Opiates Can Cause Memory Issues
For the last decade, the number of people in the U.S. who take highly-addictive opioid painkiller medications has increased significantly, and is still growing. Those…
Physicians
AMA Against GOP Healthcare Plan Replacement
According to GOP leaders, the Medicaid program is fiscally unsustainable and they need to fix its finances by using a spending cap. Those talks about…
Fighting the Opioid Addiction with Marijuana?
James Feeney, a surgeon in Connecticut, heard from his patients that they did not wish to take a painkiller called oxycodone, and were going to…
ADCs Work in the ED
Pharmacists say automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) can provide an efficient solution to the care of patients in the Emergency Department, but it’s important to make…
The Number Of Children With ADHD Is Still Growing
Just a generation ago, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was thought-about rare. Nowadays it’s one in all the foremost common behavioral disorders of childhood, characterized by…
The U.S. Doctor Was Ordering Unapproved Drugs
Dr. William Kincaid, of Johnson City, Tennessee, and his manager, Michael Dean Combs were convicted in cases of using non-approved medications during their practice by…
Higher Prices From Drug-Dispensing Physicians
According to the Workers Compensations Research Institute (WCRI) study, which was published in July this year, patients pay up to 3 times more to physicians…
Doctor And Pharmaceutical Company Financial Ties
Sometimes doctors advise their patients on taking a certain expensive brand-name medication or choosing a specific manufacturer of any other kind of medical supply. There…
“Dispense As Written”
Sometimes patients could notice the next line in their prescription: “dispense as written”. It means pharmacist should fill the prescription with a brand-name drug (which…
Generic Drugs: Are They The Best Choice?
Since 2008, rough economy situation pushed consumers to buy more generic medications than brand-name alternatives because of their lower price. And often consumers hear, that…