Prescription Drugs

03/01/2013 - "Although prescription drugs have been used effectively and appropriately for decades, deaths from prescription pain medicine in particular have reached epidemic proportions. "
12/01/2008 - "The increased use of prescription drugs has brought pain relief too many and often improved the quality of life of elderly patients. "
07/01/2003 - "The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of illicit drug use by patients in an interventional pain management practice, based on whether or not there was evidence of simultaneous abuse of prescription drugs. "
01/01/2014 - "The rationale for increased use of WBAs in managing patients with chronic pain is that they are believed to increase adherence to agreed-upon behaviors, reduce addiction to or diversion of prescription drugs, and satisfy informed consent requirements. "
01/01/2014 - "In addition, screening for all the various illicit and prescription drugs that may be present in the pain management population requires as many as 10-20 individual immunoassays. "

01/01/1994 - "A multidisciplinary substance abuse committee helped identify and treat patients suspected of abusing prescription drugs."
01/01/2015 - "Although the link between drug abuse and suicide risk is established, few studies have examined the relationship between the nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) and suicide risk, particularly among adolescents. "
05/01/2013 - "Previous studies have found a negative association between health insurance and nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD), and abuse or dependence on prescription drugs (ADPD); and mixed associations between health insurance and use of substance abuse treatment (SAT). "
01/01/2006 - "In July 2005, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University announced the results of a study indicating that the number of Americans who abuse controlled prescription drugs has nearly doubled from 7.8 million to 15.1 million from 1992 to 2003 and abuse among teens has more than tripled during that time. "
12/01/1994 - "The mean annual admissions rates for three substance use disorder groups among all elderly persons treated during the 20-year period of study were as follows: alcohol only, 72%; prescription drugs, 16%; and both alcohol and drugs, 12%. "

11/01/2000 - "Prescription drugs have improved the length and quality of life for many persons, particularly those with chronic disease. "
07/01/2015 - "This study aimed to assess the prevalence of access to continuous prescription drugs for a group of chronic diseases and to investigate the existence of socioeconomic inequalities in access. "
01/01/2010 - "342 Patients, aged over 60 years, discharged from general and academic hospitals, using five or more prescription drugs for their chronic disease will be asked by their pharmacy to participate in the study. "
05/01/2015 - "The prevalence of anxiety and depression among pregnant women were both high and only trait anxiety was explained by treatment for chronic diseases and the usage of continuous prescription drugs."
05/01/2015 - "Only trait anxiety was explained by the variables studied and it was associated to the realization of a treatment for chronic diseases (OR = 2.93; IC = 1.02-8.41; p = 0.045) and the usage of continuous prescription drugs (OR = 2.30; IC = 1.06-4.97; p = 0.034). "

08/01/2015 - "The Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule will set new and improved standards for the inclusion of information about the use of prescription drugs and biological products during pregnancy; the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, along with other data sources, will be critical for providing safety data to inform product labeling."
06/01/2003 - "Concerns about prescription drugs in the first trimester, when they can cause birth defects, are mostly quite different to concerns about use in the second and third trimesters. "

12/01/2001 - "To measure the impact that economic relief for prescription drugs to indigent patients with cardiovascular disease has on indicators of disease control. "
12/01/2015 - "Several classes of recreational and prescription drugs have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and the occurrence of arrhythmias, which may be involved in sudden deaths in chronic users even at therapeutic doses. "
05/01/2013 - "Cardiovascular disease was common and an average of seven prescription drugs was used. "
09/01/1999 - "Subjects aged older than 65 years, an IADL score < 10, more than 20 physical exams performed by practitioner in the last year, a recent hospitalisation, presence of cardiovascular disease, and presence of genito-urinary disease, were significantly and independently associated to polypharmacy for prescription drugs. "
01/01/2014 - "Prescription drugs are used in people with hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease to manage their illness. "