Finally A New Drug- How Does Your Doctor Know?
Carolyn Thompson
Last month the FDA approved forty new medications and 6 new drugs received tentative approval.
With so numerous drugs being produced and approved it is mind boggling to consider how doctors, pharmacists, pharmacy techs, can keep pace with the data.
At last Auidiolearn.net is the perfect information conduit. They provide audios with over five hundred commonly prescribed drugs. The public and medical professionals can also subscribe to the monthly updates at no charge. Audio learning? This is a welcome resource. The audio includes mechanism of action, side effects, indications and interactions. When else will these busy professionals have a chance to keep current the most recent drugs?
It is easy to find a doctor who has not heard of a newly approved medication that will have fewer side effects or treat an illness more effectively. When was the last time a physician prescribed an inferior drug than one that recently approved for distribution prescribe the most current medication? No one knows. It is going to take which is of less value than an alternative on the market. Many patients suffer significant side effects, such as, stomach pains, muscle aches, bloating, cramping and rapid heart beat or worse.
Mosthealth insurance companies don't cover brand name medications, when a generic alternative is available. What happens if the drug store fills a prescription (http://www.audiolearn.net/Pharmaceutical_Drugs/Pharmaceutical_Drugs.html) as prescribed and there is a generic available? A drug store that is aware of the generic alternative may cal the physician to see if they will the generic. A pharmacy technician may first realize this when they try to charge the insurance company and it comes back. Sometimes no one notices until the order is filled and the customer goes to pick up their prescription.
Customers ask the pharmacy tech why the charge is so high and the pharmacist looks into it. Of course, this takes up the pharmacy tech's time. They come back and say that a generic is available and the insurance company will not provide the coverage to brand name medications! Some consumers may ask that the pharmacist call the physicians office.
On the other hand most customers aren't aware of the problem with the price. They won't say anything and will either pay the higher price or not buy the drugs regardless of how badly it is necessary. The higher price without insurance coverage is not affordable for numerous people.
This may seem unbelievable, but there are millions of elderly consumers who have to choose between prescriptions (http://www.audiolearn.net/Pharmaceutical_Drugs/Review.html) and eating. They simply don't have enough money for both. Obviously, it is an unacceptable situation, but it takes time and energy to keep up.
Whether you are a physician, nurse, pharmacist, pharmacy (http://www.audiolearn.net/Pharmaceutical_Drugs/Reference.html) tech I implore you to take an active roll in giving your patients with the most current information.
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