Last month the FDA approved about 40 new medications and 6 new medications obtained tentative approval.

With so many medications produced and approved it is overwhelming to fathom how doctors, pharmacists, pharmacy techs, can keep up with the information.

At last Auidiolearn.net is helping to bridge the gap. They provide audios with over five hundred commonly prescribed medications. The public and medical professionals can also subscribe to the monthly updates at no charge. Audio learning? What a great idea. The audio includes mechanism of action, side effects, indications and interactions. When else will these busy professionals have an opportunity to keep current the newest medications?

It is easy to know of a doctor who has not heard of an approved medication that will have fewer adverse side effects or treat an illness more efficiently. When was the last time a physician prescribed a less effective mediation than one that physician prescribe the most current medication? Who knows? It is going to take which is inferior to alternative on the market. Many patients endure significant side effects, such as, muscle aches, stomach pain, nausea, bloating, cramping and rapid heart beat or worse.

Mosthealth insurance companies will not pay for brand name medications, when there is a generic alternative. What if the drug store fills a prescription as prescribed and a generic available? A drug store that is alert to the generic alternative may inform the physician to find out if they will the generic. A pharmacy technician may first become aware of this when they try to charge the insurance company and it comes back. Often no one notices until the order is filled and the patient goes to pick up their prescription.

Customers ask the pharmacy tech why the charge is so high and the pharmacist checks on it. This of course takes up the pharmacist's valuable. They come back and say that there is a generic available and the health insurance will not provide the coverage to brand name medications! Some customers may requests that the pharmacist call the doctor.

On the other hand most customers don't know better. They won't talk to the pharmacist and will either pay the higher price or not buy the medications even though it is necessary. The retail price without insurance is not affordable for many people.

This may seem unbelievable, but there are millions of aged people who have to select between eating and medications. They simply don't have funds for both. Obviously, it is an unacceptable circumstance, it takes time and energy to stay current.

If you are a physician, nurse, pharmacist, pharmaceutical technician I implore you to take an active roll in providing your patients with the most current information.