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Anemia Drug Overused and Could Hasten Death in Some, Say Experts

...afety. Setting a much higher bar for giving it, prescribing it for shorter periods, and avoiding it altogether in patients with some cancers are all options the agency should consider, it said. Erythropoietin was first approved for use in 1988 in patients with kidney failure. It is a hormone the kidney norm...

Nexus Between Psychiatrists and Drug Firms Dangerous, Say Critics

...ment often involves trial and error, and off-label prescribing is common....

Cabinet Approves Bill to Regulate Clinics, Hospitals

... "It would improve the quality of health care by prescribing minimum standards for such facilities." The legislation will enable the government to create and "set up a national registry of clinical establishments", said the minister. Once the regulatory authority was set up, all hospitals, nursing homes, c...

Computerized Doctors Order Reduce Prescription Errors

...ccording to the study. Medication errors include prescribing the wrong drug or incorrect dosage or administerin...hesda, Md. Pharmacists frequently have to call the prescribing doctor or interview the patient because of problems in deciphering handwriting. Currently, only ab...

Challenges in Entecavir Drug Treatment

...n of the potential for HIV drug resistance, notify prescribing physicians, and inform the Food and Drug Administration. The United States Department of Health and Human Services now recommends against using entecavir as the first option in treating hepatitis B in co-infected patients who are not already using ...

Punjab Wants Ban on Advertisements by Doctors

...ome local laboratories to get huge commissions for prescribing certain tests," the minister said. He directed the Punjab Medical Council and medical education and research department to take strong action against such cases and advised the council to cancel the registration of doctors indulging in such malprac...

Pediatric Use of ADHD Drug may Affect Developing Brain

...ise a lot of care as they diagnose ADHD and before prescribing Ritalin because the brain changes noted in the study though might be helpful in battling the behaviour disorder, can prove harmful if the drug is given to youngsters with healthy brain chemistry. In the course of study, published in the Journal of ...

EU Drug Regulator Highlights Depression Danger of Weight-loss Pill

...commendation from the EMEA will be sent to doctors prescribing drugs in the countries where the drug in being sold....

Rorting Health Practioners Busted

...ms for a set period, and seven were suspended from prescribing PBS drugs. "This resulted in savings to Medicare of $4.3 million in benefits repaid and an estimated $12.9 million in benefits not paid due to partial or full disqualification from Medicare eligibility," Health Minister Tony Abbott was quoted. A...

Avandia Improves Quality of Life in Diabetes Patients

...ry measures of glycemic control, the rationale for prescribing rosiglitazone at this time is unclear, say public health experts Bruce Psaty, M.D., and Curt Furberg, M.D., in a New England Journal of Medicine editorial published June 14. The journal published the initial analysis of Avandia. Rosiglitazone repre...

Wrestler Chris Benoits Son was Sedated - Says Investigators

...ersonal physician, Dr. Phil Astin, with improperly prescribing painkillers and other drugs to two patients other than Benoit. "Through prescription records for Mr. Benoit maintained at a pharmacy in Fayetteville, Georgia, Dr. Astin was identified as prescribing, on average, a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids...

Patients Not Complying With Their Dermatologic Problem

...scalp psoriasis under control. He said that when prescribing medications, physicians need to consider which form is most likely to be used. Many patients prefer pills over creams and ointments, he said. Another option is physician-administered treatments, such as injections, that will assure adherence. Feldm...

40 Percent of Community Pharmacists Dispensed Off-label Drug

...nd concerned by - the issues surrounding off-label prescribing to children says co-author Dr James McLay. What d...nth before the survey.Having reviewed primary care prescribing levels, this 40 per cent figure was lower than expected and leads us to conclude that many pharmacis...

Daily Antibiotics may Not Prevent Future Urinary Tract Infections Risk in Kids

... of daily antibiotic use with kids' parents before prescribing the medicines. "More definitive studies, such as clinical trials, are needed to look at this issue. But given these findings, it is appropriate for pediatricians to discuss with families the risks and unclear benefits of daily preventive antibiotic...

Viagra Improves Heart Function, Finds Study

...lberta who are now encouraging doctors to consider prescribing the drug when a patient has a failing right ventricle of the heart, a dire condition for which there are currently no treatments available. Dr. Jayan Nagendran, a cardiac surgery resident at the U of A and the first author of the paper, said that t...

Electronic Health Records Shows No Improvement in Quality of Outpatient Care

...no significant difference included such factors as prescribing recommended antibiotics; diet and exercise counsel...for elderly patients. In two quality areas - not prescribing benzodiazepine tranquilizers for patients with depression, and avoiding routine urinalysis during ge...

Reduction in Drug Costs

...ublished in PLoS Medicine, show that the change in prescribing practices reduced drug costs per Norwegian by US$0.16 in the first year. Antihypertensive drugs are a major part of national drug expenditure in developed countries, where as many as one person in ten is treated for hypertension. The different class...

Clamor for Catheter-based Ablation Increasing Among Heart Patients in US

...kept to under $1,000 annually for many patients by prescribing generic drugs, but ablation advocates say the true cost of relying on drugs includes more frequent hospitalizations, lifestyle restrictions for patients on blood thinners and poorer outcomes. They also note the drugs that are used as the first typ...

High-risk Patients Need Better Guidance on What is and Isnt a Heart Attack

...d 15 minutes between treatments leaving it to the prescribing doctor to guide the patient. Waiting 15 minutes, say the writers, could be too long for some patients. One study has shown that the median time from onset of symptoms to cardiac arrest is ten minutes. They recommend patients and their relatives s...

Prescription Costs More for Older Men Than Women

...tical demand in Italy to improve the governance of prescribing funds. The research found that the mean annual p...5.12euro). However after 65 years of age, the mean prescribing costs for males were significantly higher than females. On average, costs for a 75-year-old man wo...

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