News tagged with prescription drugs
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Workplace bullying ups risk of prescriptions for anxiety, depression, insomnia
Witnessing or being on the receiving end of bullying at work heightens the risk of employees being prescribed antidepressants, sleeping pills, and tranquillisers, finds research published in BMJ Open.
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Dec 12, 2012 |
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US panel opposes pure hydrocodone painkiller
(AP)—U.S. government health experts overwhelmingly voted against a stronger version of hydrocodone on Friday, questioning the need for a new form of one of most widely abused prescription painkillers.
Medications
Dec 09, 2012 |
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Health care law boosts savings on meds for medicare recipients
(HealthDay)—Savings on prescription drugs related to the Affordable Care Act have reached $5.1 billion, according to a Dec. 3 news release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Health
Dec 07, 2012 |
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Healthpoint, DFB to pay up to $48M in drug case
(AP)—Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB Pharmaceuticals will pay up to $48 million to settle allegations that Healthpoint marketed a prescription skin ointment without approval from federal regulators.
Medications
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Court ruling may open door to more drug marketing
A decision by a federal appeals court this week could have a dramatic impact on the marketing of prescription drugs in America, potentially affecting patient care and everything from TV drug advertising to future government ...
Medications
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Study: Drug coverage to vary under health law
(AP)—A new study says basic prescription drug coverage could vary dramatically from state to state under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Medications
Dec 04, 2012 |
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Study links improved consumer welfare to increased prescription drug advertising efforts
More people are better off thanks to the impact of an influx of direct-to-consumer advertising spending than they would be without those marketing efforts, according to a study recently published by Jayani Jayawardhana, an ...
Medications
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Grapefruit-medication interactions increasing
The number of prescription drugs that can have serious adverse effects from interactions with grapefruit are markedly increasing, yet many physicians may be unaware of these effects, states an article published in CMAJ (Canad ...
Medications
Nov 26, 2012 |
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HHS details overhaul rules and required benefits
The Obama administration is strengthening the prescription drug coverage that will be available to the millions of people who will start getting insurance through the nation's health care overhaul.
Health
Nov 20, 2012 |
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Senate questions pharmacy boards after outbreak
(AP)—A Senate committee investigating a deadly outbreak of meningitis wants to know how regulators in all 50 states oversee specialty pharmacies like the one that triggered the illness.
Health
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Pfizer 3Q profit falls 14 pct on generic Lipitor (Update)
(AP)—Drug giant Pfizer Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter profit fell 14 percent as sales plunged, mainly due to U.S. generic competition to cholesterol fighter Lipitor, long the world's top-selling drug.
Other
Nov 01, 2012 |
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The cost of prescription drugs—a comparison of two countries
In the United States, the cost paid for statins (drugs to lower cholesterol) in people under the age of 65 who have private insurance continues to exceed comparable costs paid by the government in the United Kingdom (U.K.) ...
Medications
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Mice with 'humanized' livers improve early drug testing
Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have used bioengineered mice with livers composed largely of human cells to characterize a drug about to enter early-stage clinical development for combating hepatitis C.
Medical research
Oct 31, 2012 |
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Daily vibration may combat prediabetes in youth
Daily sessions of whole-body vibration may combat prediabetes in adolescents, dramatically reducing inflammation, average blood glucose levels and symptoms such as frequent urination, researchers report.
Diabetes
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Teens increasingly abuse prescription painkillers
Today's teens and young people are abusing prescription painkillers more than any other age group or any other youth in history. Availability of these drugs from their parents' medicine cabinets may be ...
Medications
Oct 19, 2012 |
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