Out Of Pocket Costs

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The social impact of the Out of Pocket costs for medications may lead to non-compliance. In the article review, written by Michelle Andrews she explores the impact of out of pocket costs on prescriptions influence whether a patient fills them. The potentially lifesaving cholesterol lowering drugs such as PcSK9 inhibitors. PCSK9 inhibitors are a set of cholesterol lowering agents that particularly are used in high risk patient populations. "PCSK9 inhibitors fill an obvious therapeutic niche in selective high-risk patients, such as FH or statin-intolerant patients, who are not able to achieve the desired LDL-C level with conventional treatments," (Iftikhar J. Kullo, 2015) The patients whom noted to have a lower cost share or co-pay were 81%

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