Why can't patients get a medication that will work for them without jumping through hoops? Why can't they buy them OTC from the pharmacy?
This is the premise that prompted Dr. James Lott to start Scripted.co and help provide an answer to this common healthcare problem that results in mountains of wasteful or extra spending in healthcare. Why can't the pharmacist use their knowledge of medications, easy to diagnose tools and even patient specific information to provide a cost effective option for patients without sending them away to other very expensive options, or even cause them to not get care at all?
Here is the article Dr. Lott wrote for Crain's Chicago:
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illinois-can-save-millions-making-meds-over-counter
Here is the company he helped start to answer this simple, yet currently complex, question in healthcare:
https://www.scripted.co/
