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DestinationRx Launches Online Prescription Resource to Help Consumers Manage Medications, Find Lower Cost Options and Competitive Pricing on Thousands of Drugs.


Free Website Offers Clear and Actionable Information for Prescription Needs of Entire Family

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 better ways to proactively manage and make sense of their health care options. Today, DestinationRx launches the only free online health and prescription resource at www.destinationrx.com that gives consumers all of the tools they need to manage their personal medicine cabinet - from expert information and customized options through online or local retail purchase.

"DestinationRx is like having a pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions.

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 who makes house calls," said Michael Cho, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of DestinationRx. "Now, consumers will be able to get all the information they need to make decisions about the medications they need for themselves and their families."

DestinationRx will help consumers:

* Compare and enroll in a Medicare Part D plan that best meets their needs

* Review lower cost medication options

* Compare the efficacy and side effects Side effects

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 of over 800 prescription drugs prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug,  

* Find the online or local pharmacy with the best prices for their medications and make a purchase

* Organize and manage all of their prescriptions from different doctors, as well as a growing list of over-the-counter medicines

* Receive customized reports on alternative drug therapies to treat their health condition

* Organize and manage the prescriptions of other family members all in one place

* Access electronically and/or print their prescription drug information whenever they need it

* Send Prescription Change Requests directly to their physicians

* Sign up for prescription refill refill noun A second allotment of a prescription agent obtained from a pharmacy, which is allowed by the original prescription verb Pharmacology To obtain more of a particular drug, after the initially prescribed amount of the agent has been used or  reminders and new generic and safety alerts

DestinationRx now helps individuals and their families understand and make smarter health care purchasing decisions. The site offers an action-oriented approach that provides consumers with safe, secure and reliable information about the medication options available to them for treating a condition. It also provides an understanding of how a drug works and informs them about potential side effects and interactions. Together, these resources can help consumers save money, by comparing prices at different online and offline pharmacies or by considering lower cost drug therapy options that they can then share and discuss with their doctors via the site.

DestinationRx will soon be launching its tool to help consumers during Medicare Part D Plan preparation season at plancompare.destinationrx.com (and www.destinationrx.com). The resource helps millions of consumers annually compare and enroll in a plan. In fact, nearly three out of four Medicare beneficiaries used the company's tools last year.

DestinationRx is the first company to provide both insured and uninsured consumers with dose-specific, therapeutic-equivalent drug price comparison of drugs at major retail and online pharmacies This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view.  in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Its database has been peer-reviewed and validated by several leading healthcare organizations, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system.

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). By combining this database with its transaction capabilities, DestinationRx is able to provide the information and tools necessary for consumers to make immediate and informed healthcare decisions and purchases.

About DestinationRx

With offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Chicago and Baltimore, DestinationRx (www.destinationrxinc.com) lets consumers, for the first time, get the information they need to find direct comparisons on price, safety and therapeutic efficacy of drugs as well as drug and health plans.

Since 1999, the company provides the healthcare industry with the educational, strategic, and transaction-support tools necessary for their customers and patients to navigate today's complex healthcare marketplace and make better health care decisions and purchases. DestinationRx technology helps nearly three out of four Medicare beneficiaries annually compare and enroll in a Medicare Part D plan that best meets their needs.
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