ingredients Make 'Smart' Supplements Not-So-Smart
A review of so-called "smart drug" nutritional supplements found a handful that were packed with foreign pharmaceuticals not approved in the United States, often in potentially dangerous combinations and dosages.
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Helping Seniors Manage Meds After Hospital Reduces Readmission: Study
Many older patients take multiple medicines and these often change after a hospital stay
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Drug Company Perks Spur Doctors' Prescriptions
More than 20% of Medicare Part D expenses on brand-name medications came from doctors who received an incentive related to a drug they prescribed. Nearly 30% of physicians got an incentive for at least one drug they prescribed during the study period.
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No Reason for 45% of Antibiotic Prescriptions
That kind of overprescribing raises risks for everyone, experts say, as bacteria gain more chances to mutate around the life-saving drugs.
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California May Start Producing Its Own Medicines
The proposal also includes a single market for drug pricing in the state. Companies would have to bid to sell their medicines at a set price.
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FDA to Allow States to Import Prescription Drugs From Other Countries
The agency also plans to make it easier for drug manufacturers to import their own FDA-approved drugs that are manufactured abroad and intended for sale in other countries.
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U.S. House Passes Drug Pricing Bill
However, the bill has no chance of being passed by the Republican-controlled Senate and the White House has threatened to veto it, the Associated Press reported.
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FDA Warns Dollar Store About Tainted OTC Drugs
The drugs include Dollar Tree's Assured Brand OTC drugs and other drug products sold by Dollar Tree Co., which operates stores under the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar names.
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$8 Billion Award in Risperdal Lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson said the award is "excessive and unfounded" and that it would take immediate action to overturn it, the AP reported.
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New Drugs Cured 2 Ebola Patients: Doctors
Earlier this week, preliminary results from two trials in Congo suggested that the two drugs significantly reduced the risk of death from Ebola.
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FDA: Pricey Drug Approved on Manipulated Data
The FDA approved the gene therapy Zolgensma to treat children with a severe form of spinal muscular atrophy. The drug costs $2.125 million for a one-time treatment, CBS News reported.
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Another Carcinogen Found in Popular BP Meds
Valisure reported finding high levels of called N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) in specific lots of the drug.
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Study: Leafy Greens OK For People on Warfarin
The results of the small study suggest that taking in more vitamin K, not less, might help patients on warfarin (Coumadin).
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Antibiotics Pollute Rivers Worldwide, Study Finds
The most common one found was trimethoprim, which is primarily used to treat urinary tract infections. It was detected at 307 of the 711 sites, according to the researchers.
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FDA: Common Supplement Ingredient Could Hurt Fetus
The dangerous ingredient, vinpocetine, is in supplements that claim to enhance memory, focus or mental sharpness. They also supposedly increase energy and aid weight loss, the FDA said
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Your Gut Bacteria Could Affect How Your Meds Work
Doctors may one day use your genes or species of bacteria to predict how well you’ll metabolize a certain drug, one of the study’s authors said.
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FDA Takes Hard Look at CBD
Everything from oils to gummies to pills, creams and ointments are now for sale at supermarkets and specialty chains. You can even get massages infused with CBD, or cosmetics laced with the drug.
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Patients Who Read Docs' Notes Take Meds Better
The net benefit of sharing notes with patients could be significant because people not properly taking their medications costs the health care system about $300 billion a year.
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Low-Dose Aspirin Risks Outweigh Benefits for Some
Researchers said the findings support a recent change to guidelines on low-dose aspirin: The blood thinner should now be reserved for people at high risk of heart attack or stroke.
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Prices Will Soon Be Included in TV Drug Ads
The prices are expected to appear in text toward the end of TV commercials, when potential side effects are being listed. The new policy, which could take effect as early as this summer, covers all brand name drugs covered by Medicare and Medicaid, which is nearly all medications.
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Americans' Prescription Med Use Is Declining
The drop in prescription use reverses a trend that had persisted since the 1990s, the study authors said.
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Fluoroquinolones Overprescribed Despite Dangers
In the past year, more concerns about the drugs’ side effects have led the FDA to issue new warnings about their use.
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