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Mark Borigini, M.D.

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posted 04/06/2008, comment (1)

What is the "Best" Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment?

I am often asked what treatment or combination of treatments should be used in rheumatoid arthritis. The honest answer is that there is, for now, no best treatment. The best treatment is the treatment that allows the rheumatoid arthritis patient to feel back to normal once again-or at least as close to back to normal as the treatment... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/26/2008, comments (0)

Prescription Drug Prices: Let's Make Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication Affordable

Have we been forgotten? Sometimes I feel like we have been pushed to the side. People with rheumatoid arthritis don’t just deal with pain, disability, deformities and depression and emotional turmoil. We also deal with many, many doctor appointments, hospital stays, and very expensive medication. So what about us? ... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 03/07/2008, comments (0)

More drug ads may mean more prescriptions filled

I read a recent article by Julie Appleby in USA Today discussing whether the increase in drug advertising benefits patients or costs the country more money in health care spending. According to the article, drug companies spent about $4.8 billion on advertising in 2006, almost double what they spent in 2002. The article stated that ads for... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/05/2008, comments (0)

Prescription Drug Advertising: Are consumers better off?

Many years ago, the tobacco industry was told to cease and desist: No more advertising on television for cigarettes. It endangered consumers. And so we all lost that ride-along on the plains with that steady, strong cowhand, cigarette dangling from his lower lip as he swaggered across our television screens. A generation... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/04/2008, comments (0)

Prescription Drug Ads: Do They Do More Harm Than Good?

Prescription Drug Ads: Do They Do More Harm Than Good?Read our expert's analysis on a special page "Prescription-drug ads prompt nearly one-third of Americans to ask their doctors about an advertised medicine, and 82% of those who ask say their physicians recommended a prescription." This comes from Julie... Read more Chevron

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