Prescription Drugs: Market & Industry - Kaiser Family Foundation
... provides trend information about prescription drug expenditures and coverage, ... Health Benefits of Prescription Drugs, But Say Drug makers Put Profits ...
http://www.kff.org/rxdrugs/market.cfm
Information for Veterans About the Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Medicare Part D) (Health Care Eligibility)
Information for Veterans About the Medicare Prescription Drug Plans ... that in addition to prescription drugs, VA's Medical Benefits Package provides ...
http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/costs/MedicareDFS.asp
Drug Facts - Prescription Drug Abuse
Teens and Prescription Drugs ( Females Bucking Traditional Drug Abuse Trends ... Information for Parents. Information for Youth ...
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/prescr_drg_abuse.html
USATODAY.com - FDA unveils new prescription drug inserts
A major makeover is coming for the little written inserts that accompany prescription drugs. The new versions are supposed to play up information that's useful to ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-01-18-drug-inserts_x.htm
Discount Prescription Drug Information : Prescription Drug Side Effects : Buy Cheap Prescription Drug Online Guide...
... prescription drug information, prescription drug side effects, buy ... sell a prescription drug without a prescription, or sell drugs not approved by FDA. ...
http://www.all-prescriptions.com/
Medicare Rx Information (DADS)
... for Medicare benefits, began receiving their prescription drugs through Medicare. ... Medicare Rx Prescription Drug Coverage and DADS Consumers. News and Updates ...
http://www.dads.state.tx.us/medicare/index.cfm
Nitrofurantoin | Drug Information | Pharmacy | Walgreens
Find information about the drug Nitrofurantoin in the Walgreens.com ... Request a prescription now. Drug Information For: NITROFURANTOIN MONO/MAC 100MG CAP ...
http://www.walgreens.com/library/finddrug/druginfo1.jsp?particularDrug=Nitrofurantoin&id=641459
Drug Information - Southern California Teen Challenge
Drug Information. For More Information Choose a Drug From The Menu ... Prescription. Prescription Drugs. Oxycontin. Psychedelics. Ecstasy. LSD. PCP. Inhalant ...
http://www.teenchallenge.com/druginfo3
M-CARE: Home - Employers - Prescription benefit information
... benefit information. Making the right decision about prescription drug coverage. ... total promotional spending for prescription drugs was estimated at $27 ...
http://www.mcare.org/include/template.cfm?ID=217
Meds-Help.com : Comprehensive prescription drug information
Prescription Drugs information and news for professionals and consumers. ... for comprehensive prescription and patient information on 24,000 drugs online. ...
http://www.meds-help.com/
Medicare Prescription Drug Plans
... drug plans will have a formulary, which is a list of the prescription drugs that ... information to help them choose a Medicare prescription drug plan. ...
http://www.rrb.gov/opa/qa/pub_0511.asp
Patient Information about Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Cards
Information for patients about medicare prescription drug discount cards ... save Medicare members between 10 percent to 25 percent on prescription drugs. ...
http://www.caminomedical.org/handouts/medicaredrug.html
Pew Internet: Pew Internet & American Life Project: Prescription Drugs Online report
... Americans has used the internet to look for information about prescription drugs. ... information, but few have ventured into the online drug marketplace ...
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/139/report_display.asp
Medicare/Benefits Changes - The ALS Association
... outreach, the drug is included on a model list of drugs that health plans ... Information about the Medicare program, including the prescription drug benefit, ...
http://www.alsa.org/policy/medicare.cfm
Buying prescription drugs online: The do's and don'ts
Prescription drug insert information made clearer ... Prescription drug insert information made clearer. • Antibiotics: Too much of a good thing ...
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/GA/00042.html
Benefits 2008, Prescription Drug Benefits
... matter where you obtain your prescription drugs, your Basic or Standard Option ... The 2008 Prescription Drug Benefits information is prepared by Caremark, with ...
http://www.fepblue.org/benefits/benefits08/benftpresdrug-08.html
Food and Drug Branch - Drug Safety Program
Food and Drug Branch. Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA) Background Information ... manufacturing of Human Prescription Drugs, the principle individuals ...
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/fdb/HTML/Drug/PDMA.htm
Information needed on a Prescription
The mission of the Texas Board of Nursing is to protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that ... the prescription drug order was ...
http://www.bne.state.tx.us/practice/rxneedsinfo.html
Department of Public Health & Human Services - Senior & Long Term Care
Prescription Drugs. Public Health & Safety. Public Assistance ... Montana Prescription Drug Assistance. PASSPORT to Health. Team Care ...
http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/prescriptiondrug/index.shtml
AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association
AHIMA Analysis of HR 1 (PL 108-173) Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act ... drug being prescribed or dispensed and other drugs listed ...
http://www.ahima.org/dc/analysis_prescription_drug_act.asp
20Thousands of Alabamian's receive 'free' prescription drug card
The Alabama Rx Card Program announced that more than 60,000 Alabamians have received a “free” prescription drug card since the Alabama Rx Card program launched Nov. 1. The program’s Web site www.alabamarxcard.com has had more than 357,533 hits.
http://www.eprisenow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=ENT%2FMGArticle%2FENT_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173354408105&path=!news!localnews!index.shtml
Prescription discount cards save Bay County citizens more than $286,000 in 2007
The Bay County Board of County Commissioners’ free discount prescription drug card program saved residents here $286,576 last year, or an average of about 20 percent per prescription filled.
http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/15077431.html
Medicare Says Projected Cost of Part D Drug Program Continues to Drop
Jan. 31, 2008 – Medicare today issued another news release touting the drop in the cost of the prescription drug program from what it had earlier projected.
http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/MedicareDrugCards/2008/8-01-31-MedicareSays.htm
Westmoreland drug plan starts March 1
The Westmoreland County commissioners this week announced plans to launch a prescription drug discount card program March 1. ...
