Download or read book The Prescription Drug Savings Guide written by Phil Philcox and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an essential resource that enables the uninsured to save thousands ofdollars on medications.
Download or read book How to Save on Prescription Drugs written by Edward Jardini and published by Celestial Arts. This book was released on 2008 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the pharmaceutical industry spending $8 billion per year on direct marketing to physicians, everyone winds up paying the bill through escalating prescription costs. This handbook gives patients the tools they need to become informed consumers and work with their doctors to reduce their prescription drug regimen expenses. Providing useful tips like eliminating unnecessary medications, resisting samples, substituting generic drugs, and splitting higher-dose tablets, physician Edward Jardini helps patients take charge of their own health, prescriptions, and wallets.
Download or read book How to Save Thousands on Prescription Medication written by Ira Robinson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because millions of them cannot afford the prescription drugs they desperately need, seniors and the uninsured poor and disabled are the main focus of this book. This book shows qualified persons the many programs available and how they can obtain free, low-cost, or discounted medications from a variety of these public and private sources. This book is also a "must read" for all patients who require prescription drug therapy whether they are uninsured, under-insured or fully insured to help them maximize the value of the prescription medications they get. This valuable information can be helpful to all of these patients, their doctors and other health-care providers, as well as their other care-givers. Included in this book are numerous tips to help patients save hundreds, even thousands, of dollars in prescription drug costs yearly.
Download or read book The Risks of Prescription Drugs written by Donald Light and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few people realize that prescription drugs have become a leading cause of death, disease, and disability. Adverse reactions to widely used drugs, such as psychotropics and birth control pills, as well as biologicals, result in FDA warnings against adverse reactions. The Risks of Prescription Drugs describes how most drugs approved by the FDA are under-tested for adverse drug reactions, yet offer few new benefits. Drugs cause more than 2.2 million hospitalizations and 110,000 hospital-based deaths a year. Serious drug reactions at home or in nursing homes would significantly raise the total. Women, older people, and people with disabilities are least used in clinical trials and most affected. Health policy experts Donald Light, Howard Brody, Peter Conrad, Allan Horwitz, and Cheryl Stults describe how current regulations reward drug companies to expand clinical risks and create new diseases so millions of patients are exposed to unnecessary risks, especially women and the elderly. They reward developing marginally better drugs rather than discovering breakthrough, life-saving drugs. The Risks of Prescription Drugs tackles critical questions about the pharmaceutical industry and the privatization of risk. To what extent does the FDA protect the public from serious side effects and disasters? What is the effect of giving the private sector and markets a greater role and reducing public oversight? This volume considers whether current rules and incentives put patients' health at greater risk, the effect of the expansion of disease categories, the industry's justification of high U.S. prices, and the underlying shifts in the burden of risk borne by individuals in the world of pharmaceuticals. Chapters cover risks of statins for high cholesterol, SSRI drugs for depression and anxiety, and hormone replacement therapy for menopause. A final chapter outlines six changes to make drugs safer and more effective. Suitable for courses on health and aging, gender, disability, and minority studies, this book identifies the Risk Proliferation Syndrome that maximizes the number of people exposed to these risks. Additional Columbia / SSRC books on the privatization of risk and its implications for Americans: Bailouts: Public Money, Private ProfitEdited by Robert E. Wright Disaster and the Politics of InterventionEdited by Andrew Lakoff Health at Risk: America's Ailing Health System-and How to Heal ItEdited by Jacob S. Hacker Laid Off, Laid Low: Political and Economic Consequences of Employment InsecurityEdited by Katherine S. Newman Pensions, Social Security, and the Privatization of RiskEdited by Mitchell A. Orenstein
Download or read book eDrugSearch com s 99 Ways to Save Money On Your Prescription Drugs 2012 Edition written by Cary Byrd and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategies Used by Adults to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs written by Robin A. Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prescription Drugs for Half Price or Less written by Stephen Hyde and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-10-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to save up to 50, 70, even 90% on your prescription drug costs, this is the book you need. Stephen S. S. Hyde, founder of Hyde Rx Services Corporation, is the leading authority on low-cost prescription drug benefits, and now he’s offering individual consumers the expertise he provides to America’s employers and health plans. With the simple, cost-saving techniques outlined in this revolutionary book, you can save literally hundreds, even thousands of dollars on your family’s prescription medications. You’ll discover: • The seven questions you should ask your doctor before he writes a prescription • How your pharmacist can save you money • How to get FREE prescription drugs • How to save on generic, over-the-counter, and brand-name drugs • How to get the lowest prices from retail, mail-order, online, and Canadian pharmacies • How you may be eligible for discount cards and other assistance programs • A Special Seniors Medicare Drug Benefit Report, and much more! With an appendix of directories, pharmacies, and websites to get you started, this book will pay for itself with your very first prescription!
