The Prescription Opioid Epidemic: an Evidence-Based Approach [PDF]
, 2015 A group of experts, led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, issued this report aimed at stemming the prescription opioid epidemic, a crisis that kills an average of 44 people a day in the U.S.
G. Caleb Alexander, Shannon Frattaroli
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Kidney Stone Dissolution By Tetherless, Enzyme‐Loaded, Soft Magnetic Miniature Robots
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Wireless magnetic robots are developed for kidney stone dissolution. The robots navigate through a urinary tract model from bladder and ureter to renal pelvis with the help of external magnetic fields. The filaments are loaded with urease enzyme which catalyzes urea to carbon dioxide and ammonia, thereby increasing pH to basic regime and supporting ...
Afarin Khabbazian +15 more
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Does cost sharing really reduce inappropriate prescriptions? [PDF]
, 2010 This paper explores different empirical strategies to examine the effect of cost sharing for prescription drugs in some dimensions of medication-related quality, namely the probability of inappropriate prescription drug use among United States seniors ...
Costa-i-Font, Joan +1 more
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Colon‐Targeted Natural Polysaccharide‐Berberine Armored Hydrogel for the Treatment of Colitis
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.In this research, a novel hydrogel system targeting the colon is developed, incorporating Rhubarb polysaccharides and berberine‐loaded dendrimer. This hydrogel, forms through intermolecular hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions, accumulates in colonic tissues, effectively alleviating pathological immune hyperactivation while modulating gut ...
Miao Guo +8 more
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Association study between drug prescriptions and Alzheimer's disease claims in a commercial insurance database. [PDF]
Alzheimers Res Ther, 2023 Hu E, Li TS, Wineinger NE, Su AI.
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State‐of‐the‐Art, Insights, and Perspectives for MOFs‐Nanocomposites and MOF‐Derived (Nano)Materials
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Different approaches to MOF‐NP composite formation, such as ship‐in‐a‐bottle, bottle‐around‐the‐ship and in situ one‐step synthesis, are used. Owing to synergistic effects, the advantageous features of the components of the composites are beneficially combined, and their individual drawbacks are mitigated.
Stefanos Mourdikoudis +6 more
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Swiss Medical WeeklyAIMS OF THE STUDY: Unlicensed drugs are frequently used in paediatric care. To what extent they are prescribed in hospital care in Switzerland is unclear. Because prescribing errors seem to occur more frequently with unlicensed drugs, we aimed to assess
Aylin Satir +3 more
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Drug prescriptions preceding opioid-related deaths-a register study in forensic autopsy patients. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Walde J +3 more
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An introductory course in prescription drugs for community health workers developed by a systems approach. [PDF]
, 1976 M H Liang
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The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap: Costs and Consequences in 2007 [PDF]
, 2008 Analyzes data on Medicare Part D enrollees who reached the coverage gap and had to pay the full cost until they qualified for catastrophic coverage, who then stopped taking their medications or bought cheaper ones, and who received catastrophic ...
Elizabeth Hargrave +3 more
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