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If you are fan of Consumer Reports
and have used this publication to look up information about various products
you can now find information about medications at the Consumer Reports
Internet site. At this site, www.CRBestBuyDrugs.org
you will be able to find information about four commonly prescribed groups
of medications.
These
groups are:
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The Statins - agents used for managing serum lipid (fat) levels,
- the
proton pump inhibitors (PPI) - agents like Prilosec OTC, used
to reduce stomach acid content and help with various form of reflux
disease,
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a commonly prescribed group of analgesics found over-the-counter
or available by prescription - the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
agents i.e. ibuprofen, Aleve, etc. and finally,
- antidepressants
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Once
you are at the site simply click drug reports located near the top of
the home page for Consumer Reports.
Consumer Reports will be adding more therapeutic classes over the coming
months. The Consumer Union will be using an independent evaluation source
developed by the Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP) that was originally
created by Oregon legislation in 2001.
Since inception, DERP has spread to 11 states. Readers who would like
to see more about DERP reviews can go to: http://www.ohsu.edu/drugeffectiveness/
Once you get to the DERP site you will have to go down about 2 pages below
the home page to see reports that you can access. And there are many of
them.
On the home page put you mouse on Documents near the top of the page and
click. On the next page put your mouse on Final Reports and click. Viola,
you are now at a page with a wealth of information about many classes
of medications.
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04/05
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