Download or read book Fast Start Guide How to Save Money on Prescription Drugs written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day, thousands of Americans worry about increasing prescription costs and how they are going to pay for their medications. In some cases, they have to choose between groceries and medications. To make matters worse, often medical bills are not covered by insurance or people do not have medical insurance because they cannot afford it. Diana Loera delves into the often hidden tips and shortcuts to reduce or even eliminate prescription costs. She also includes advice on how to handle uncovered medical bills. If you or a loved one are facing rising medication costs or are simply tired of having to cut back on other things to afford medications, you may find a solution in this book. If, like thousands of Americans, you are dealing with the stress of unpaid medical bills due to not having insurance or insurance refusing to cover even the most basic things, this book may give you some insight on what you can do to reduce your uncovered medical bills. This is not a miracle, reduce all prescriptions to zero cost book but it is a book with solid tips and an extensive resource directory of companies and foundations ready and willing to help those with various medical conditions. Even if you only find one tip in this book that lowers your prescription costs by a couple dollars a month, you are still saving money that can be used for other things. The main thing is, you have decided it is time to take action to find a way to reduce your prescription costs. This book is an easy to follow resource to help you find possible solutions.
Download or read book How to Save Money on Your Prescription Drugs written by West Conner and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-12 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you tired of paying these ridiculous prices month after month at the pharmacy?Do you feel like you are being ripped off by someone but there is nothing you can do about it?You are not alone in these feelings. As a pharmacist, I hear complaints about the rising price of prescription drugs. I'm here to tell you there is an answer. The techniques outlined here WILL save you money. In this book, there are over TWENTY FIVE money saving ideas including:* HOW TO SAVE MORE MONEY WITHOUT USING YOUR INSURANCE* DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES TO SAVE 75% ON THE SAME DRUG* WHY YOUR DOCTOR DOES NOT PRESCRIBE THE CHEAPEST DRUG* HOW TO EASILY GET PRESCRIPTIONS ABSOLUTELY FREE* HOW TO REDUCE YOUR TRIPS TO THE PHARMACY* WHAT ARE THE BEST OVER THE COUNTER REMEDIESBy combining some of the ideas listed, you can greatly reduce your monthly cost. The effort is in the beginning. Once you streamline your medications, you simply coast on autopilot, saving money every month.
Download or read book Strategies Used by Adults to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs written by Robin A. Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-06-16 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opioid crisis in the United States has come about because of excessive use of these drugs for both legal and illicit purposes and unprecedented levels of consequent opioid use disorder (OUD). More than 2 million people in the United States are estimated to have OUD, which is caused by prolonged use of prescription opioids, heroin, or other illicit opioids. OUD is a life-threatening condition associated with a 20-fold greater risk of early death due to overdose, infectious diseases, trauma, and suicide. Mortality related to OUD continues to escalate as this public health crisis gathers momentum across the country, with opioid overdoses killing more than 47,000 people in 2017 in the United States. Efforts to date have made no real headway in stemming this crisis, in large part because tools that already existâ€"like evidence-based medicationsâ€"are not being deployed to maximum impact. To support the dissemination of accurate patient-focused information about treatments for addiction, and to help provide scientific solutions to the current opioid crisis, this report studies the evidence base on medication assisted treatment (MAT) for OUD. It examines available evidence on the range of parameters and circumstances in which MAT can be effectively delivered and identifies additional research needed.
Download or read book 99 Practical Ways to Save on Prescription Drugs written by Noel Magsino and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report to the President written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 25,1999, the President directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study prescription drug costs and trends for Medicare beneficiaries. He asked that the study investigate: price differences for the most commonly used drugs for people with and without coverage; drug spending by people of various ages, as a percentage of income and of total health spending; and trends in drug expenditures by people of different ages, as a percentage of income and of total health spending. This report is the Department's response to that request. It represents the work of individuals and agencies throughout the Department, including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).
