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How Medicare Part D Generics Save Money on Copays in 2025

How Medicare Part D Generics Save Money on Copays in 2025

In 2025, Medicare Part D’s $2,000 out-of-pocket cap and lower generic copays are saving seniors hundreds annually. Learn how generics work under the new rules and how to maximize your savings.

Patient Rights: How to Refuse Generic Drug Substitution and Request Brand-Name Medications

Patient Rights: How to Refuse Generic Drug Substitution and Request Brand-Name Medications

Learn how to refuse generic drug substitutions and request brand-name medications by understanding your legal rights, state laws, and practical steps to protect your health. Know when it’s safe - and when it’s not - to switch.

Generic Price Wars: How Consumers Save Money on Prescription Drugs

Generic Price Wars: How Consumers Save Money on Prescription Drugs

Generic drug price wars can slash prescription costs by over 95%, but middlemen often keep the savings. Learn how to actually save money on generics despite a broken system.

TZD Weight Gain and Edema: How to Reduce These Common Side Effects

TZD Weight Gain and Edema: How to Reduce These Common Side Effects

TZDs like pioglitazone help control blood sugar but often cause weight gain and swelling. Learn how to reduce these side effects with dose adjustments, lifestyle changes, and safer drug combinations.

Targeted Therapy: How Tumor Genetics Are Changing Cancer Treatment

Targeted Therapy: How Tumor Genetics Are Changing Cancer Treatment

Targeted therapy uses tumor genetics to treat cancer with precision, avoiding the broad damage of chemotherapy. Learn how genetic testing identifies actionable mutations, which drugs work, and why access remains unequal.

How Generic Medicines Save the U.S. Healthcare System Trillions

How Generic Medicines Save the U.S. Healthcare System Trillions

Generic and biosimilar drugs saved the U.S. healthcare system $467 billion in 2024 alone, with $3.4 trillion saved since 2015. Learn how they work, why they’re cheaper, and how to use them to cut your costs.

Consumer Language Guides: Making Generic Drug Information Accessible

Consumer Language Guides: Making Generic Drug Information Accessible

Consumer language guides help patients understand that generic drugs are just as effective as brand-name versions, using plain language and real-world analogies to build trust and reduce confusion about medication safety and cost.

Drug-Induced Lupus: Symptoms, Testing, and Recovery

Drug-Induced Lupus: Symptoms, Testing, and Recovery

Drug-induced lupus is a reversible autoimmune reaction caused by certain medications. Learn the symptoms, key tests, and recovery timeline-plus which drugs are most likely to trigger it and how to avoid misdiagnosis.

Compare Uroxatral (Alfuzosin) with Alternatives for BPH

Compare Uroxatral (Alfuzosin) with Alternatives for BPH

Compare Uroxatral (alfuzosin) with other BPH treatments like tamsulosin, silodosin, and terazosin. Learn which works best, side effects, cost in the UK, and when to switch.

Indocin: What It Is, How It Works, and What You Need to Know Before Taking It

Indocin: What It Is, How It Works, and What You Need to Know Before Taking It

Indocin is a strong prescription NSAID used for severe arthritis, gout, and inflammation. Learn how it works, its side effects, drug interactions, alternatives, and safe usage tips.

Time in Range: How CGM Metrics Can Transform Diabetes Management

Time in Range: How CGM Metrics Can Transform Diabetes Management

Time in Range (TIR) from CGM devices gives a real-time view of blood sugar control, revealing dangerous highs and lows that HbA1c misses. Learn how TIR improves diabetes outcomes and why it's now a key metric in the 2025 ADA guidelines.

Alcohol and Sleep Medications: The Hidden Danger of Combined Sedation

Alcohol and Sleep Medications: The Hidden Danger of Combined Sedation

Mixing alcohol with sleep medications like Ambien or Lunesta can cause life-threatening sedation, even after just one drink. Learn why this combination is deadly and what safer alternatives exist.