http://onthepharm.net/2006/07/atripla-sustiva-truvada.html Life on the pharm Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:29:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://onthepharm.net/2006/07/atripla-sustiva-truvada.html/comment-page-1#comment-396 Medicare Part D optimizer :: OnThePharm Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:41:23 +0000 http://onthepharm.net/2006/07/atripla-sustiva-truvada.html#comment-396 [...] So basically it brings knowledge of medicine to the people in an automated way. At the pharmacy we often dispense this sort of information to people individually, but it’s nice to see an online tool that actually suggests alternative therapies based on a person’s actual Part D plan administrator/PBM. It’ll even recommend shorter-acting versions of drugs based on cost (shorter-acting drugs tend to be cheaper). For instance: Toprol XL vs Metoprolol; Wellbutrin XL vs Wellbutrin SR vs Bupropion. (The only concern there would be patient compliance, but it might be a risk worth taking particularly when you don’t necessarily need 95% compliance for efficacy.) [...] [...] So basically it brings knowledge of medicine to the people in an automated way. At the pharmacy we often dispense this sort of information to people individually, but it's nice to see an online tool that actually suggests alternative therapies based on a person's actual Part D plan administrator/PBM. It'll even recommend shorter-acting versions of drugs based on cost (shorter-acting drugs tend to be cheaper). For instance: Toprol XL vs Metoprolol; Wellbutrin XL vs Wellbutrin SR vs Bupropion. (The only concern there would be patient compliance, but it might be a risk worth taking particularly when you don't necessarily need 95% compliance for efficacy.) [...]

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