Category Archives: Articles

November 10, 2011 | by Shirley

WHAT MEDICATIONS MAKE THE MOST MONEY?

The most prescribed medications in the United States are generic medications.   However, generic medications do not make the most money for pharmaceutical companies.   Pharmaceutical companies make the most money from medications new enough where the patents on them are still in effect.  … Continue reading →

October 27, 2011 | by Shirley

WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMONLY PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS IN THE U.S.?

Recently we blogged about a report generated by a division of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) which showed that 1 in 10 of Americans over age 12 take some sort of anti-depressant medication.  That lead to another question for us.  What are … Continue reading →

October 21, 2011 | by Shirley

CDC – 1 IN 10 AMERICANS AGES 12 AND OVER USE ANTI-DEPRESSANT MEDICATION

A report was recently released by the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the CDC, regarding anti-depressant usage in the United States.    Many facts regarding anti-depressant use in the United States were discussed.   The authors of the report based their results on … Continue reading →

April 1, 2011 | by Shirley

Hmmmmm – Clinical Trial Questions

Soooo – you test a new medication in a clinical trial on patients who are not the ones who will normally, eventually take that medication?  What good is that!  That is the gist of an interesting article which popped up in … Continue reading →

August 17, 2010 | by Shirley

Chantix and Pfizer – Stealth Advertising

Can there be an ad for a drug where the drug isn’t even mentioned?   Consumers Reports wrote a blog article titled, “Pfizer and Chantix: Stealth advertising at its finest”, on this topic.  In their blog they state,  ”If this sounds … Continue reading →

June 4, 2010 | by Shirley

Medtronic Physician Payment Disclosure

This week Medtronic, a medical device manufacturer, voluntarily disclosed they paid $15.7 million in royalties and consulting fees to U.S. doctors in the first quarter of this year.   This figure only applied to doctors in the United States and did … Continue reading →