MS Drugs: Expensive, Often Lifelong, and not Cost Effective
Huff, C.
Managed Care 27(10): 30-34
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 1062-3388 PMID: 30309445 Document Number: 696023
Multiple sclerosis is an on-again, off-again condition that vexes patients and their loved ones. The unpredictability makes is difficult to manage in all respects, especially with escalating prices wreaking havoc with the cost effectiveness of the medications used to contain the disease.
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