Bill Maher Bill Maher – one of my very favorite comedians—pokes fun at our over-dependency on prescription drugs in his stand-up routine The Decider. I like how Maher says we “come up with the pill before the disease.” Sometimes it certainly seems that way!
Apparently, half of America is on prescription meds “Americans buy much more medicine per person than any other country. But it was unclear how their prescriptions compare to those of insured people elsewhere. Comparable data were not available for Europe, for instance. Medco’s data show that last year, 51 percent of American children and adults ...
On May 5, Walmart announced that it will offer up to 350 generic drugs at $10 for a 90-day supply. The retailer will also offer several women’s medications at a discount and lower the price of more than 1,000 over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. This is the latest phase of a program that began in 2006 by ...
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Prescription drugs are an extremely sensitive and controversial subject, so there are almost too many to list, but for the purposes of my blog, I will be focusing on a few specific issues: The Marketing and Advertising of Prescription Drugs. Seriously, what is the deal? You can’t turn on the television without being bombarded with ...