orlistat
Have you or someone you know taken the weight loss drug Orlistat, marketed as Alli (OTC) and Xenical (prescription)? Our colleagues at
Consumer Reports would like to know what kind of
side effects you've experienced for a future article, no matter how disgusting.
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lawsuits
We've heard about quite a few recent class-action settlements that you just might be eligible for, as well as cute little baby suits still looking for claimants. Products included: energy drinks, name-brand
prescription drugs, and zombie microwaves.
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crime
When you think "
prescription drugs," you think of clean, sterile facilities, not three stoners driving 100 mph down I-15 with $30,000 of
Walmart's prescription narcotics in the backseat. Cops pulled the trio over, which included two illegal immigrants, and called Walmart to confirm that these were the folks employed to deliver their dirt-cheap drugs. "They said yeah they were expecting a delivery and the driver was late."
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free knowledge
Using the power of unbiased science to see which meds are the most cost-effective,
Consumer Reports launched a new publication
Best Drugs for Less this week. It's amazing what you can come up with when you're not in anyone's pockets except your readers'.
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free stuff
The grocery store chains Giant and Stop & Shop have announced a plan to offer free prescription antibiotics in their pharmacies. The program will last through March 21st, and will cover amoxicillin, penicillin and ciprofloxacin among others. The program is similar to
one offered by Midwestern superstore Meijer.
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spam
Yesterday the
FTC announced that they busted a worldwide spam operation that was responsible for
"billions of e-mails in recent years," mostly selling prescription drugs, diet pills, and "male enhancement" products. Who actually clicks on those emails, you wonder? FTC agents, that's who!
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drugs
So, Florida is apparently plagued by addicted prescription-poppers and not the pot-addled deviants targeted by our government's so-called "War on Drugs." A new report shows that
prescription drugs killed three-times more Floridians than illegal drugs, and not because old people can't follow doctor's orders. Addictive
prescriptions like Vicodin, OxyContin, Valium and Xanax killed more users than all illegal drugs combined.
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medicine
Zyrtec users can now buy it without a prescription—but they'll have to show ID because it going to be sold from behind the counter with the other meth supplies. [
Associated Press]
Consumerist
"U.S. taxpayers and Medicare patients could have saved almost $15 billion in 2007 if private health insurers had cut expenses for prescription drug coverage and negotiated bigger discounts," according to a newly released (Democratic) government report. [Reuters]
