Author: Eldon Beauchamp
Authorized generics let brand drug companies launch their own generic versions, undercutting independent competitors and reducing true market competition. Here’s how they distort the system meant to lower drug prices.
Learn how to review and switch Medicare drug plans during Open Enrollment to save on prescription costs. Key steps include checking formularies, pharmacy networks, and using the Medicare Plan Finder tool.
Learn how to track medication expiration dates in your cabinet with simple, practical steps. Avoid dangerous expired pills and reduce waste without expensive tech.
Monoclonal antibody biosimilars offer proven, cost-effective alternatives to expensive cancer and autoimmune drugs. Learn which ones are approved, how they work, and why they’re changing patient care worldwide.
Grief and depression look similar but are fundamentally different. Learn how to tell them apart, recognize when grief becomes prolonged, and find the right support for real healing.
EHR integration connects pharmacies and providers to share patient data in real time, reducing errors, improving adherence, and cutting hospital readmissions. Learn how it works, why adoption is slow, and what’s changing in 2025.
Managing therapeutic equivalence in combination drugs requires more than matching active ingredients. Learn how dose differences, generic substitutions, and formulation changes can impact patient safety-and what clinicians and pharmacists must do to prevent errors.
Rosuvastatin is one of the most potent statins for lowering LDL cholesterol, but it requires careful monitoring for muscle pain, kidney function, and blood sugar changes. Learn what to watch for and when to act.
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a rare but life-threatening reaction to heparin that causes low platelets and dangerous blood clots. Learn the symptoms, risk factors, and how it’s diagnosed and treated.
Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease that hardens skin and damages internal organs. Learn about its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and how it differs from other autoimmune conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
