prescription drugs

The new prescription database calculates the average cost of prescriptions, allowing residents to ensure they aren’t paying more than they should at their local pharmacy. NMDOH’s Health Systems Epidemiology Program Manager Ervin Garcia says when looking up a particular prescription, the database will link to available substitutes, allowing users to see how much they could save with a generic drug over a name brand, for example.

I talk with Matt Grubs about the Wholesale Prescription Drug Act (SB1) to get a sense of its chances of passing and how it will affect New Mexicans. We…

Hundreds of people die each day from drug overdoses around the country. This Saturday is National Take Back Day, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is…

Democratic State Senator Michael Padilla of Bernalillo County plans to introduce legislation that would require pharmacies to set up programs to take back…

New Mexico has led the nation in drug overdose deaths for the past few decades. With rates around twice the national average, overdoses here account for…

New Mexico has the second-highest rate of overdose deaths in the country, according to the CDC. Now, a life-saving drug called naloxone is not only…

Stan Padilla has been using heroin for 45 years. On this cold December morning, he’s taking time to visit an Albuquerque syringe exchange to pick up clean…

Heroin is the reigning king of drugs in New Mexico. From overdoses to prosecutions, heroin is wreaking havoc, and to make matters worse, it’s cheaper,…