Deception, incompetence and greed can lead to over-prescribing
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For years, Dr. Thomas Michael Barrett wrote prescriptions for large amounts of pain medication, sometimes in potentially lethal doses.
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Some Canadians say they are having problems getting supplies of their prescription drugs and they blame the Internet pharmacy business for it.
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Treatment errors often leave patients and families feeling guilty and afraid.
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Imagine you&#39;ve been diagnosed with high cholesterol and your doctor is preparing to write a prescription to help remedy the problem.
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The issue of drug advertising directly aimed at consumers is becoming political.
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New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into whether insurers overcharged patients for out-of-network doctors.
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Some Medicare beneficiaries had received erroneous refunds of premiums paid for prescription drug coverage.
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A battle between insurers and drug companies could determine how many medicines will be available to beneficiaries.
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If your prescription drugs are covered by health insurance, you probably havenât checked the actual retail price of your medications.
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NEW YORK  - When patients feel they might be having an adverse drug effect, doctors will very often dismiss their concerns, a new study shows.
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In the wake of recent government warnings about children and antidepressants, parents are having an increasingly difficult time getting prescriptions for their children.
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Unwary customers could suffer from supplements' lack of government scrutiny.
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The UN says fake prescription drugs are swamping developing nations with sometimes fatal results.
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BMJ study suggests anti-cholesterol drugs are massively and needlessly over-prescribed, inflating the Â£2bn annual bill to the NHS.
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Many of the Medicare recipients who would benefit most from using discount drug cards think they&#39;re too much trouble to be worthwhile.
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Prescription-drug recalls aren&#39;t common, and they&#39;re almost always controversial. Now that Merck (MRK ) is voluntarily withdrawing its Vioxx pain medication around the world, due to a heightened risk of cardiovascular
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AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough must pay damages for overcharging on certain drugs.