/24-7PressRelease/ - COATS, NC, January 29, 2008 - DrugPriceInfo.com announces the expansion of its drug cost database. DrugPriceInfo.com now includes the costs of over 800 brand name and generic prescription drugs to help patients find out if there are affordable alternatives to the expensive prescription drugs they are currently taking. DrugPriceInfo.com provides drug cost information to the public. Patients can go to the free website and look up a drug they are taking. The price of the selected drug is then displayed along with several other medications that are in the same drug class. There are often several medications in a drug class that have the same use but vary greatly in price. If there is a more affordable alternative to the drug the patient is currently taking, the patient can print out the cost information sheet and take it with them to their next doctor's appointment. The patient and their doctor can discuss if one of the more affordable drugs is right for them.
Total U.S. spending on prescription drugs has surpassed $200 billion per year. In a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:2799-2803.), 80% of doctors felt unaware of the actual costs of prescription drugs. Doctors receive years of medical training in order to diagnose and treat disease. They are well informed of the use, dosing, interactions, and side effects of drugs. They receive little to no training about the cost of these drugs. A doctor will sometimes prescribe a drug based on convenience of dosing (an expensive once a day version instead of the much cheaper form that has to be taken three times a day) or side effects (avoiding a drug completely even though the rate of a certain side effect is low). For some patients the cost of a medication is much more important than convenient dosing or avoiding a possible side effect. DrugPriceInfo.com puts valuable information in the hands of patients to help them and their doctors make affordable drug choices.
For more information including other ways to save money on prescription drugs visit http://drugpriceinfo.com
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DrugPriceInfo.com puts valuable drug cost information in the hands of patients to help them and their doctors make affordable choices. For more information including other ways to save money on prescription drugs visit http://drugpriceinfo.com
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