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Many neurologists unaware of AED safety risks
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A study by Johns Hopkins researchers shows that a fifth of U.S. neurologists appear unaware of serious drug safety risks associated with various anti-epilepsy drugs, potentially jeopardizing the health of patients who could be just as effectively treated with safer alternative medications.
Is your medication out of stock? Here’s how to get it anyway.
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The pharmaceutical supply chain is broken, but if you’re facing a drug shortage, you have more power than you think…
Tags: Angels for change, consumer power, drug shortage, pharmacy benefit managers
Depressing news about popular painkillers…
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If you thought you were depressed before, wait till you finish this paragraph.
Researchers say popular painkillers could block the effects of antidepressants like Celexa, Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac or Lexapro…
Tags: acetaminophen, Advil, Aleve, anti-inflammatory, antidepressants, Celexa, Lexapro, Motrin, NSAIDS, painkillers, Paxil, Prozac, SSRIs, Tylenol, Zoloft
Ketamine — party drug or pain manager?
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Almost everybody knows about actor Matthew Perry’s tragic death.
But not everybody knows about the ground-breaking benefits of Ketamine.
How it’s helping some people with drug resistant depression, unrelenting pain, crippling anxiety.
“This has been life-changing for my friend who used to call me all of the time in tears from some emotional drama or another.
I used to have to talk her off a cliff, now we just talk like healthy people.” – Beth, Colorado
Tags: anxiety, drug-resistant depression, ketamine, mental health, pain, PTSD
Bipolar versus epilepsy. Kissing cousins?
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Yes they’re related. And they even overlap. Although one doesn’t necessarily cause the other.
A psychiatrist might tell you that you are bipolar. A neurologist might diagnose you with psychogenic nonepileptic seizure (PNES).
So which is it?
Senators Thrash BIG Pharma CEOs for Pricing Drugs Higher in the U.S.
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One in four Americans can’t afford their prescription drugs.
No big surprise.
Price are higher than any other wealthy nation.
Here are some stunning examples: Johnson & Johnson’s arthritis drug Ustekinumab (Stelara) costs $79,000 in the U.S.
But it costs $20,000 in Canada and $12,000 in France.
Tags: BIG Pharma, corruption, governmemt, political system, prescription drugs, U.S., well-paid lobbists
How much is epilepsy costing YOU?
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Here’s a look at how epilepsy can affect your pocketbook. And why it’s called an “orphan disease”.
Cause of death – medical debt
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How many of you have heard or witnessed people in the ER waiting room – waiting and waiting – no matter how serious their condition.
Because they have nowhere else to go.
They simply can’t afford it.
Tags: death sentence, ER, insurance, medical care, Medical Debt Relief Act
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