We’re nearing the end of the year, and many people are already in open enrollment for next year’s health coverage, which means it is a great time to plan ahead for your 2010 drug expenditures. No, you can’t know every medication you are going to need, but if you are on a popular, patented maintenance [...]

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A diagnosis of high cholesterol can be intimidating, but there is a lot you can do to control this condition. In addition to modifying your diet and upping your exercise, the addition of a HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor — a class of drugs commonly called “statins” — can safely and effectively lower your cholesterol. (HMG-CoA Reductase [...]

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Lipitor was the most frequently prescribed brand-name drug in the United States last year, with 50 million prescriptions being filled. Vytorin was right up there, with 20 million. Add in all the other statins and you’re up to an amazing 150 million.
As you might expect, we’ve had a fair amount of discussion in [...]

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As you know, we like to post links to parodies of pharmaceutical commercials. Rather than publish these individually, though, I thought I’d provide all these links in a single roundup post. Here are some popular parodies of current drug ads — one for each drug. (Be warned that some of them are a [...]

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Here are the top 25 drug and medical condition searches on eDrugSearch.com for the month of December:
1. Accupril
2. Provigil
3. Viagra
4. Combivent
5. Acyclovir
6. Phentermine
7. Statins
8. Acne
9. Yasmin
10. Plavix
11. Lipitor
12. Crestor
13. Anxiety
14. Synthroid
15. Anaphylaxis
16. Valtrex
17. Topamax
18. Vytorin
19. Remeron
20. Xenical
21. Imitrex
22. Levaquin
23. Byetta
24. Celebrex
25. Strattera
As we state each month, the list isn’t a perfect [...]

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For about a year and half now, Dr. Robert Jarvik, inventor of the artificial heart, has been a paid endorser for the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor. Pfizer keeps using Jarvik despite his being branded a “fop” who goes over like a lead balloon by the all-powerful John Mack. He’s also been called “Gollum-y” by [...]

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We thought it would be of interest to pharma bloggers and others to share a monthly list of the most-searched-for medications and medical conditions on eDrugSearch.com. Here are the top 25 searches for the month of September:
1. High Blood Pressure
2. Abilify
3. Provigil
4. Yasmin
5. Lipitor
6. Lamisil
7. Synthroid
8. Levitra
9. Phentermine
10. Vytorin
11. Topamax
12. [...]

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Pfizer took a pounding in the stock market today after announcing poor earnings. The drug giant blamed increased competition from generics and lower than anticipated earnings from Lipitor, it’s bread-and-butter brand. According to Reuters,
The world’s biggest drug maker, whose shares fell more than 3 percent in morning trading, said it earned $1.27 [...]

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MSN has a helpful article on saving money on your prescription medications by splitting pills:
In pill splitting, patients cut larger-dose tablets in half to double the amount of smaller-dose pills they receive in a single prescription — for example, dividing 40-milligram tablets to create twice as many 20-milligram doses for the same price. And since [...]

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Pfizer has received approval to sell the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor, its number-one seller, under five new categories. According to reports, Lipitor
is now recommended for use in patients at high risk for cardiovascular conditions because of prior MI, heart surgery, or chest pain with evidence of atherosclerosis and to reduce the risk of non-fatal [...]

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