/tags/prescription-drugs Prescription Drugs en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:49:56 GMT /news/2024-08-14/colorado-seeking-to-create-new-psychedelic-therapy-industry-and-creating-healing-centers-for-legal-consumption Colorado is in the process of creating a new psychedelic therapy industry. About two years ago, voters opted to decriminalize the personal use of the drug psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms. Now the state is working on licensing “healing centers” where people can legally consume psilocybin in a supervised setting. According to John Herrick of the Boulder Reporting Lab, Boulder officials are beginning to think about certain restrictions for these centers in the city. Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:49:56 GMT /news/2024-08-14/colorado-seeking-to-create-new-psychedelic-therapy-industry-and-creating-healing-centers-for-legal-consumption John Herrick, Boulder Reporting Lab /news/2024-07-16/pharmaceutical-price-caps Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board voted unanimously to proceed with setting price caps for two prescription drugs: Stelara and Cosentyx. The board’s decision starts a process, wherein it will solicit more information from doctors, industry stakeholders and patients before setting price limits on the drugs. Tue, 16 Jul 2024 21:21:37 GMT /news/2024-07-16/pharmaceutical-price-caps Gabe Allen /news/2023-12-10/colorado-blames-biden-team-and-drugmakers-for-delaying-canadian-imports State officials approached 23 drugmakers in the last year about an importation program. None expressed interest in participating. Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT /news/2023-12-10/colorado-blames-biden-team-and-drugmakers-for-delaying-canadian-imports Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health ���ڱ��� /news/2023-09-04/a-move-to-cut-drug-prices-has-colorado-patients-with-rare-diseases-worried The Colorado board’s choice of drugs to review elucidates one of the thorniest questions the board must wrangle with: Would lowering the price tag for rare-disease medications lead manufacturers to pull out of the state or limit their availability? Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:04:00 GMT /news/2023-09-04/a-move-to-cut-drug-prices-has-colorado-patients-with-rare-diseases-worried Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health ���ڱ��� /health/2022-12-08/proposition-122-legalized-some-psychedelics-in-colorado-now-the-state-has-to-come-up-with-regulations Psilocybin, the psychoactive substance in so-called magic mushrooms, is decriminalized in Colorado, thanks to Proposition 122. But it will likely be a few years before Coloradans can access it through state-regulated clinics. Thu, 08 Dec 2022 22:44:56 GMT /health/2022-12-08/proposition-122-legalized-some-psychedelics-in-colorado-now-the-state-has-to-come-up-with-regulations Lucas Brady Woods /news/2022-11-30/pandemic-related-supply-chain-disruptions-and-a-high-demand-season-exacerbate-drug-shortages Some common pharmaceuticals may be hard to come by in the months ahead as nationwide drug shortages are likely to last well into the new year. Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:42:46 GMT /news/2022-11-30/pandemic-related-supply-chain-disruptions-and-a-high-demand-season-exacerbate-drug-shortages Rae Solomon /politics/2021-05-25/colorado-lawmakers-wage-multifront-assault-on-high-drug-costs Tired of waiting for federal action to reduce prescription drug costs, Colorado is acting on its own — even if it must do so with one arm tied behind its back. Unable to set prices or change patent protections, the state is exploring creative legislative and administrative approaches to lower out-of-pocket costs on medications. Tue, 25 May 2021 22:51:32 GMT /politics/2021-05-25/colorado-lawmakers-wage-multifront-assault-on-high-drug-costs Markian Hawryluk | Kaiser Health ���ڱ��� /npr-news/npr-news/2018-10-15/should-tv-drug-ads-be-forced-to-include-a-price-trumps-team-says-yes With high drug prices a hot election issue, drugmakers and the Trump administration are jockeying over how to bring prices down. But critics say the proposed fixes don't have enforcement teeth. Tue, 16 Oct 2018 01:17:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2018-10-15/should-tv-drug-ads-be-forced-to-include-a-price-trumps-team-says-yes Shefali Luthra, Sarah Jane Tribble /2018-07-30/sprained-ankles-had-doctors-pulling-out-prescription-pads-study-finds A state-by-state analysis of opioid prescriptions for people who visited emergency rooms with a sprained ankle show one in four patients were given... Mon, 30 Jul 2018 23:17:32 GMT /2018-07-30/sprained-ankles-had-doctors-pulling-out-prescription-pads-study-finds Erik Neumann /health/2018-01-30/coloradans-can-now-use-app-to-fill-birth-control-prescriptions We’ve all said it -- sometimes joking, sometimes serious.“There’s an app for that.”For Coloradans seeking seeking birth control, that’s now a true… Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:12:22 GMT /health/2018-01-30/coloradans-can-now-use-app-to-fill-birth-control-prescriptions