If youâre using B vitamins to help prevent hot flashes, be sure to use the form of niacin called niacinamide. Other forms of niacin dilate the blood vessels, which can cause flushing and worsen hot flashes, rather than relieve them. Folic acid helps the body manufacture and use estrogen.
In 2014, a new hepatitis C drug came to market, an innovative treatment offering a cure for a disease that desperately needed one. The price tag: about $84,000 for a 12-week course of treatment, enough to make it the most expensive prescription drug in America. In the medical world, the halls of insurance offices nationwide and even our nationâs Capitol, all hell broke loose. The drug, Gilead Sciences Inc.âs Sovaldi GILD, -0.34% remains the most expensive drug in America today, topping a list compiled by drug price comparison website GoodRx. Second on the list is its sister drug Harvoni, which combines Sovaldi with another drug.
I am a little skeptical because of the side effects. I have severe rheumatoid arthritis and have tried several different drugs looking for relief. Methotrexate, Humira, Embrel and prednisone seem to be the most popular on the market. Humira and Embrel are both very expensive and my Part D does not cover them. Methotrexate has caused me severe body rash.