Doctors issued more than 4,000 prescriptions for the abortion pill Mifegymiso to Canadian women in 2017 — the first year it was available in Canada.
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Exercise, not painkillers, should be prescribed to treat back pain, experts warn
MILLIONS of Britons are having their lower back pain mismanaged, leaving them in long-term agony, experts warned yesterday.
Exercise, not painkillers, should be prescribed to treat back pain, experts warn
Ineffective painkillers, costly surgery and MRI scans are dished out too readily when prevention and exercise-led solutions could help people keep functioning and aid recovery, experts say. A series of papers published in The Lancet lays bare the nation’s growing back pain epidemic and called for a new approach. Medics warned that all too often […]
Arthritis drugs prescribed by doctors to treat hand pain don’t actually work
AN off-label drug thought to be commonly prescribed by doctors to treat osteoarthritis of the hand when conventional medication has failed is ineffective, researchers have said.
Dementia patients prescribed unnecessary drugs to keep them calm
A study across eight European countries including England showed 60 per cent had been wrongly prescribed at least one drug, while more than a quarter had been given at least two. The most commonly prescribed “inappropriate” drugs were sedatives and antipsychotics which are calming but are linked to fall-related injuries as they cause drowsiness, confusion, […]
Dementia patients prescribed unnecessary drugs to keep them calm
MORE than half of elderly people with dementia are prescribed unnecessary drugs like sedatives and antipsychotics to keep them calm. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Dentist warning: UNNECESSARY antibiotics prescribed by dentists spreading superbug C. diff
DENTISTS prescribing unnecessary antibiotics could be spreading an antibiotic-resistant superbug infection, researchers have claimed. Daily Express :: Health Feed
The Las Vegas shooter was reportedly prescribed a common anxiety medication — here’s what you need to know about it
David Becker/Getty Images People are still looking for the motive behind the Las Vegas shooting as more details come in. One detail that has emerged around the shooter, Stephen Paddock, concerns his prescriptions. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that in June, Paddock was prescribed diazepam, sometimes known by its brand name, Valium. It’s a common medication used […]
People who most need prescribed heart prevention drugs least likely to get them
Socioeconomic inequities may be preventing millions of people in the U.S. from getting standard medications to prevent heart attacks and strokes, according to Canadian doctors who see it as a warning signal for this country. CBC | Health News
The FDA is taking a closer look at cough medicines that contain opioids, and whether they should be prescribed to children
AP/Paul Sakuma A federal committee will meet in three weeks to consider whether cough medicine containing certain opioids should be prescribed to children, the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday. The agency already warned in April that drugs containing codeine, which is an opiate, “should not be used to treat pain or cough” in children […]
