If youâre using B vitamins to help prevent hot flashes, be sure to use the form of niacin called niacinamide. Other forms of niacin dilate the blood vessels, which can cause flushing and worsen hot flashes, rather than relieve them. Folic acid helps the body manufacture and use estrogen.
And the title of âMost Expensive Drug in the Entire Worldâ goes to Glybera, a drug so far not approved in the U.S. but recently approved in the European Union. Glybera is a gene therapy used to treat a condition called familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency, a disease affecting only about one in 1 million people.
Research shows that prescription drug or medicine prices in the United States are among the highest in the world, including other developed countries. GDP per capita spending on pharmaceuticals totaled $1013, compared to an OECD average of $509 (2011 figures, US Dollars). The high price of prescription drugs is one of the major areas of discussion in the U.S. health care reform debate.