Antibiotic prescription patterns violate guidelines, increase costs
...artment of Health and Human Services. Spending on prescription drugs topped $120 billion in 2000, three times the amount spent in 1990. "Antibiotic prescribing should be shaped to decrease antimicrobial resistance and costs," note the authors. "We observed prescribing patterns that ran counter to those goals."......RICEPT treatment in Alzheimers disease Once-a-day prescription ARICEPT, indicated for mild to moderate Alzheimer'...r condition may get worse. ARICEPT is available by prescription in more than 50 countries. In November 1994, Eisai Co., Ltd. and Pfizer Inc announced the formation...Researchers receive $1.7 million to study exercise therapy and effects on aging, heart failure
...l be identified and will allow a specific exercise prescription for this patient population....Bodybuilders abusing prescription-only drugs bought on the Internet
...worrying is the extent to which bodybuilders abuse prescription only drugs and the ease with which these and many other drugs are available to the general public through the internet withoutprescription."...First-of-its-kind study of vascular dementia patients taking ARICEPT presented at AAGP meeting
...ble to manage symptoms of the disease. Once-a-day prescription ARICEPT, indicated for mild to moderate Alzheimers disease, can improve cognition and maintain patient function.In a progressively degenerative disease such as Alzheimers, improvement, stabilization or a less-than-expected decline over time is consid...Steroid nasal spray more effective against hay fever
...mmation -- costs $4 per day. Flonase, the leading prescription nasal spray, costs $2.21 per day. Since loratidine and montelukast are effective alone and act through different mechanisms, the makers of these drugs joined forces to combine them. The only published previous study found the two drugs together wer...Could an aspirin a day help keep prostate cancer away? Possibly
...der in 1990. These men reported using 40 different prescription and over-the-counter NSAIDs at the beginning of the study and during follow-up....Stringent regulation of traditional medicines is urgently needed
...hypertension, fenfluramine was withdrawn even as a prescription only medicine in 1997. Its use as described is obviously illegal, say the authors. This case is now under investigation by the Medicines Control Agency, which has yet to establish exactly where in the chain of supply adulteration with fenfluramine oc...As heart patients flock to alternative medicine, hazards may lurk
...heir doctors about it, and also kept up with their prescription medications. The findings, which will be presented...s came to their appointments with lists of all the prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, minerals and food supplements that they were taking wo...Millions of migraine sufferers could benefit from better use of medical care
...al treatment and taking advantage of the latest in prescription medications, according to a study published in the...nt and the self-reported patient satisfaction with prescription medication, many migraine sufferers would suffer less with appropriate medical attention. In thi...ARICEPT significantly improves cognition, daily living over Reminyl in Alzheimers patients
...ble to manage symptoms of the disease. Once-a-day prescription ARICEPT, indicated for mild to moderate Alzheimer'...ir condition may get worse.ARICEPT is available by prescription in more than 50 countries. In November 1994, Eisai Co., Ltd. and Pfizer Inc announced the formation...Survey identifies drugs most likely to be found in the environment
...he added. Although the survey focused primarily on prescription drugs, some over-the-counter drugs, such as ibupro...200. Theres not much of an overlap. Differences in prescription practices, climate, and drinking water and sewage treatment account for the disparity between the st...Does direct to consumer drug advertising medicalise normal human conditions?
Does direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs, currently allowed only in the United States...author In late 1999, Americans on average saw nine prescription drug advertisements a day on television. To an unprecedented degree, they portrayed the educational ...Implantable defibrillators cost-effective for preventing sudden death
...rs and expenses, including outpatient services and prescription costs, were collected on a subgroup of 237 patients, who were a balanced representation of the larger trial, geographically and medically. We called these the shoebox patients, because we told them we wanted all their bills just bring them in a sh...Newly published data show at-home dialysis therapy may benefit more patients
...n increased treatment cost, generally more complex prescription management, and may also be a contributing factor ...d 2L exchange four times a day, which is the usual prescription used in Mexico in non-study patients (average peritoneal creatinine clearance of 45L per week). The...Junior doctors need training to reduce prescribing errors
...working culture which recognises the importance of prescription writing. Errors made during drug prescription are the most common type of avoidable medication error. The UK Department of Health is committed to ...High-intensity physical training improves cardiovascular fitness in obese adolescents
...ecall records and the treadmill tests, an exercise prescription was developed for each teenager enrolled in a physical training program. Classes were offered 5 days per week, during which most of the teenagers were transported to and from physical training by van from their school. Class sizes were kept small eno...Smoking cessation success equally good with over-the-counter or prescription nicotine replacement
...switch of nicotine gum and the nicotine patch from prescription to OTC status. The fact that smoking cessation rat...ntion. OTC NRT had success comparable to that of prescription NRT both at six weeks of therapy, while smokers could still use the products under the recommended g...First large doctor-patient e-mail study finds positive attitudes on both sides
...their condition, questions about their health, and prescription and referral requests. Now, the same researchers have expanded their study to the World Wide Web, through grants from Intel and the U-M Medical School to develop and implement a web portal developed by UMHS, Intel and McKesson Information Solutions....