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  • Thumbnail for Substance abuse
    million people were taking prescription drugs for nonmedical use in 2010. Among 12th graders, nonmedical prescription drug use is now second only to cannabis...
    99 KB (10,180 words) - 20:42, 2 June 2024
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    drugs are commonly termed the "war on drugs". Ethical concerns have also been raised about the overuse of these drugs clinically and about their marketing...
    80 KB (7,927 words) - 14:52, 25 July 2024
  • Overmedication (category Drugs)
    grocery stores without a prescription. OTC medication overuse is most prevalent in adolescents and young adults. This overuse is common due to the relatively...
    22 KB (2,511 words) - 05:33, 29 July 2024
  • Act and the Prescription Drug Marketing Act, respectively. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations require all prescription drug promotion to...
    41 KB (4,726 words) - 12:09, 15 January 2024
  • these drugs from corticosteroids, another class of anti-inflammatory drugs, which during the 1950s had acquired a bad reputation due to overuse and side-effect...
    110 KB (11,559 words) - 03:29, 15 July 2024
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    Sumatriptan (redirect from Sumatran (drug))
    heart attacks, strokes, and seizures. With excessive use, medication overuse headaches may occur. It is unclear if use during pregnancy or breastfeeding...
    26 KB (2,293 words) - 08:15, 14 June 2024
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    Antifungal (redirect from Anti-fungal drug)
    such as cryptococcal meningitis, and others. Such drugs are usually obtained by a doctor's prescription, but a few are available over the counter (OTC)...
    28 KB (2,565 words) - 01:34, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Opioid epidemic in the United States
    from drug overdoses, with prescription and illicit opioids responsible for 500,000 of those deaths. In 2017 alone, there were 70,237 recorded drug overdose...
    248 KB (25,657 words) - 23:02, 28 July 2024
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    Amphetamine (redirect from Speed (drug))
    enhancer, and recreationally as an aphrodisiac and euphoriant. It is a prescription drug in many countries, and unauthorized possession and distribution of...
    273 KB (26,879 words) - 11:18, 15 July 2024
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    "Analysis of medication use patterns:apparent overuse of antibiotics and underuse of prescription drugs for asthma, depression, and CHF". Journal of Managed...
    210 KB (21,999 words) - 18:02, 24 July 2024
  • A drug recall removes a prescription or over-the-counter drug from the market. Drug recalls in the United States are made by the FDA or the creators of...
    16 KB (1,877 words) - 21:16, 14 February 2024
  • girl's heart and lungs showed signs of damage due to ongoing prescription drug overuse, and her lungs contained bloody fluid indicating a pulmonary edema...
    59 KB (5,825 words) - 12:55, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antibiotic misuse
    misuse, sometimes called antibiotic abuse or antibiotic overuse, refers to the misuse or overuse of antibiotics, with potentially serious effects on health...
    35 KB (3,606 words) - 15:05, 21 July 2024
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    Analgesic (redirect from Pain killing drug)
    available over the counter in most countries, whereas various others are prescription drugs owing to the substantial risks and high chances of overdose, misuse...
    109 KB (5,853 words) - 17:12, 26 July 2024
  • Sunny von Bülow (category Drug-related deaths in New York City)
    insulin injection and that her symptoms were attributable to overuse of prescription drugs. The story was dramatized in the book and film Reversal of Fortune...
    22 KB (2,539 words) - 13:53, 27 July 2024
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    Antibiotic (redirect from Antibiotic drug)
    common mild illnesses contribute to their overuse. Other forms of antibiotic associated harm include anaphylaxis, drug toxicity most notably kidney and liver...
    155 KB (14,548 words) - 20:29, 21 July 2024
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    codeine, due to worries about the overuse of the drug. Codeine remains a semi non-prescriptive, over-the-counter drug up to a limit of 12.8 mg per pill...
    80 KB (8,072 words) - 11:52, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Drug utilization review
    problems such as adverse drug reactions, treatment failure, overuse, under-use, incorrect dosage and use of over-the-counter drugs g. Identify areas where...
    23 KB (2,593 words) - 21:24, 14 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Opioid epidemic
    the rapid increase in the overuse, misuse/abuse, and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates/opioids since...
    72 KB (7,522 words) - 05:38, 27 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alprazolam
    Alprazolam (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
    is a prescription drug and is assigned to Schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Under the UK drug misuse...
    89 KB (8,363 words) - 23:49, 22 July 2024
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