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The US Healthcare System vs…….South Park ?!?!

Noreta Family Medicine

For instance, in May, I prescribed a diabetic medicine for a patient. The patient was unable to pick up the medicine due to the cost (about $1800), so I prescribed the other diabetic medicine in the same class. I called the insurance company to give them a piece of my mind, and magically the price went down at the pharmacy.

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Hyberbaric Oxygen Therapy

Vascular Physician

HBO therapy has been shown useful in limb preservation by improving oxygen flow to complex diabetic foot and ischemic limb ulcers as well as osteomyelitis, and necrotizing fasciitis. Typical treatment protocols for leg ulcers involve one or two treatments daily for a total of 20 to 40 treatments.