News tagged with prescriptions
Doctor-pharmacist partnership reduces hospitalization for heart failure
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Thinking "outside the medicine cabinet" is paying off in Australia, where a doctor-pharmacist partnership is reducing hospitalizations for heart failure — one of the most expensive conditions to treat — researchers report ...
Overall antibiotic prescription rates for respiratory tract infections decreasing
Aug 18, 2009 |
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From 1995 to 2006 the rate of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections decreased significantly, attributable in part to a decline in ambulatory visits for ear infections in young children, according ...
Pain relief only one motive for opioid use among high school seniors
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Taking opioid drugs without a prescription appears relatively common among high school seniors, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The most common reasons survey respon ...
11 people charged in Detroit painkiller scam
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal indictment in Detroit says the government unwittingly paid more than $480,000 to a phony health-care business that was a front for acquiring and selling powerful painkillers as far away as Alabama.
Public health campaign associated with major reduction in antibiotic use
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 02, 2009 |
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A national public health campaign in France was associated with a marked reduction of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, particularly in children, says new research published in this week's open-access journal PLoS Me ...
End-of-life care at hospitals varies for children with cancer
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Though treatment of pain and attention to end-of-life care for pediatric cancer patients has improved over the last few decades, there is still work to be done. Additionally, opioid prescriptions for pediatric cancer patients ...
Seniors in Medicare's doughnut hole decrease use of meds
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Part D who reached a gap in health care coverage known as the "doughnut hole" were much less likely to use prescription drugs than those with an employer-based plan, according to a University ...
Electronic prescribing system may encourage physicians to choose lower-cost drugs
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Clinicians using an electronic prescribing system appear more likely to prescribe lower-cost medications, reducing drug spending, according to a report in the December 8/22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the ...
