Prescription drug
hideA prescription drug is a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained. The term is used to distinguish it from over-the-counter drugs which can be obtained without a prescription. Different jurisdictions have different definitions of what constitutes a prescription drug.
Dispensation of prescription drugs often includes a monograph (in Europe, a Patient Information Leaflet or PIL) that gives detailed information about the drug.
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News tagged with prescription drugs
Insurers shun those taking certain meds and secretly keep blacklist
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Trying to buy health insurance on your own and have gallstones? You'll automatically be denied coverage. Rheumatoid arthritis? Automatic denial. Severe acne? Probably denied. Do you take Metformin, a popular drug for diabetes? ...
Innappropriate drug prescriptions wasting millions, raising health risks
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 04, 2009 |
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A recent study in Oregon suggests that drugs designed for treating the most severe mental illnesses are often prescribed at inappropriately low doses and at considerable expense, for use in conditions where their benefit ...
Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Medicine that will be published online Thursday. The data w ...
Pharmaceutical disobedience
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Healthcare consumers, benefits managers, and even government officials are using the internet to buy unapproved prescription drugs illegally, according to a report to be published in the International Journal of Electronic He ...
'Micro shuttle' drug delivery could mean an end to regular dosing
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Scientists working at Queen Mary, University of London, have developed micrometer-sized capsules to safely deliver drugs inside living cells.
Some drugs increase risk of falling
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created a list of prescription drugs that increase the risk of falling for patients aged 65 and older who take four or more medications on a regular basis.
Study finds higher drug co-pays discourage patients from starting treatment
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Patients newly diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes or high cholesterol are significantly more likely to delay initiating recommended drug treatment if they face higher co-payments for medications, according to a new RAND ...
Legal loophole exposes Canadians to drug advertising banned in US: UBC research
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 27, 2009 |
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A legal loophole is counteracting Canada's ban on direct-to-consumer drug advertising and has exposed Canadians to more than $90 million worth of ads, including those for drugs with life-threatening risks, according to a ...
Judge upholds most of award in flesh-eating case
Mar 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal judge has upheld most of an $8.5 million judgment awarded to a woman who lost use of her arm due to flesh-eating bacteria misdiagnosed by an Air Force base doctor.
Questions and answers about pain medicine dangers
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Food and Drug Administration panel has recommended limits on Tylenol and other drugs containing acetaminophen because of risks for liver failure. Maximum recommended doses for over-the-counter Tylenol would be ...
New paper from internists calls for increased role for FDA
Sep 24, 2009 |
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A new policy paper that calls for broader authority and increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was released today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). Improving FDA Regulation of Prescription ...
Dispensing prescription drugs in 3-month supplies reduces drug costs by a third
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Purchasing prescription drugs in a three-month supply rather than a one-month supply has long been regarded as a way to reduce the cost of drugs for patients and third-party payers. New research from the University ...
Free e-samples of prescription drugs: At what cost?
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Search the Internet to learn about your asthma, high cholesterol or other common disorder, and odds are you'll be directed to a pharmaceutical company-sponsored Web homepage. There you'll often find an offer for a free sample ...
Smokers have more options than ever in the fight to kick the habit
Aug 23, 2009 |
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Nina Ball regularly walks by a row of smokers outside the charter school in North Philadelphia where she helps youths find jobs and get into college. A year ago, she might have bummed a cigarette there.
'Bioidenticals' not FDA-approved, contain estrogen
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Miserable in menopause, Elizabeth Alsgaard pondered an awful choice: Drenching hot flashes or hormone therapies that might raise the risk of cancer. What former actress Suzanne Somers raved about held much more appeal ...
