I had never heard of "step therapy" or "fail first" procedures for pain reduction for patients.
Bill would bring measure of relief to pain patients | UTSanDiego.com:
Yes I am in favor of finding ways to reduce the cost of medical care, and yes, I do understand that the best pain relief might be the more expensive medicines. However we need to be reasonable when providing pain relief. I believe this bill AB369 is the right step to balance cost control with reduction of debilitating pain in patients. It is a shame that our medical "system" of insurance needs legislation in order to force them to do the right thing for their patients.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Treatment and Side Effect Info from Patients Like You
I just watched a 2010 TED talk by Jamie Heywood: (TEDTalks : Jamie Heywood: The big idea my brother inspired - Jamie Heywood (2009) 16:55 2/2/2010)
His brother was diagnosed with ALS, and he and his brother started this web site:
Treatment and Side Effect Info from Patients Like You: It is a wonderful idea!
The site helps people with diseases share with other patients with similar problems and symptoms. It also allows them to compare drug and treatments and it provides analysts with a data base that can be very helpful in trying to determine relative effectiveness of treatments.
I've thought for a long time that NIH should have such a site, and that all patients and their care providers should maintain that data base. However, I can see why drug companies would not like having their medicines compared "head-to-head" with their competition. It is amazing that Jamie Heywood was able to figure out a way that patients would voluntarily maintain such detailed records.
I hope the web site continues to grow, prosper and yield more exciting analytical insights
His brother was diagnosed with ALS, and he and his brother started this web site:
Treatment and Side Effect Info from Patients Like You: It is a wonderful idea!
The site helps people with diseases share with other patients with similar problems and symptoms. It also allows them to compare drug and treatments and it provides analysts with a data base that can be very helpful in trying to determine relative effectiveness of treatments.
I've thought for a long time that NIH should have such a site, and that all patients and their care providers should maintain that data base. However, I can see why drug companies would not like having their medicines compared "head-to-head" with their competition. It is amazing that Jamie Heywood was able to figure out a way that patients would voluntarily maintain such detailed records.
I hope the web site continues to grow, prosper and yield more exciting analytical insights
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