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Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1993
Misuse and abuse of prescription medication can be a difficult clinical area for physicians. Prior to prescribing any mood-altering medication, the physician should screen for patients at risk for abuse by asking about an individual or family history of alcohol or other drug abuse.
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Misuse and abuse of prescription medication can be a difficult clinical area for physicians. Prior to prescribing any mood-altering medication, the physician should screen for patients at risk for abuse by asking about an individual or family history of alcohol or other drug abuse.
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Prescription drugs and pregnancy
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2003Prescribing drugs in pregnancy is an unusual risk-benefit situation. Drugs that may be of benefit or even life-saving to the mother can deform or kill the fetus. However, the risk to the fetus should not be exaggerated. There are only approximately 20 drugs or groups of drugs which are known to cause birth defects in humans.
William S, Webster, Jane A D, Freeman
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European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 1996
Drug use in Italy in the period 1983-1991 has been analysed. The twenty most used substances accounted for about 20% of the sold packages. The effect of marketing of new drugs is worth noting: new and more expensive drugs are preferred even when effective, safe and less expensive alternatives are available.
M, Maggini, R, Raschetti, G, Traversa
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Drug use in Italy in the period 1983-1991 has been analysed. The twenty most used substances accounted for about 20% of the sold packages. The effect of marketing of new drugs is worth noting: new and more expensive drugs are preferred even when effective, safe and less expensive alternatives are available.
M, Maggini, R, Raschetti, G, Traversa
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2002
The soaring cost of prescription drugs has caused two interrelated problems — the expense for those who can afford to pay for them and the limited access to medications for those who cannot.
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The soaring cost of prescription drugs has caused two interrelated problems — the expense for those who can afford to pay for them and the limited access to medications for those who cannot.
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2020
Abstract A variety of prescription and over-the-counter drugs are used for purposes other than intended. Approximately 2% of Americans report current nonmedical use of a prescription drug. Opioids are the class most commonly used for purposes other than intended.
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Abstract A variety of prescription and over-the-counter drugs are used for purposes other than intended. Approximately 2% of Americans report current nonmedical use of a prescription drug. Opioids are the class most commonly used for purposes other than intended.
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Containers for Prescription Drugs
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1979To the Editor.— Reference is made to the COMMENTARY of Sherman and associates (241:1001, 1979) concerning the problems experienced by elderly patients receiving prescriptions in child-resistant containers. The authors state that the patients and physicians do not apparently know about their options and the pharmacists fail to offer their patients the
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International Prescription Drug Labeling
Drug Information Journal, 1983Yesterday's therapeutic compounds were meticulously prepared, elegantly presented, and relatively innocuous (Dunlop). Today's powerful and complex drugs are manufactured with sophisticated technology and require clear, concise, and comprehensive information for the physicians throughout the world in order to provide maximum benefit for the patient. Our
P J, Roylance, W A, Buri
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Medicare and Prescription Drugs
New England Journal of Medicine, 2001Prescription-drug coverage is now provided for the vast majority of persons enrolled in private health insurance, Medicaid, or plans for government employees, veterans, and active military personne...
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Preventing Prescription Drug Diversion
Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2015THE FACTS In 2013, more than 43,900 Americans died from drug overdose. Prescription drugs contributed to most of those deaths. Opioid pain relievers like oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone were involved in more than 16,000 of those deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015).
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