Prescription Drug Prices
Patients need better information from doctors, about the cost or their medicine, the side effects, and what’s in their medicine.
Medicine is so expensive because prices are generally shaped by what the market will bear, drugmakers and some economists argue that price controls or other efforts aimed at slowing spending by targeting profits mean cutting money that could go toward developing the next new cure. A drug’s price should reflect its effectiveness, The “most important factor” that drives prescription drug prices higher in the United States than anywhere else in the world is the existence of government-protected “monopoly” rights for drug manufacturers, researchers at Harvard Medical School report today.
Patients need to know more about
their medicine/illnesses. Patients wanted both general and specific information when considering medication treatments, they wanted basic information about side effects, Duration of treatment, and range of available treatment options. Physical and pharmacists questiond the amount of side-effect and safety information patients wanted and thought that too much information might deter patients from taking their medications more than 2000 represent empirical research articles that involved the assessment of medical patients' adherence to a variety of physician-prescribed regimens (medication, diet, exercise, lifestyle changes, etc)
Patients need to know what’s in their medicine and they need to know more things/stuff about the side effects and what the side effects can do to you. If side effects continue to bother you and you wonder if you should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower your dose or change your medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to. Anyone can feel side effects from a medicine, but there is no way to know for sure if a medicine will cause side effects for you. It may depend on how much of the medicine you take, how old you are, how much you weigh, whether you are male or female, and what other health problems you may have. Older adults are more likely to have side effects than younger adults. Taking certain medicines together may cause a bad reaction. This is called an interaction. For example, one medicine may cause side effects that create problems with other medicines, or one medicine may make another medicine stronger or weaker.
In conclusion, Patients need better information from doctors, about the cost or their medicine, the side effects, and what’s in their medicine.
Medicine is so expensive because prices are generally shaped by what the market will bear, drugmakers and some economists argue that price controls or other efforts aimed at slowing spending by targeting profits mean cutting money that could go toward developing the next new cure. A drug’s price should reflect its effectiveness, The “most important factor” that drives prescription drug prices higher in the United States than anywhere else in the world is the existence of government-protected “monopoly” rights for drug manufacturers, researchers at Harvard Medical School report today.
Patients need to know more about
their medicine/illnesses. Patients wanted both general and specific information when considering medication treatments, they wanted basic information about side effects, Duration of treatment, and range of available treatment options. Physical and pharmacists questiond the amount of side-effect and safety information patients wanted and thought that too much information might deter patients from taking their medications more than 2000 represent empirical research articles that involved the assessment of medical patients' adherence to a variety of physician-prescribed regimens (medication, diet, exercise, lifestyle changes, etc)
Patients need to know what’s in their medicine and they need to know more things/stuff about the side effects and what the side effects can do to you. If side effects continue to bother you and you wonder if you should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower your dose or change your medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to. Anyone can feel side effects from a medicine, but there is no way to know for sure if a medicine will cause side effects for you. It may depend on how much of the medicine you take, how old you are, how much you weigh, whether you are male or female, and what other health problems you may have. Older adults are more likely to have side effects than younger adults. Taking certain medicines together may cause a bad reaction. This is called an interaction. For example, one medicine may cause side effects that create problems with other medicines, or one medicine may make another medicine stronger or weaker.
In conclusion, Patients need better information from doctors, about the cost or their medicine, the side effects, and what’s in their medicine.