Tackling High Drug Prices
The White House has rolled out a plan to reduce the cost of prescription drugs nationally. Experts and those involved discuss elements of the plan and how it might work.
Medicare Tackles the Opioid Epidemic
Experts discuss the new limits on Medicare prescriptions of opioids, and whether the limits will cause more pain for patients or if they will hinder the temptation to overprescribe.
Alternatives to Opioids for Pain
The crisis with opioid painkillers is making doctors look at alternative medicine therapies for a substitute for these drugs.
Shortening the Course of Antibiotics
Since the introduction of antibiotics doctors have prescribed courses of treatment that typically ran longer than necessary but bacterial resistance is forcing a reevaluation.
Medical Notes: Week of March 12, 2017
The increase in drug overdose deaths, vitamin D to ward off infections, and drug prices.
Remaking the FDA
Some FDA commissioner candidates have proposed radical reform. Experts discuss what reform might look like and what the FDA needs to better succeed.
Can Primary Care Doctors End the Opioid Epidemic?
Primary care doctors can treat opioid addiction in their offices using drug substitution therapy potentially erasing the stigma of getting treatment.
Direct to Consumer Drug Advertising
Experts discuss the pro's and cons of direct to consumer advertising and its effect on patients and physicians.
Drug Shortages
Hospitals have been plagued by shortages of important drugs, sometimes forcing doctors to decide who will receive them and who will die.
Online Pharmacies, Fake Drugs
Consumers who purchase medicines online for convenience and price are taking a big risk--experts say 97% of online "pharmacies" are rogue sites operating illegally. Often the medications they sell are counterfeit or substandard.
