medication
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Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court will again wade into the issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race for the…
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Colorado lawmakers OK dispensing prescription drugs via ‘vending machines’
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Picking up prescription medications could soon be as easy as buying a candy bar in Colorado, thanks to a bill passed by the state legislature on Wednesday. If enacted, House Bill 1195 would allow pharmacies to use automated “vending machines” to dispense prescription medications to patients. The machines could be put in hospitals, health clinics or retail…
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Polis signs Bradfield’s prescriptive authority for psychologists bill | FOCUS ON THE SPRINGS
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Psychologists working in Colorado will soon be eligible to apply to prescribe mental health medications to their patients, thanks to House Bill 1071 from Colorado Springs’ Rep. Mary Bradfield. Currently, if a psychologist providing therapy or counseling decides their patient needs medication such as antidepressants, they must refer the patient to a psychiatrist or medical doctor to get a…
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Meds from ‘vending machines’? Colorado lawmakers explore automation to dispense drugs
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Picking up prescription medications could soon be as easy as buying a candy bar in Colorado – if a new bill from the state House is passed into law. House Bill 1195 would allow pharmacies to use automated “vending machines” to dispense prescription medications to patients. The machines could be put in hospitals, health clinics…
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Colorado legislature OKs allowing psychologists to prescribe medication
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A bill to certify psychologists to prescribe and administer psychotropic medications passed the Colorado legislature Thursday, now only needing the governor’s approval to go into law. Currently, if a psychologist providing therapy or counseling decides their patient needs medication such as antidepressants, they must refer the patient to a psychiatrist or medical doctor to get…
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Colorado bill seeks to limit step therapy in serious mental illness treatment
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When a doctor prescribes medication for a patient, insurance companies often require the patient to first try a series of alternative, less expensive drugs before they will cover the originally prescribed medication. Critics say that process – called “step therapy” – delays lifesaving care. Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet said when she was diagnosed with major depressive…
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Colorado seeks FDA approval for cost-saving plan to import prescription drugs from Canada
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Colorado submitted a proposal to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday, seeking to import prescription drugs from Canada to save Coloradans money on medications. Importing lower-priced prescription drugs from Canada would reduce drug costs for Coloradans by an average of 65%, according to an analysis by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy…
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Boulder judge ordered man’s involuntary medication without letting him testify, appeals court finds
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A Boulder County judge deprived a man of a fair hearing by refusing to let him testify before she ordered him to be forcibly medicated, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. District Court Judge Nancy W. Salomone initially found that a college student identified as T.L. had a mental health disorder and granted the government’s request for…
