Swallow This: What To Consider When Taking Meds As An Older Adult
January 8, 2020
If you’ve reached a certain age, chances are there are a lot of pill bottles lurking in your medicine cabinet. Some may be old and expired and you just don’t know how to get rid of them. Others may be over-the-counter meds for pain or allergy relief. And others may…
Pill Popping: Technology Assists To Track Your Medications
November 20, 2019
For anyone who’s tried, you know that managing multiple medications on a daily basis is no picnic. Just trying to remember to take your medications, let alone managing the dosages, can be a challenge, especially for those suffering from multiple chronic illnesses or with diminished cognitive capacity. And for your…
Double Take: Finding Ways Around Excessive Medication Costs
August 28, 2019
Most of us have suffered this sticker shock: You show up at the pharmacy to pick up a new prescription and are astonished at the price- and that’s even if you have insurance. Those with modest or no insurance face a more daunting prospect, including forgoing a costly medication even…
A King’s Ransom: The Unending Rise of Medication Costs
June 5, 2019
You probably didn’t need a new study to confirm this fact: the costs of the most popular medications keep rising and there seems no end in sight to the uptick. Published in JAMA, this new study looked at drug pricing for 49 common, top-selling brand-name drugs, and the findings were…
Are You Doing Drugs? Compliance With Your Prescribed Medications
April 30, 2019
Do you take your medications the way your doctor prescribes them? If not, what’s stopping you? You probably already know that there’s value in sticking to a medication regimen. Doing so consistently can help relieve symptoms, treat disease, and improve your quality of life. It can also minimize hospital admissions…
Deliver The Goods: April 27th Is The Day To Hand In Your Old Prescription Drugs
April 17, 2019
What’s currently in your medicine cabinet? Besides the old nail polish bottles and the decades-old makeup samples, have you also held on to a myriad of medications you no longer take or need? If that sounds like you then prepare for April 27th: The DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) Rx National…