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debate about lowering the cost of healthcare such as insurance overpriced medications and how it affects patients, pharmacies and physicians. Most patients have prescription drug plan that will cover some of the cost of medications. Patients with a prescription drug plan are given a prescription drug formulary. The prescription drug formulary is a list of medications that their insurance will cover. The Formulary has a list of Preferred (covered) and Non-Preferred (not covered) medications. The Preferred

in the world that addresses alcoholism and drug abuse. Marty Mann is the founder and one of the first women to achieve sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous. Marty Mann created the National Committee for Education on Alcoholism in 1944. The National Committee for Education on Alcoholism later became known as the National Council on Alcoholism in 1950. In 1990, the National Council on Alcoholism became known as the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. NCADD raises public awareness about

regarding soaring drug prices, particularly for the EpiPen. We were interested to learn about this dilemma from the perspective of a PBM’s CEO. Tim Wentworth is the CEO of Express Scripts, the largest PBM organization in America. In his interview, Wentworth criticized Mylan CEO, Heather Bresch, who claimed the increase in drug prices could not be blamed solely on the drug manufacturers. Bresch said the inflation could be contributed to actions of insurance companies, PBMs, and drug companies. Wentworth

Opioids are a class of drugs that are designed to relieve pain. They are synthetic forms of the naturally occurring opiate opium along with morphine and codeine, which are parts of the opium poppy. Prescription opioids include the painkillers hydrocodone (Vicodin), oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), fentanyl (Duragesic), meperidine (Demerol), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid), amongst others. Opioids of this variety are prescribed for a variety of reasons ranging from severe acute pain resulting from injury

will reduce drug cost for patients, but increase rebates and discounts for pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, therefore, imposing cost on the firms. The pharmaceutical and biotech industry was key in creating legislation for the ACA, according to CMS (2009), “despite

that affects both the brain and behavior (CDC). Addiction is when a person cannot stop abusing a drug or substance, even if they want to quit. The effects from continuing drug use take over the mind and body. Drug addiction is classified as a "relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences to the drug addict and those around them" (NIDA 4). Repeated drug use leads to addiction, which then leads to a disease that changes the brain (CDC). Addiction

tragedy, most may have seen viral videos of these “zombies” slumped in cars or streets and yet it continues. In fact, this terrifying epidemic was created by drugs that were intended for pain relief, Opioids. This includes prescription pain relievers like oxycodone, morphine, methadone, and hydrocodone. Ironically, the well-known street drug, Heroin, is one of the most serious offenders of the Opioid crisis (Anderson). With each day, more mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers are witnessing and

involve that these needle exchange programs will propagate the drug problem even more. Another fear is the spread of diseases such as HIV that will spread more rapidly than before among users. These two issues unify where the use of intravenous drugs not only creates disease risk from injection with tainted needles, but also increases risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases through promiscuous sex, possibly related to drug use. However, with the local health departments allowed to

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