Report: Prescription Drug Abuse on Rise
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Fewer American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but more are abusing prescription drugs, the government reported Thursday.
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U.S. prescription drug sales rose 8.3 percent to $274 billion last year, fueled by the Medicare drug benefit, increased use of generic medicines and new treatments for diseases such as cancer and diabetes, according to a new report.
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Home Office figures show drug offences have risen by 14% in the last year, despite overall decline.
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As overall healthcare costs continue to rise sharply, prescription drugs have emerged as a surprising exception.
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NEW YORK  - Deaths related to medication  errors appear to rise sharply during the first few days of each  month, suggesting that hectic pharmacies may be at least partly  to blame, according to researchers.
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A survey that was released Tuesday reports there is a big difference in how much people pay for prescription drugs in New York.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Illegally selling prescription drugs over-the-counter is adding to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, according to a recent study.
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U.S. spending on prescription drugs,  hospital care and other health services is expected to double  to $4.1 trillion over the next decade, up from $2.1 trillion in  2006, a government report released on Wednesday found.
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Finding out how prescription drugs affect children isn't easy, even for pediatricians, a new study says.
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SUNDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- Obese and overweight men spend much more on prescription drugs than men with normal weight, says a Mayo Clinic study.
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Drug abuse experts say the arrest of Al Gore's son underscores the growing problem of prescription drug abuse among America's youth. College students use the stimulant Adderall, an attention deficit drug, to get a speedy high or pull all-nighters.
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The prescription drug industry has grown enormously in the past few years, to the tune of an estimated $200 billion every year. Consumers and medical professionals have sharpened their criticism of the industry
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Media & professional: The number of prescriptions for antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs given to children under 16 has more than quadrupled in the last decade.
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Use of pharmaceutical products has risen to record levels in the US, with almost half the population using at least one prescription medicine regularly, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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The prices for about 200 prescription drugs commonly used by seniors in the United States rose nearly twice the rate of inflation, a seniors group said on Tuesday, making a case for letting the government negotiate drug prices.
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More than 40 percent of Americans are taking at least one prescription drug and one person in every six takes three or more, the government said Thursday.
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The use of drugs to treat  attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has more  than tripled worldwide since 1993, U.S. researchers reported on  Tuesday.