For 23 years, Diane Whitcraft injected herself every other day with Betaseron, a drug that helps prevent flare-ups from multiple sclerosis. The drug worked well, drastically reducing Whitcraft's trips to the hospital. But as her 65th birthday approached last September, she made a scary decision: to halt the medication altogether.
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Expensive specialty drugs are forcing seniors to make hard choices
November 10, 2017 at 7:00 a.m. EST