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  2. Prescription drug overuse - Wikipedia

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    Due to their high potential misuse and addictive properties, opioids are highly regulated and controlled by healthcare departments. [9] [10] Additionally, stimulants, antianxiety medicines, and sedatives are addictive drugs that are commonly overused. [2] Antianxiety medicines, such as benzodiazepine, are used to treat anxiety and panic attacks ...

  3. Armodafinil - Wikipedia

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    Armodafinil, sold under the brand name Nuvigil, is a wakefulness-promoting medication which is used to treat excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and shift work disorder. [1] It is also used off-label for certain other indications. [10] The drug is taken by mouth. [1]

  4. List of modafinil analogues and derivatives - Wikipedia

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    [3] [2] [4] The modafinil analogues are of interest in the potential treatment of a condition involving the misuse of stimulant drugs (psychostimulant use disorder or PSUD), as drugs that help increase motivation (pro-motivational agents) to treat motivational disorders, [4] [5] [6] and for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as ...

  5. Eugeroic - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Eugeroics are also often prescribed off-label for the treatment of EDS in idiopathic hypersomnia. [11] In contrast to classical psychostimulants , such as amphetamine and methylphenidate , which are also used in the treatment of these disorders, eugeroics typically do not produce euphoria , and, consequently, have lower misuse potential .

  6. Antibiotic misuse - Wikipedia

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    Antibiotic misuse can lead to resistance in harmless bacteria that can be shared with other bacteria, or create an opportunity for potentially harmful bacteria to replace the harmless ones. [ 37 ] Official guidelines by the American Heart Association for dental antibiotic prophylaxis call for the administration of antibiotics to prevent ...

  7. List of Schedule III controlled substances (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than the drugs or other substances in schedules I and II. The drug or other substance has a currently [1] accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. Abuse of the drug or other substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.

  8. Cephalon - Wikipedia

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    Thereafter, the company developed and commercialized products for the treatment of sleep disorders, pain, [1] addiction and cancer, [citation needed] establishing the "wake franchise" [This quote needs a citation] on the basis of Provigil and later, Nuvigil, the R-enantiomer of modafinil.

  9. Unnecessary health care - Wikipedia

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    Unnecessary health care (overutilization, overuse, or overtreatment) is health care provided with a higher volume or cost than is appropriate. [1] In the United States, where health care costs are the highest as a percentage of GDP, overuse was the predominant factor in its expense, accounting for about a third of its health care spending ($750 billion out of $2.6 trillion) in 2012.