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Many doctors will end up prescribing only those items on the formulary".
The drug has to be on what is called "the formulary," a list that managed care groups approve.
Because the formulary is obscure in most cases, doctors write prescriptions for drugs that they perceive work better or for which they have free samples.
Doctors are discouraged from writing prescriptions for drugs not on the formulary; they must justify such prescriptions and seek prior approval from the state Medicaid program.
About five years ago, she said, she helped change the formulary — or list of preferred drugs — for Los Angeles County so that patients in her clinic would get prescriptions for Actos rather than Avandia.
"The Avandia people, it was just so surprising, they asked me what I wanted to keep Avandia on the formulary," Dr. Peters said, recounting events that occurred sometime in the 2000-to-2002 period.
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Five hundred and eighty-three medical students were randomised into three groups: the personal formulary group (PF; 94), the existing formulary group (EF; 98) and the control group (C; 191).
They will want a preferred position on the Medicare formulary — some way to increase the market share for their products".
Levalbuterol metered-dose inhalers were not on the hospital formulary during the study period.
The prices for new medications that have not been added to the Ontario formulary were extrapolated from price of the drug in US market.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg 2. Free University of Berlin Medicare The Medicare formulary 44,500 triples; 6800 drugs Primary data 1.
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