Nearly third of US young people prescribed psychoactive drugs admit misusing them
Nearly a third of US teens and young adults prescribed a psychoactive drug misuse that drug, with the likelihood of […]
Patients should NOT be prescribed melatonin for jet lag on the NHS because the fatigue clears up on its own […] Between 2005 and 2015, as the opioid crisis in America came into focus, prescriptions for gabapentinoid medications—gabapentin and pregabalin—to adults […] Commonly-prescribed blood pressure drug may combat PTSD: Study finds those battling trauma are less afraid after taking the controversial hypertension […] Heart disease patients prescribed opioids at hospital discharge were less likely to follow up with their healthcare provider or to […] (HealthDay)—In a direct-to-consumer (DTC) telemedicine setting, respiratory tract infection (RTI) encounters in which antibiotics are prescribed are shorter than other […] Racial disparities in pain management have been well-documented, with doctors historically more willing to prescribe opiates to whites than to […]prescribed
Patients 'should not be prescribed melatonin for jet lag by the NHS'
Gabapentinoids appear increasingly to be prescribed, off-label, for cancer pain
Commonly-prescribed blood-pressure drug may combat PTSD
Heart patients prescribed opioids at hospital discharge often fare worse
Telemedicine RTI visits shorter when antibiotic prescribed
Blacks, whites equally as likely to be prescribed opioids for pain