Word: prescriptioneering
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Public health experts are still worried, however, that the current flu outbreak will lead to even greater use of the antiflu drug Tamiflu. The powerful treatment has been proven particularly effective against H5N1 and has become widely prescribed in Hong Kong - it is increasingly available illegally, without prescription, in pharmacies...
Thomas looked at Ardman's chart, riffled through a book describing prescription drugs, searched a couple of drawers and accidentally dropped something on the floor. Ardman was already receiving a drip of dopamine, a compound that treats low blood pressure. Merely increasing the dosage of dopamine would almost certainly raise...
But the Lipitor ads are only a lightning rod for a growing concern about how prescription drugs are advertised to the public. While patients cannot purchase the drugs on their own, they can - and do - approach their doctors about certain medications they see touted on television or in magazines. Seeing...
The HVN prescription flies in the face of traditional psychiatry, which prefers that patients take antipsychotic medication and ignore their voices, and warns that acknowledging them intensifies hallucinations. But according to Dr. Marius Romme, a psychiatrist and former professor at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, "Accepting voices is...
With much of the attention focused on the unprecedented photo finish of a woman and an African American in the Democratic primaries, it's easy to underestimate how much a Republican challenger could change the political playing field. If John McCain has his way in the coming campaign, the party...