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Consumer Strategy
- Prudent Use of Medications
- Avoiding Drug Interactions (posted 7/24/11)
- Preventing Medication Errors (posted 9/4/05)
- How Reduce Drug Costs (to be posted)
- Generic drugs: What You Need to Know (posted 11/7/05)
- Steer Clear of Bioidentical Hormone Therapy (revised 1/19/08)
- Prescription Justice Newsletter (news related to lowering drug costs)
Problems in the Marketplace
- Unethical Behavior by Pharmacists
- Beware of Illegally Sold Diabetes Products (posted 8/4/13)
- American Pharmacists Association Code of Ethics (posted 7/19/11)
- Misuse of Compounding By Pharmacists
- The Special Risks of Pharmacy Compounding (posted 9/6/11)
- Pharmacists Accused in Hydrogen Peroxide Death (posted 11/26/05)
- FTC Warns against "Free Medication" Scams (posted 10/18/05)
- Medication Safety Alert: Intravenous Colchicine (posted 5/1/07)
- Fraud Actions against Drug Comnpanies under False Claims Act (posted 1/6/11)
- Major Generic Manufacturer Agrees to Pay $500 Million to Settle Criminal and Civil Charges (posted 5/19/13)
- OIG Reports That Medicare Paid for Drugs Ordered by Individuals without Prescribing Authority (posted 6/27/13)
- OIG Concerned about Medicare Spending for Opiods and Compounded Drugs (posted 6/18/16)
Drug Advertising
- Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Debated at Senate Hearing
- AMA Calls for Moratorium on Direct-to-Consumer Ads for New Drugs (posted 6/20/06)
- GAO Recommends Greater Direct-to-Consumer Ad Oversight (posted 2/14/07)
Pharmacy Compounding
- FDA Compliance Policy Guide for Pharmacy Compounding (posted 11/26/05)
- Prescription Drugs: State and Federal Oversight of Drug Compounding by Pharmacies (2003 GAO Report) (posted 11/26/05)
- Limited FDA Survey of Compounded Drug Products (2003) (posted 11/27/05)
- Hearing on Federal And State Role in Pharmacy Compounding and Reconstitution (2003) (posted 11/27/05)
- Testimony of Sarah L. Sellers, PharmD (2003) (posted 11/27/05)
- Tricare paying too much for compounded pain creams (posted 5/10/15)
Regulation
- FDA Warning Letters to Compounding Pharmacies
- FDA Warning Letters to Drug Companies (link to another site)
- Compounding Pharmacy Indicted for Illegal Hormone Sales (posted 10/20/07)
- Criminal Prosecutions of Drug Companies (updated 5/18/13)
- Fourteen Charged In Internet Pharmacy Ring (posted 12/22/07)
- National Clearinghouse on Internet Prescribing (posted 2/19/09)
- Why Americans Should Be Permitted to Buy Their Drugs from Reputable Foreign Pharmacies (posted 8/24/11)
- Why All Clinical Trials Should Be Registered
- Ranbaxy USA Agrees to Pay $500 Million to Settle Criminal and Civil Charges (revised 2/2/14)
- FDA Bans Marketing of Testosterone as "Anti-Aging" Drug (posted 3/6/15)
- Senators Urge HHS to Authorize Drug Importation (posted 1/15/16)
Links to Other Sites
- Campaign for Personal Prescription Importation (CPPI)
- Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA) (accredits Canadian pharmacies)
- Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
- Drug Effectiveness Review Project
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices
- NIH Database on Individual Drugs
- PharmacyChecker.com (drug price comparison, worldwide)
- Pill Identifier at Drugs.com
- Pharmahelper (drug price comparison, U.S.A.)
- Prescription Justice Action Group (aims to lower drug prices)
- RxFacts.org
- RxRights.org (working to for access to safe, afforable drugs)
- Science-Based Pharmacy Blog
- True Cost of Health-Care
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