October 21: National Check Your Meds Day
October 21 is National Check Your Meds Day. According to the CDC, 48.9% of the US population has used at least one prescription drug in the last 30 days. Check out these resources from Consumer Reports: Guide: CR Best Drugs for Less Too Many Meds? America’s Love Affair with Prescription Medication Who Really Needs Cholesterol and Blood Pressure Drugs Some...
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What Pharmacists Want You to Know about Your Prescription Medications
From a recent WTOP article, here are some tips from DMV-area pharmacists: If you engage in pill-splitting to save money, make sure your medications are appropriate for splitting. Splitting tablets is OK if they are scored down the middle, but splitting extended-release pills and capsules interferes with the coating. Drinking plenty of water when taking pills to make sure they go...
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Generics and Smokeless Tobacco: The Facts
There’s new research on how you should spend your money on medications and on products to help quit tobacco. Source Prescriptions The “Yelp of medicine” (TIME Magazine), a website called Iodine, recently showed through consumer data that patient satisfaction is about the same between generic and brand-name medicines. One of the easiest ways to save money on prescriptions is to...
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