Archive for December 11th, 2004

Web Site Helps Consumers Shop for Drugs

Saturday, December 11th, 2004

Dad reports:

Consumer Reports compares prices, effectiveness for free

Buyers have long gone to Consumer Reports to choose their sedans, toaster ovens, and stereos, but now they can turn to it for their drugs as well.

The magazine on Thursday launched an educational and outreach initiative called Best Buy Drugs, which includes a free Web site and will compare medications in terms of price, effectiveness, and safety. One drug in each of several categories will earn a “Best Buy” distinction.
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“the cost of drugs is becoming a national crisis.”
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The initiative takes its drug effectiveness information from the Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP)…
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The Best Buy project is kicking off with three drug categories — cholesterol-lowering statins, proton pump inhibitors for heartburn and acid reflux, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for arthritis and pain — and will be adding more each month until it has 20 categories.

See the site: Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs

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Saturday, December 11th, 2004

Dad reports:
The latest phone call revealed that they were having a problem getting Tommy to stop “clucking.” The clucking is his latest tick. It is a noise he makes with his tongue and he has learned to be very loud. It gets immediate attention (albeit negative) so it is particularly satisfying to Tommy.

Tommy was excited about “midnight bowling” but on the phone corrected himself and said “we aren’t doing that.” He seems to be enjoying himself.

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Saturday, December 11th, 2004

Dad reports this morning:
Last night Tommy was about to bust out of his skin waiting for bio-dad to arrive. He would call him over and over again to find out just where he was. I thought he was going to have a total meltdown before bio-dad arrived. Bio-dad arrives and the 3 kids rush out the door. We forget to brief bio-dad on the medicine schedule but figure the kids will cover it. At 9:30pm Tommy still had not had his medicine and his sister was getting “tired of telling him to ‘quit it’”

This morning the kids called and seemed happy to be playing with their toys.

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