Prescription Medication

8 Things You Need To Do If Your Child Is On Psychiatric Meds

Kaitlin Bell Barnett | Posted 04.20.2012

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Kaitlin Bell Barnett

If the decision is made that medication is worth a try, here are some steps adults can take to help children benefit as much as possible from the experience.

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How To Be A Better Patient

Gayatri Devi, M.D. | Posted 03.25.2012

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Gayatri Devi, M.D.

Patients' failures to adhere to their prescribed medication regimes is a major impediment to health.

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More Teens Receiving Dangerous Prescriptions

Reuters | Alison McCook | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2007, one out of every nine teens and one out of six young adults in their 20s received prescriptions for medication that have the potential for ab...

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DEA 'Take-Back' Nets 121 TONS Of Drugs

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A daylong, nationwide effort to get people to turn in old or unwanted prescription drugs collected more than 121 tons of unused med...

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Should Patients Be Paid for Medical Compliance?

Victoria Rogers McEvoy, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Victoria Rogers McEvoy, M.D.

By creating an incentive for patients to stay healthy, it may be possible to avoid ER visits, eliminate surgeries, cut down or avoid hospitalizations and maybe eliminate some of the unnecessary trips to the doctor.

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What Is Stopping You From Getting A Good Night's Sleep?

Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011

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Anne Dunev

Consider insomnia as a symptom of a deeper problem. The answer is not sleep medication, or psychotropic medication, as the medications themselves are toxic to the organs, have side-effects, are often addictive.

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A Ban on Painkillers Helps No One

Joshua Lyon | Posted 11.17.2011

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Joshua Lyon

We can't combat painkillers like any other drug epidemic by trying to eliminate the source. The medications must remain available to people who are living with debilitating diseases.

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Thank You, Bill Maher, For Asking Where in the World is Barack Obama and What is He Going To Do About Healthcare?

Anne Dunev | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anne Dunev

Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.

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More Americans Are Taking Prescription Medications

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. — For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chro...

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Pills, Placebos, and Prescription Drugs - Oh My!

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

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It looks like pills are a popular subject this week. Yesterday, Newsweek dove in to the dangerous debate over placebo pills. No one is saying "posit...

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