Summary Portage Learning NURS 251 Module 9 Introduction to Specialty Medications
Portage Learning NURS 251 Module 9 Introduction to Specialty Medications In general, specialty medications are high cost medications used for treating complex disease states. They can be challenging to both manufacture and administer, and they often require significant patient education and close monitoring to ensure their safe and appropriate use. Although specialty medications were once a very small piece of the pharmaceutical industry, there has been a significant change over the last 20 years and especially within the last decade. Specialty medications are now the fastest growing segment of the pharmaceutical industry. Common characteristics associated with specialty medications are listed in Table 9.1.
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portage learning nurs 251 module 9 introduction to specialty medications in general
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specialty medications are high cost medications used for treating complex disease states they can be challenging t
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