Consumer Reports rates best buys for medicines
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The group that ranks everything from cars to DVD players started offering advice Thursday on which medicines are the best buys. Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, launched
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U.S. consumers spent more money on the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor -- more than $9 billion -- than any other prescription drug in 2004, according to federal estimates released on Wednesday.
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Some states are paying far higher prices than others for prescription drugs under the Medicaid program, but data that would help them get a better deal
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A lot of consumers across the country wouldn&#39;t purchase a lawn-mower, a van, a leaf blower or a laptop without thumbing through the pages of Consumer Reports, which they consider a bible of independent assessment for thousands of products.
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Pfizer Inc. , the world's largest drug company, is using the results of a study it sponsored to persuade doctors to switch patients to pricier doses of its blockbuster drug, Lipitor . And according to the latest sales figures, the marketing pitch is working.
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Investors reward the drugmaker for positive study results.
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Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, launched a Web site this week that helps doctors and their patients compare medicine based not only on price but also effectiveness - and in plain English.
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NEW YORK - Only 4 percent of Americans have ever used the Internet to buy prescription drugs - and even fewer do so through foreign pharmacies - despite Web sites maintained by a handful of states to help citizens import medicines more cheaply from Canada, a new study finds.    A majority - 62 percent - believe drugs bought online are less safe than those purchased from a local pharmacy, accepting the federal government's stated concerns in opposing drug imports, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said in a report Sunday...
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Despite exploding costs, most Americans got sizable life-extending bang for their medical bucks over recent decades, says one of the most sweeping studies ever of health-care value.
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MONDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer treatment trials that are funded by drug companies are more likely to show positive results than studies sponsored by other sources, new research suggests.
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Some states are paying far higher prices than others for prescription drugs under the Medicaid program, but data that would help them get a better deal are kept confidential by the federal government, a new report says.
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Spending on prescription drugs rose briskly in 2006 as the Medicare drug benefit kicked in and the government's share of expenditures for medicines surged, according to a federal study to be released today. Overall, health-care spending in the United States continued its climb, rising 6.7 percent...
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Vaccines, taxes on tobacco and   condom distribution are among the "best buys" for improving   health in developing countries, the Pan American Health   Organization said on Wednesday.
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Use of pharmaceutical products has risen to record levels in the US, with almost half the population using at least one prescription medicine regularly, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Trial results for a drug that controls bleeding include a favorable comparison with a similar product.
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Focus on consumers' everyday needs.
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Insured and wealthy Americans were more likely than the poor to get billions of dollars in free drug samples distributed by pharmaceutical companies to win patient and doctor loyalty, a study released on Wednesday showed.