After Hours: Gapapentin: A Popular and Potentially Troublesome Medicine (From the Archives)
Gabapentin has quietly become one of the most widely-prescribed drugs in America, and some say that could spell big trouble.
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FDA approves Florida’s proposal to import prescription drugs from Canada
The following is from MedPage Today. The FDA on Friday approved a plan by the state of Florida to allow direct importation to the state of drugs from Canada, many of which are expected to be at a much lower
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Pharma exec say most drugs don’t work on most people
The following is a news analysis. The vast majority of drugs – more than 90 per cent – only work in 30 or 50 per cent of the people. Dr. Allen Roses, worldwide vice president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline (2003)
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(WATCH) The Middlemen
Original air date: Dec. 18, 2022 America is more medicated than ever before and, for many, the cost of prescriptions is growing out of reach. When it comes to drug prices, you may automatically think about the pharmacy, the insurance
US medical model: ‘sick, overmedicated, and shaped by Big Pharma’
The following is an excerpt from The Vaccine Reaction. The United States is the most medicated country in the world, with 70 percent of Americans using at least one prescription drug daily. The U.S. also has the highest rates of
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After Hours: The Powerful, Unseen Middlemen Impacting Your Drug Prices (Podcast)
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are powerful, unseen middlemen impacting drug prices in a big way. The debate is over whether they’re saving you money or costing you money— and possibly costing lives.
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(WATCH) The off label usage of Gabapentin
Today we begin with a medicine that has quietly become one of the most widely-prescribed drugs in America, gabapentin. It’s most often given for illnesses it wasn’t FDA-approved to treat. That practice is legal, but some watchdogs say gabapentin’s allegedly
Full Measure After Hours: Gabapentin – a popular and potentially troublesome medicine (Podcast)
Gabapentin has quietly become one of the most widely-prescribed drugs in America, and some say that could spell big trouble. Michael Abrams of Public Citizen explains why, as neurologist Dr. Brian Callaghan offers a counterpoint.