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08031/853406-56.stm?cmpid=localstate.xml
Kaiser Family Foundation Releases New Data On Medicare Drug Plans, Report On MA Special Needs Plans
Updated information and new report, Kaiser Family Foundation: The Kaiser Family Foundation has updated its interactive online resource, the Medicare Health and Prescription Drug Plan Tracker, with new 2008 data that provide local, regional and national information about Medicare Advantage plans, including HMOs, regional and local PPOs, private fee-for-service plans and special needs plans.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/95375.php
FDA cites toxic risk of popular head-lice drug
The sole U.S. maker of an insecticide-based treatment for head lice has stopped promoting the product after a sharply worded warning from the Food and Drug Administration that its marketing misled consumers by downplaying the rare, but serious, risks of the treatments.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-01-30-lindane_N.htm?csp=34
Drug cards offer some relief to the uninsured
These days, filling a prescription is a little like ordering a pizza: If you're not using some sort of discount, you're probably paying too much. Both Medicare and Medicaid now offer drug benefits.
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/2008/01/01272008_Drug-cards-offer-some-relief-to-the-uninsured.cfm
Get on the bus for prescription help
SILVER CITY —The Partnership for Prescription Assistance bus tour is expected to stop in Silver City on Thursday to offer prescription drug assistance to uninsured or financially struggling residents.
http://www.scsun-news.com/news/ci_8114406
Prescription for trouble, detectives bust home-based pharmacy
Dekalb County Sheriff's investigators arrested a man who was allegedly selling prescription pills from his home in the Grove Oak Community, following a six month investigation.
http://www.waff.com/global/story.asp?s=7802814
Health: Dangerous Drug Interactions
Margaret Slighton takes several prescription medications and supplements every day and she worries about mixing different drugs.
http://cbs3.com/health/Prescription.Medication.Interaction.2.641960.html
Man faces charges after alleged illegal sale of prescription drugs
KINGSBURY -- A Queensbury man has been charged with illegally selling prescription painkillers, police said.
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/01/31/news/latest/doc47a1f5f545627781064234.txt
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Submits New Drug Application for SILENOR(TM) for the Treatment of Insomnia
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SOMX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the in-licensing and development of proprietary product candidates for the treatment of diseases and disorders in the fields of psychiatry and neurology, today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SILENOR(TM) (doxepin ...
http://www.centredaily.com/business/story/371782.html
Rise in obesity drug prescriptions
The number of obesity drugs on prescription has passed one million for the first time - eight times the number dispensed in 1999 - figures show.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080131/tuk-rise-in-obesity-drug-prescriptions-6323e80.html
Drug store burglary being investigated
CHISHOLM — The Chisholm Police Department is investigating the burglary of a local drug store that occurred last weekend. Officers responded to a report of a burglary at Casey’s Drug Store, located at 111 West Lake Street in Chisholm, around 4 p.m. Sunday.
http://www.hibbingmn.com/dailytribune/?section_id=39&story_id=213347
Vanderbilt bans most gifts from drug firms
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has decided to stop doctors, faculty members and others who work on campus from accepting meals or gifts from the drug industry in a bid to reduce the companies' influence on patient care and trim spending on drugs.
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080131/BUSINESS01/801310366
Ad Hawk: Ads are anti-drug, pro-De Niro
The ads: Anti-drug public- service TV advertisements produced by the Office of National Drug Control Policy; they will air during the Feb. 3 Super Bowl.
http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/673705.html
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Submits New Drug Application for SILENOR(TM) for the Treatment of Insomnia
SAN DIEGO----Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the in-licensing and development of proprietary product candidates for the treatment of diseases and disorders in the fields of psychiatry and neurology, today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080131/20080131006043.html?.v=1
Compugen Announces In-Vivo Results For Two Peptide Anti-Inflammatory And Cardio-Protective Drug Candidates
Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ:CGEN) announced the results from initial in-vivo validation studies of CGEN-855A and CGEN-855B, two novel peptide agonists of the FPRL1 G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), which may serve as anti-inflammatory and cardio-protective drug candidates. CGEN-855A and CGEN-855B were discovered using the Company's previously announced GPCR ligand discovery platform.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/95738.php
Four Ways to Avoid Dangerous Drug Errors
Lots of mistakes happen because medications sound or look alike. Here's how to protect yourself.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/welcome/entry.php?refer=25181&pageUrl=/articles/health/2008/01/31/four-ways-to-avoid-dangerous-drug-errors.html
What Parents Can Do
The Office of National Drug Control Policy has found that more and more teenagers are turning away from drugs like marijuana and cocaine and are instead abusing prescription drugs to get high. The office urges parents to talk to their teens about the risks and recommends the following steps:
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctdrugtips0131.artjan31,0,4065747.story?track=rss
