#medications — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #medications, aggregated by home.social.
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I have no idea how Walgreens' stores will compete with product prices that are nowhere near others in the same market.
#MyThoughts #business #Walgreens #retail #medications #pharmacy #prices #health #healthcare
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(article from Sept 2025)
https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2025/09/22/walgreens-private -
I priced a few different generic over-the-counter and behind-the-counter non-prescription medications today, and they cost significantly more at Walgreens than at three other local large-chain pharmacies. One of the meds cost over double at Walgreens!
Walgreens is owned by private equity by the way.
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#random thoughts 🤿
#USA #business #Walgreens #retail #medications #pharmacy #prices #healthcare #health -
Will #AI fix prior #authorization —or make it worse?
If you’re like me, you or a loved one has struggled through the process of gaining pre-approval for the #medical care that your #physician has recommended. Personal stories abound regarding the tribulations of #patients as they go through hoops to get their #health #insurer to pay for certain #prescription #medications , medical procedures, and more.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/will-ai-fix-prior-authorization-or-make-it-worse/
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#Editors, how should you handle #trade & #generic names for #medications? @laurapoole.bsky.social explains in a Quad blog post: https://quadlings.com/copyediting-drug-names/. The Quad is a #MastermindGroup that she, 5 others, & I have been in since 2015. https://quadlings.com
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For some insane reason, #Utah decided to implement a “medical #AI” system.
Among other things, it can “diagnose” your illness, and send a report to a physician that includes recommended #prescription #medications. Slight hiccup, though; you can trick it to recommend whatever dose of whatever meds you want!
There are other glaring problems with Dr. Autocomplete, revealed in a detailed report here:
https://mindgard.ai/blog/doctronic-is-now-accepting-new-patients-and-unsafe-instructions
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Dictator #DJT Revokes #Biden Exec Order ‘Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans.’
Massively shifting impact immediately affects more than 6 million Californians on #Medicare and those #diabetics who get insulin capped at $35 a month.
“I was shocked,” said #California #Pharmacist Sonya Frausto.
If gov subsidies are gone, #pharmacists can no longer provide #medications at lower govt subsidized rates and the impact of the #health industry clusterfuck is immediate on US patients relying on these rates.
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Dictator #DJT Revokes #Biden Exec Order ‘Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans.’
Massively shifting impact immediately affects more than 6 million Californians on #Medicare and those #diabetics who get insulin capped at $35 a month.
“I was shocked,” said #California #Pharmacist Sonya Frausto.
If gov subsidies are gone, #pharmacists can no longer provide #medications at lower govt subsidized rates and the impact of the #health industry clusterfuck is immediate on US patients relying on these rates.