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Prescription Predicament: The Impact of Rising Drug Costs on Medication Adherence

by Daphne Atria, PharmD, BCPS, CPE

February 19, 2024 brand-name drugs, drug product, Magellan Federal, Magellan Health, Magellan Healthcare, medication adherence, medication non-adherence, non-adherence, Prescription Drugs, prescription medications, rising costs

In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) calculated that healthcare providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for opioid painkillers. That is enough for every American adult to receive a bottle of pills.

Medicine Cabinet Minefield: How old prescriptions drugs are fueling an opioid addiction crisis

by Magellan Health Insights

November 7, 2016 Addiction, Epidemic, Magellan, Magellan Healthcare, Opiate, Opioid, Prescription Drugs