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stevepb/PixabayGeneric drugs can seem like lifesavers for people in need of medicine. They cost less than the name-brand drugs with the same formulation, and insurance… -
PixabayMultiply by five. That is the general formula for computing the price of a prescription drug in the United States, versus what it costs in the rest of…
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Price spikes of prescription drugs are the focus of a new report from the Oregon Prescription Drug Price Transparency Program. Included in its findings…
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Congress has been reluctant to take action on high prescription drug prices, so the states have made some moves on their own. A flock of bills in front of…
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Pick a drug and follow the trend in its price. There's a good chance the price went up in recent years, up by a lot for a big brand-name drug. Drug…
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Oregon is working to reduce the misuse of opioid pain medication, like a lot of other states. But in the eyes of one state agency, another state agency…
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The Oregon Legislature is not quite as party-divided as Congress, but there's still not a great deal of cooperation between parties. So it's notable that…
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The reaction was sharp and negative when Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of one of its drugs... from $13.50 per pill to $750.00. The company CEO…
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Addictions to opioid prescription drugs are all too common in America. But facilities to treat people who've become addicted can be harder to…
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By the latest figures, Oregon has the second highest rate of opioid drug addiction of any state. People who would never think of taking heroin by needle…
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The search for pain relief is turning respectable members of the community into drug addicts.It's happened for years, since the introduction of the highly…
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While we stayed focused on heroin and other illegal drugs, prescription painkiller leaped to the top of the list of most-abused drugs in America. Efforts…
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The medical powers-that-be are so concerned about bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics that Oregon has a program in place to discourage the…