Download or read book Drugs For Less written by Michael P. Cecil, M.D. and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2005-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first easy-to-use reference guide to saving 50% or more on the 250 most commonly prescribed medications in the United States. Over 40 million Americans lack health insurance. Another 40 million Americans are insured by Medicare and do not have prescription medications as a covered benefit. The 50 million covered by Medicaid are threatened by reduced benefits and limited formulary coverage. Even the 74 million Baby Boomers with health insurance are impacted, as pharmaceutical companies pass their costs on in the form of higher co-pays and insurance premiums. We all are affected by the problem of rising prescription drug costs. Drugs for Less is the answer to the problem. Empowering consumers with needed information, the book outlines seven simple strategies to reduce rising pharmaceutical prices. Here, for example, are tips on how to ensure that drugs you buy online are safe, guidelines on how to slice medications, and information on which generic drugs are more effective than the expensive brand-name versions. Most importantly, the book includes an extensive directory of the 250 most commonly prescribed medications with specific information on how to save money on that drug. Making sense of the convoluted system of pricing drugs and showing you how to beat it, Drugs for Less is the best investment you can make in your health. Visit www.drmichael.com for more information.
Download or read book 801 Prescription Drugs written by Frank W. Cawood and Associates and published by FC&A Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Medicines Affordable written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnesses that were long deemed untreatable. At the same time, however, the United States is facing the vexing challenge of a seemingly uncontrolled rise in the cost of health care. Total medical expenditures are rapidly approaching 20 percent of the gross domestic product and are crowding out other priorities of national importance. The use of increasingly expensive prescription drugs is a significant part of this problem, making the cost of biopharmaceuticals a serious national concern with broad political implications. Especially with the highly visible and very large price increases for prescription drugs that have occurred in recent years, finding a way to make prescription medicinesâ€"and health care at largeâ€"more affordable for everyone has become a socioeconomic imperative. Affordability is a complex function of factors, including not just the prices of the drugs themselves, but also the details of an individual's insurance coverage and the number of medical conditions that an individual or family confronts. Therefore, any solution to the affordability issue will require considering all of these factors together. The current high and increasing costs of prescription drugsâ€"coupled with the broader trends in overall health care costsâ€"is unsustainable to society as a whole. Making Medicines Affordable examines patient access to affordable and effective therapies, with emphasis on drug pricing, inflation in the cost of drugs, and insurance design. This report explores structural and policy factors influencing drug pricing, drug access programs, the emerging role of comparative effectiveness assessments in payment policies, changing finances of medical practice with regard to drug costs and reimbursement, and measures to prevent drug shortages and foster continued innovation in drug development. It makes recommendations for policy actions that could address drug price trends, improve patient access to affordable and effective treatments, and encourage innovations that address significant needs in health care.
Download or read book Prescription for Maximum Savings written by Jason Reed and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You won't look at prescription drug advertisements the same way again after reading this eye-opening book. Although doctors know a lot about diseases, physiology and psychology, most of them know extremely little about the real COST of the medication they prescribe to their patients. In this eye-opening book, Jason Reed exposes the symbiotic relationship between Big Pharma, insurance companies and healthcare providers where profits, not the medical needs and financial well-being of patients, are the primary industry motivators. He explains how they trick unsuspecting patients with low up front copays, only to cost you big-time in the long run. In Prescription For Maximum Savings, you're going to learn why it doesn't have to cost you a fortune to be in good health. Here's a snippet of what you're going to discover in this book: How you can realize 50-80% savings over your current medication spend How to ensure you really need medication for the symptoms you have or if they could be caused by another medication How savvy patients armed with knowledge have specific, actionable conversations with their doctor to optimize wellness How to prevent future medication costs from wiping out your financial freedom How to optimize and make sense of all the options thrown at you and safely navigate the fine print of healthcare contracts. Having worked for large Pharmacy Benefit Manager for well over a decade, Reed will equip you with all the tools you need to navigate deliberately confusing health insurance loopholes with this simple, step-by-step manual chock full with money-saving ideas and obtaining healthcare at the best possible prices. Scroll up and click the button to buy now! Jason Reed graduated from Butler University as a Doctor of Pharmacy and has been involved in various roles with a Pharmacy Benefits Manager for fifteen years. He is an active member and experienced speaker in healthcare industry organizations.
