Methadone ‘Should Continue to Be Central Drug Addict Treatment’

Methadone ‘should continue to be central drug addict treatment’ – Methadone should continue to be a central treatment for recovering heroin addicts, a Scottish Government-commissioned panel has found.

Medicare's failure to track doctors wastes billions on brand-name drugs

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While lawmakers bitterly disagree about the Affordable Care Act, Medicare's drug program has been held up as a success for government health care. It has come in below cost estimates while providing access to needed medicines for 36 million … An …
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Health care reform update – November 11, 2013

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With the renewed focus, R&D incentives, and with many important advances in science and medicine, there are now over 350 approved drugs that treat almost 450 variations of the rare diseases. However … Congressional committees have been pressuring …
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