Beware the ides of the preferred drug list.
If a person’s present medications are not on this list, he is indeed going to be subjected to accept one that is on the list. Never mind the fact that the new medication may cause side effects such as infections, swelling, nausea or just may not work for a particular type of problem.
People will have to take another medication to clear up the side effects of the preferred drug.
When a person picks up a prescription, he is informed he is now taking a generic brand, which is the “same” as what he had been taking. Really? Then why the change? And that happens even if the original medication is on the preferred list.
The dosage of a medication can be changed to a higher dose, (yes I said higher), and the pill has to be cut in half. Hopefully, one-half will only cause half the side effects.
That “Russian roulette” methodology is putting people’s health and well-being in jeopardy, and in some instances dire danger.
It is now costing the insurance providers more money, which, of course, they pass on to the subscribers. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
We need to get control of our bodies back into the hands of those who know our bodies best – us!
Janice McDonald, Lewiston
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