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Prescription drug overuse or non-medical prescription drug use is the use of prescription medications that is more than the prescribed amount, regardless of whether the original medical reason to take the drug is legitimate. [1] [2] A prescription drug is a drug substance prescribed by a doctor and intended to for individual use only. [3]
From the beginning of 1999 through the end of 2015, a total of 1,545 people have had prescriptions written and 991 patients have died from ingesting medications prescribed under the act. [ 6 ] The median age of the 991 patients who died from ingesting medication was 71; 77.1 percent of patients had malignant neoplasms ( cancer ).
Sep. 28—A Sanford physician is scheduled to go before the N.C. Medical Board in October on allegations he failed to properly treat at least six patients. Dr. Suriner Dhawan, an internist at ...
Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research. [1] Medical ethics is based on a set of values that professionals can refer to in the case of any confusion or conflict. These values include the respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. [2]
Mar. 19—A new bill filed with the Alabama House of Representatives, HB 238 or the Fair Meds Act, is intended to shed more light on prescription drug costs in the state and require pharmacists to ...
The Durham–Humphrey Amendment explicitly defined two specific categories for medications, legend (prescription) and over-the-counter (OTC). This amendment was co-sponsored by then Senator (and later Vice President) Hubert H. Humphrey Jr., who was a pharmacist in South Dakota before beginning his political career. [1]
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, [1] also called the Medicare Modernization Act or MMA, is a federal law of the United States, enacted in 2003. [2] It produced the largest overhaul of Medicare in the public health program's 38-year history.
Off-label use is the use of pharmaceutical drugs for an unapproved indication or in an unapproved age group, dosage, or route of administration. [1] Both prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs (OTCs) can be used in off-label ways, although most studies of off-label use focus on prescription drugs.