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STAT+: Health plan formularies lowered barriers to fair access to some drugs, analysis finds

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Department of Veterans Affairs. Although there is a caveat: This particular metric was based on a subset of just three drugs that were deemed to be fairly priced based on a cost-effectiveness assessment — the Mounjaro type 2 diabetes treatment, and the Wegovy and Qsymia obesity drugs.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: More than 9 in 10 pharmacy techs report drug shortages; Yale and VA strike deal over ketamine patent royalties

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Department of Veteran Affairs for ketamine-related inventions, Reuters notes. Yale The techs who were queried identified chemotherapies; ADHD medicines; three drugs for weight loss and diabetes — Mounjaro, Ozempic, and Wegovy — and local anesthetics such as lidocaine as the top drugs experiencing shortages.

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Wound Care

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diabetes mellitus ) and medications. Tissue removal - Any non-viable slough or necrotic tissue must be removed if the wound is to heal. Infection or inflammation - Host resistance is lowered by poor nutrition and tissue perfusion, smoking, substance use, comorbidities (e.g. steroids) should be prescribed.