Use of vouchers and coupons offered by pharmaceutical companies to defray patients’ out-of-pocket drug costs is concentrated among a small number of drugs.
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Coupons And Vouchers For Drugs Cover A Sliver of Prescriptions
Posted on 07 April 2021.
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Brain Sensor Offers Alzheimer’s Answers
Posted on 19 March 2021.
Through a brain sensor, Julius Zhu, PhD, and his collaborators have found an explanation for why Alzheimer’s drugs have limited effectiveness and why patients get much worse after going off of them.
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94% Of Older Adults Given Drugs That Raise Falling Risk
Posted on 18 March 2021.
Nearly every older adult was prescribed a prescription drug that increased their risk of falling in 2017, according to new University at Buffalo research.
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Drug Costs Skyrocket: Congress Stalls On Capping Medicare Out-Of-Pockets
Posted on 05 January 2021.
Sharon Clark is able to get her life-sustaining cancer drug, Pomalyst, priced at more than $18,000 for a 28-day supply, only because of the generosity of patient assistance foundations.
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Medications: 1.1 M Medicare Recipients Could Die Due To High Prices
Posted on 24 November 2020.
More than one million Medicare patients could die over the next decade because they cannot afford to pay for their prescription medications, according to a new study.
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Dementia Patients Taking Drugs With Risks
Posted on 20 August 2020.
Nearly three-quarters of older adults with dementia have filled prescriptions for medicines that act on their brain and nervous system, but aren’t designed for dementia, a new study shows.
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