Long Islanders Take Unhealthy Measures To Afford Their Prescriptions A Stony Brook University Center for Survey Research poll conducted this past month reveals that Long Islanders are taking very un
healthy measures to cope with the high cost of
prescription drugs. One in five (21%) residents delay filling their
prescriptions, skip doses, or go without other necessities such as food and heat. In addition, 12% lack any
prescription drug coverage.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAsthma Medicines Often Not Prescribed As National Guidelines Recommend More than a decade after national guidelines were issued for asthma treatment, some patients still don't receive
prescriptions for the inhalers that experts say offer the safest and most effective long-term control of the disease, a new study suggests. Physicians' prescribing practices based on expert recommendations improved between 1998 and 2002 overall.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comQResearch Supports Largest European Project For The Early Detection Of Adverse Drug Reactions QResearch - a not-for-profit partnership between EMIS and the University of Nottingham - is supporting the first large scale European-wide initiative to detect adverse drug reactions (ADRs) - the ALERT project.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAstraZeneca Partners With Community Pharmacists To Help Patients Make The Most From Their Medicines, UK AstraZeneca today launched theMaking the Most of your
Medicines programme, a pioneering adherence initiativefunded by AstraZeneca, which aims to assist community pharmacists help theirpatients make the most from certain AstraZeneca
medicines. Patient adherence to a prescribed
medicine regimen is a major problem in the UK,with one in six people failing to take their
medicines correctly or fully adhering to therecommendations made by their prescriber.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLloyds Pharmacy Launch Online Store, UK Lloyds Pharmacy, the leading community pharmacy chain in the UK, has recently launched a new online store via its already established website. The new Lloyds Pharmacy online store allows customers to order
health products via the internet, and have them delivered to their homes, eliminating the need to visit the pharmacy in person.
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