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Recession Proof Pills: An Examination of the Relationship Between Recession Economics and Pharmaceutical Expenditures [PDF]

, 2012
The first decade of the 21st century proved to be a time of turbulence and volatility in the worldwide economy. Oddly enough, even as Americans’ disposable income decreased, spending on health care steadily increased.
Gray, Kevin
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Will Memantine Exacerbate Seizures in People With Epilepsy? A Prospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate whether add‐on memantine would exacerbate seizures in people with epilepsy. Methods This was a prospective cohort study. People with epilepsy diagnosed with cognitive impairment were consecutively invited. Those who agreed were followed up for at least 24 weeks.
Peiyu Wang, Lu Lu, Hui Gao, Qi Zhang, Jing Xiao, Josemir W. Sander, Weixi Xiong, Dong Zhou   +7 more
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Older people's attitudes towards their regular medicines [PDF]

Journal of Primary Health Care, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Many qualitative studies examine older people's attitudes towards their medicines. Often these studies focus on the topic of medicines adherence. In contrast, this study aims to explore the attitudes of older people, aged 75 years and older,
Bagge M, Tordoff J, Norris P, Heydon S
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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, Gemmill-Toyama, Marin   +1 more
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Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani, Lakshmi Pillai, Reid D. Landes, Aliyah Glover, Shannon Doerhoff, Jennifer Kleiner, Mitesh Lotia, Rohit Dhall, Edgar Garcia‐Rill   +8 more
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Is Drug Coverage a Free Lunch? Cross-Price Elasticities and the Design of Prescription Drug Benefits [PDF]

Recently, many U.S. employers have adopted less generous prescription drug benefits. In addition, the U.S. began to offer prescription drug insurance to approximately 42 million Medicare beneficiaries in 2006.
Jian Li, Martin Gaynor, William B. Vogt
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An Overview of the Potential for Pharmacokinetic Interactions Between Drugs and Cannabis Products in Humans

Pharmaceutics
Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit substance worldwide. Recent years have seen an increase in cannabis consumption, and with new approvals and therapeutic indications, there are challenges in minimizing the risks and interactions between cannabis-
Dolly Andrea Caicedo, Clara Pérez-Mañá, Magí Farré, Esther Papaseit   +3 more
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Value of MRI Outcomes for Preventive and Early‐Stage Trials in Spinocerebellar Ataxias 1 and 3

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the value of MRI outcomes as endpoints for preventive and early‐stage trials of two polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). Methods A cohort of 100 participants (23 SCA1, 63 SCA3, median Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score = 5, 42% preataxic, and 14 gene‐negative controls) was scanned at 3T up ...
Thiago J. R. Rezende, Emilien Petit, Young Woo Park, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, James M. Joers, Jonathan M. DuBois, H. Moore Arnold, Michal Povazan, Ipek Özdemir, Guita Banan, Romain Valabregue, Philipp Ehses, Jennifer Faber, Chiadi U. Onyike, Peter B. Barker, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Sub H. Subramony, Thomas H. Mareci, Khalaf O. Bushara, Henry Paulson, Thomas Klockgether, Alexandra Durr, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Christophe Lenglet, Gülin Öz, READISCA Investigators   +26 more
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Acute poisoning related to the recreational use of prescription drugs: an observational study from Oslo, Norway

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Recreational use of prescription drugs is widespread. We describe acute poisonings related to the recreational use of prescription drugs. Methods Retrospective observational study.
Marit Mæhle Grimsrud, Mette Brekke, Victoria Lykke Syse, Odd Martin Vallersnes   +3 more
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Prescription Drug Misuse in “Clubbers” and Disco Goers in Ibiza

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Background: Prescription drug misuse and its related risks are considered a worldwide public health issue. Current trends show that the extent of such phenomenon may not be limited to subjects with psychiatric disorders, as it also spreads to dance party
Massimo di Giannantonio, Attilio Negri, Attilio Negri, Stefania Schiavone, Chiara Vannini, Mauro Pettorruso, Fabio De-Giorgio, Fabio De-Giorgio, Valeria Verrastro, Luigia Trabace, Mariangela Corbo, Rossella Gottardo, Cristian Camuto, Cristian Camuto, Monica Mazzarino, Andrea Barra, Domenico De Berardis, Juan Iglesias Lopez, Cristina Merino Del Villar, Fabrizio Schifano, Giovanni Martinotti, Giovanni Martinotti   +21 more
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