[ad_1] Most people, study after study shows, don’t take the medicines prescribed for them. It doesn’t matter what they are — statins, high blood pressure drugs, drugs to lower blood sugar, asthma drugs. Either patients never start taking them, or they stop. It’s a problem that doctors call nonadherence — the common human tendency to… Continue reading Patients Hate ‘Forever’ Drugs. Are Ozempic and Wegovy Different?
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Patients Hate ‘Forever’ Drugs. Are Ozempic and Wegovy Different?
[ad_1] Most people, study after study shows, don’t take the medicines prescribed for them. It doesn’t matter what they are — statins, high blood pressure drugs, drugs to lower blood sugar, asthma drugs. Either patients never start taking them, or they stop. It’s a problem that doctors call nonadherence — the common human tendency to… Continue reading Patients Hate ‘Forever’ Drugs. Are Ozempic and Wegovy Different?
Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs
[ad_1] In June 2021, the insurance plan for North Carolina state employees was paying for 2,800 people to take weight-loss drugs. Last year, it paid for nearly 25,000. Medications like Wegovy cost the North Carolina State Health Plan $100 million last year, rising seemingly out of nowhere to represent 10 percent of its spending on… Continue reading Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs
Why do your prescription drugs cost so much?
[ad_1] I was in line at a pharmacy recently as the customer ahead of me was picking up her prescription. The pharmacist matter-of-factly said: “that’ll be $850.” All she could say was “really?” She left without her prescription, telling the pharmacist she’d have to call her doctor about a less costly alternative. Many of us… Continue reading Why do your prescription drugs cost so much?
Use of ADHD Drugs Surged During Pandemic, Study Finds
[ad_1] The News Prescriptions for drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder surged during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly among women and patients ages 20 to 39, according to new research compiled by scholars affiliated with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The increase came as prescription rates held relatively steady for other key classes… Continue reading Use of ADHD Drugs Surged During Pandemic, Study Finds
Eliquis and Jardiance Among First Drugs Picked for Medicare Price Negotiations
[ad_1] The Biden administration on Tuesday announced the first 10 medicines that will be subject to price negotiations with Medicare, kicking off a landmark program that is expected to reduce the government’s drug spending but is being fought by the pharmaceutical industry in court. The medications on the list are taken by millions of older… Continue reading Eliquis and Jardiance Among First Drugs Picked for Medicare Price Negotiations
Expert Panel Recommends New Drugs for HIV Prevention
[ad_1] An influential expert panel has given its highest recommendation to an expanded menu of H.I.V. prevention strategies for adults and adolescents, a move that will require private insurers to cover the drugs without a co-pay or deductible under the Affordable Care Act. The recommendation arrives as the Biden administration is fighting to preserve no-cost… Continue reading Expert Panel Recommends New Drugs for HIV Prevention
Where Ozempic, Wegovy and New Weight Loss Drugs Came From
[ad_1] Every so often a drug comes along that has the potential to change the world. Medical specialists say the latest to offer that possibility are the new drugs that treat obesity — Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and more that may soon be coming onto the market. It’s early, but nothing like these drugs has existed… Continue reading Where Ozempic, Wegovy and New Weight Loss Drugs Came From
Weight-loss drugs may raise risk of complications under anesthesia
[ad_1] Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia. This summer’s guidance to halt the medication for up to a week may not go far enough, either. Some anesthesiologists in the U.S. and Canada… Continue reading Weight-loss drugs may raise risk of complications under anesthesia
3 Factors Keeping Americans From Wegovy and Other Weight-Loss Drugs
[ad_1] A Statistic That Sums It Up: 15 percent. That’s the median weight loss experienced by people who take Wegovy, a drug from Novo Nordisk. The new drugs are the first truly effective obesity medicines. They act by stemming people’s appetites and cravings for food. Many patients started by taking Ozempic, a diabetes drug also… Continue reading 3 Factors Keeping Americans From Wegovy and Other Weight-Loss Drugs