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prescription stories: 11 news summaries

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Pharmacists refused to fill drug cocktail order for Smith doc Khristine Eroshevich

Sep 22, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newly unsealed documents in the Anna Nicole Smith investigation reveal the Playmate had a lesbian tryst with her psychiatrist, Khristine Eroshevich—the same psychiatrist who ordered a drug cocktail so dangerous that one pharmacist who refused to fill the order called it “pharmaceutical suicide,” the Los Angeles ... More »

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entertainment • Anna Nicole Smith • lesbians • celebrity • overdose • prescription drugs • prescription • prescription painkillers • drug cocktail • celebrity death • drug overdose

Drug Companies Hide Data
From Docs

Edited info could mislead those prescribing meds

Nov 26, 08 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Pharmaceutical companies aren't as upfront with doctors as they are with the government about their new products, a study finds. Though drug companies must provide the FDA with all of the data from clinical trials, related papers published in medical journals were found to omit info from 20% of the... More »

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FDA • Merck • pharmaceutical companies • Avandia • Vioxx • prescription drugs • prescription • side effects • Vytorin • doctors

New Databases Share Test Results, Prescriptions

Info used to assemble health 'credit reports'

Aug 4, 08 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - The prescriptions and medical test results of more than 200 million Americans are being assembled into commercial databases, the Washington Post reports, which then sell health "credit reports" to insurance companies trying to evaluate whether to accept an individual for coverage. The companies not only disclose drug and... More »

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medicine • health insurance • Georgetown University • prescription • online medical records

More Kids Take Grown-up Drugs in Obesity Fight

Critics say it's a poor substitute for good diet and exercise

Jul 26, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors are prescribing drugs to more and more children to treat conditions related to obesity, the New York Times reports. Data released by pharmacy plans show that medication for Type 2 diabetes has seen the biggest increase—151% from 2001 to last year. And this month, a pediatricians group... More »

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health • childhood obesity • blood pressure • statins • data • prescription • cholesterol lowering drug • type 2 diabetes • medication • high blood pressure

Risky Errors on Rise With Sound-Alike Drugs

Study finds prescription mix-ups more than doubled since 2004

Jan 30, 08 9:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The problem of drug-name mix-ups is growing in the US, with harmful and sometimes even fatal consequences for patients, USA Today reports. A study undertaken by the group that regulates generic drug names found that the rate of mix-ups has more than doubled since 2004. In one case, a 7-year-old... More »

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prescription drugs • generic drugs • pharmaceutical • prescription

Big Pharma Goes East to Test Drugs

Low costs lure
R&D, but critics
doubt product safety

Nov 19, 07 8:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Big Pharma is testing more drugs in China, where studies cost less and a big, aging population has more chronic ailments, Time reports. But critics question the country's product safety and ponder the fate of tested patients. Even Big Pharma is concerned—about intellectual property rights—but the lure of... More »

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China • drugs • pharmaceutical companies • prescription • drug trials

FDA Promises More Generics  

Commits to reviewing applications faster

Oct 5, 07 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FDA approved about a third more generic drugs in fiscal 2007 than the year prior, and pledged yesterday to speed its review process to accommodate yet more. Sales of generics, which average about one-third the cost of their brand-name counterparts, are up 22%—and one advocacy group says the... More »

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medicine • FDA • generic drugs • prescription • Pharmacy

FDA May Ease Rx Drug Sales

Agency considers 'behind-the-counter' drug sales by pharmacists

Oct 4, 07 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The federal Food and Drug Administration may allow more drugs to be sold by pharmacists without a prescription if they are kept behind the counter off display shelves. The FDA  announced a hearing next month to explore the "public health benefit of drugs being available without a prescription but... More »

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FDA • Plan B • prescription • Federal Register • Mevacor • behind the counter • over the counter • Zocor • cholesterol lowering drug

Skipping Meds Can Be Deadly

Half of patients undermine health
by skipping doses,
quitting medication

Jul 31, 07 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Half of all patients with chronic illnesses don't take their medication as prescribed, says a new report, undermining their health and hastening their death. Patients with illnesses like heart disease and asthma often skip doses, misunderstand prescriptions or drop medication as soon as they feel better. The result is  more... More »

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medicine • health • elderly • heart disease • patients • blood pressure • prescription drugs • chronic illness • prescription

Depression Causes Preemies

Depression is more dangerous before the baby is born, researchers say

Apr 4, 07 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most new mothers with post-partum depression are ill long before their babies are born, the first study of clinical depression during pregnancy has found. The research, conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, shows that depression, triggered by a natural increase in stress hormones during pregnancy, is a "... More »

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medicine • pregnancy • post partum depression • health • depression • psychiatry • antidepressant • children • infant mortality • stress • baby • prescription

Alzheimer's Patients Dying In Prescription Scandal

Sedatives shown to double death rates

Mar 30, 07 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sedatives commonly prescribed to Alzheimer's and dementia patients are leading to their premature death, new research reported in the Guardian concludes.  The drugs, called neuroleptics, combat the diseases' more alarming symptoms, including agitation and hallucinations. Their widespread off-label use in the U.K.—where they're licensed only for... More »

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medicine • health care • health • dementia • neuroleptics • schizophrenia • prescription • Alzheimer's Disease

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