KAISER LIPID GUIDELINES INCREASE DRUG SPEND BY $12,000 PER MONTH, PHARMACIST TELLS AMCP; PHARMACY GOLD ENCOURAGING PHYSICIANS TO TRY LESCOL FOR 3-6 MONTHS
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Kaiser-Permanente's Rocky Mountain Division is spending $12,000 more per month on lipid-lowering drugs since the dissemination of a cholesterol guideline in late 1996, clinical pharmacy specialist Susyn Plushner told the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy annual meeting May 8 in New Orleans.