{"id":867601,"date":"2026-10-01T23:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/867601\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T23:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:14:19","slug":"peoria-pharmacist-says-new-drug-tariffs-could-raise-costs-for-imported-medications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/867601\/","title":{"rendered":"Peoria pharmacist says new drug tariffs could raise costs for imported medications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">PEORIA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.25newsnow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.25newsnow.com\/\">25News Now<\/a>) &#8211; New pharmaceutical tariffs could drive up the cost of some imported medications, and a local pharmacist is weighing in on what that could mean for patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The new tariffs include a 100% tax on certain imported patented drugs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Experts warn smaller drugmakers could struggle with the added costs, potentially limiting medication options and increasing prices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Corey Dolan, owner and lead pharmacist at Preckshot Compounding Pharmacy, says it\u2019s too early to know the full impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cSo the supply chain is global. So these active pharmaceutical ingredients are coming from overseas. So we are actively always monitoring the different prices and the availability of the different medications,\u201d Dolan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dolan says his pharmacy works with multiple suppliers to keep costs down, but patients without alternative treatments could face greater challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cMy biggest concern is actually the patients skipping medications or skipping doses on their own due to affordability. So I want them to stay on their medication therapy, stay adherent,\u201d Dolan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dolan says patients who are concerned about medication costs or availability should talk with their local pharmacist about possible alternatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Get 25NewsStreaming on your smart TV \u2014 it\u2019s free and easy. Watch live newscasts, recent newscasts, top news stories, updated forecasts, local sports highlights, and exclusive content. Search \u201cWEEK 25 News\u201d to install.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WEEK. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEORIA (25News Now) &#8211; New pharmaceutical tariffs could drive up the cost of some imported medications, and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[164967,176147,196305,365914,10790,97,171674,365913,243,206585,365912,365915,1975,176148],"class_list":["post-867601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-25news","tag-25news-now","tag-compounding-pharmacy","tag-corey-dolan","tag-drug-prices","tag-health","tag-imani-mcclay","tag-imported-medication-costs","tag-medication","tag-medication-affordability","tag-pharmaceutical-tariffs","tag-preckshot-compounding-pharmacy","tag-week","tag-week-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}