BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy
Archive for February 2012
Answering the Call
Baby Boomers have one more item to add to their to-do list, and it’s an important one: get screened for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). More than 3 million Americans are infected with HCV, but the vast majority of them don’t know it. In my blog last May, Call for Wider Hepatitis Screenings, I first … Continue reading
Knocking Down Adherence Barriers
It doesn’t matter how good a medication is for treating a disease, it can’t work if a patient doesn’t take it. There are many barriers that can get in the way of a patient complying with their treatment plan. This “medication adherence” topic was the focus of a seminar earlier this month hosted by the … Continue reading
Thinking Outside the Liver
When you hear the disease “hepatitis C,” you most likely think of the liver. It makes sense, since the liver is ground zero of hepatitis C viral damage. However, about three-quarters of people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) will also have symptoms beyond their livers. The best documented non-liver problem caused by hepatitis … Continue reading
Aged-Based Hepatitis Screenings on the Horizon
Deaths due to hepatitis C in the United States have already reached 15,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This number is expected to rise to 35,000 hepatitis C deaths per year within the next two decades. Baby Boomers account for 75 percent of hepatitis C virus (HCV) … Continue reading
