Comments on: Americans Are Cutting Back On Prescriptions

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:47:19 +0000

Thanks for the information on prescrptions. I suppose that makes encse. Rising pricing are likely to effect everything. We recently wrote an article on prescription data at Brain Blogger. The compilation and dealing of physician prescribing habits has been a commonplace practice from the 1990’s to today. But, pharmacists have no idea that this is going on. We would like to read your comments on our article. Thank you. Sincerely, Kelly

By: Just A Thought

Just A Thought — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:20:58 +0000

Wonder if people are going to doctors less altogether? It seems sometimes that all they do is write prescriptions and put a band-aid on the problem.
Maybe the ads are doing more harm than good for the pharmaceutical companies (medical information burn out) and that people are coming to be aware of side effects that they didn’t consider before hearing them over and over on TV. Who here hasn’t watched those ads and thought to themselves~ ‘I’m better off with the condition than with 20 possible side effects’?
Or lack of trust in any entity that claims the solution to everything is to take a pill. People doing more and more of their own research instead of blindly swallowing something.
Top that all off with pharmaceutical literature all over the doctors offices, making them seem like millions of billboards with seating, across the country.
Etc..

By: Jack2

Jack2 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:29:01 +0000

Patients/Consumers can contact the company (or, if you prefer, the FDA’s Medwatch program directly at http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/how.htm or 1-888-INFO-FDA) to report an adverse event.

Also, most studies (although I’m too lazy to look up any refs now) show that price has the greatest single effect on whether or not a patient refills a prescription.

By: LILli

LILli — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:59:51 +0000

It is not all about price, but also that tmany people are concerned about the after effects that medications are causing, especially the killer of all—-STATINS. I soken to hundreds of people complaining about statins and every statin had made them feel sick. They could not work or do their normal work routine. Doctors are covering up the many fatalies that statins have caused. That is due to the fact thst the medical profession does not report problems with adverse serious side effects, it is not mandorty,only if the doctorvolunteers. The time has come for the patient to have a voice in the toxic checmicals that the medical and pharmceuticals are pushing,whether it is necessary or not.

By: Rich Rotfort

Rich Rotfort — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:29:05 +0000

Some reasons for the drop in prescriptions may be that:

1. An increase in the number of Mail-Order prescriptions for a 90 day supply.

2. Walgreens and others are pushing their program for 90 day supply instead of the usual 30 days as covered by most insurances…therefore the number of prescriptions filled are reduced by a third.