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Prescription Drugs
Prescription Drugs: A prescription drug (also prescription medication or prescription medicine) is a pharmaceutical drug that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed. In contrast, over-the-counter drugs can be obtained without a prescription. The reason for this difference in substance control is the potential scope of misuse, from drug abuse to practicing medicine without a license and without sufficient education. Different jurisdictions have different definitions of what constitutes a prescription drug.
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MAR 22, 2017Cardiology
Drugs like aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), and naproxen (Aleve), all have one thing in common - other than th ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
New work by researchers in Denmark has suggested that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, commonly used ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2017Health & Medicine
The active ingredient in several types of drugs to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) may be protective of heart hea ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 13, 2017Cardiology
People taking heartburn drugs called proton pump inhibitors—Prevacid, Prilosec, Nexium, and Protonix—may not ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 16, 2017Cardiology
The experience of side effects while taking statin drugs is the strongest predictor of an individual’s fail ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 11, 2017Health & Medicine
Acid reflux is common during pregnancy, but scientists are starting to get concerned about a potential link between medi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2017Cardiology
For individuals with irregular heartbeats and a prescription for anticoagulation medicine, a decision must be made befor ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 06, 2016Cardiology
Treating patients on anticoagulants who also suffer a major bleeding event gives many doctors pause. A new study aims to ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 23, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 23, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vacc ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A trace of us is left on everything we come into contact with, in the form of microbes and trace amounts of chemicals. R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2016Cancer
In the world of drug development, finding new uses for old drugs seems like the ideal situation. But the road to repurpo ...OCT 21, 2016Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL — October 20, 2016 – In a discovery that advances the understanding of how marijuana works in th ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 11, 2016Neuroscience
In most countries, it’s illegal to advertise prescription drugs directly to consumers. No slick magazine adverts a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 10, 2016Neuroscience
The increase in heroin addiction and overdoses is an issue that is detailed every day in news reports, magazines and med ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 06, 2016Cardiology
Warfarin is a blood-thinning drug that requires continuous blood tests to ensure its efficacy and safety, and there are ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 15, 2016Neuroscience
In January of 2016, a law enacted in the UK changed the landscape of the market for “smart drugs” known as & ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington ...AUG 29, 2016Cardiology
For unknown reasons, some people are sensitive to certain medications to treat heart conditions like cardiomyopathy. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When we need medicine, we hop down to the local drugstore or pharmacy and have our prescriptions filled. But what happen ...JUL 14, 2016Videos
In the United States, prescription drugs, for any illness, can be advertised on television directly to patients. While t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 01, 2016Videos
While the news about immunotherapy drugs and the almost miraculous results Jimmy Carter had using Keytruda is mostly pos ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 23, 2016Cannabis Sciences
The question of whether or not to legalize marijuana is controversial, with experts weighing in on both sides of the iss ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 31, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It sounds counterintuitive, and possibly illogical: a drug implant to combat the addiction of drugs? But, the U.S. Food ...MAY 26, 2016Cancer
Researchers say a commonly prescribed drug for pain and inflammation may actually help slow cancer’s growth. The d ...
MAR 22, 2017
Cardiology
Drugs like aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), and naproxen (Aleve), all have one thing in common - other than th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
New work by researchers in Denmark has suggested that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, commonly used ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2017
Health & Medicine
The active ingredient in several types of drugs to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) may be protective of heart hea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 13, 2017
Cardiology
People taking heartburn drugs called proton pump inhibitors—Prevacid, Prilosec, Nexium, and Protonix—may not
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 16, 2017
Cardiology
The experience of side effects while taking statin drugs is the strongest predictor of an individual’s fail
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2017
Health & Medicine
Acid reflux is common during pregnancy, but scientists are starting to get concerned about a potential link between medi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2017
Cardiology
For individuals with irregular heartbeats and a prescription for anticoagulation medicine, a decision must be made befor
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2016
Cardiology
Treating patients on anticoagulants who also suffer a major bleeding event gives many doctors pause. A new study aims to
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 23, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 23, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vacc
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A trace of us is left on everything we come into contact with, in the form of microbes and trace amounts of chemicals. R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2016
Cancer
In the world of drug development, finding new uses for old drugs seems like the ideal situation. But the road to repurpo
...
OCT 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL — October 20, 2016 – In a discovery that advances the understanding of how marijuana works in th
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 11, 2016
Neuroscience
In most countries, it’s illegal to advertise prescription drugs directly to consumers. No slick magazine adverts a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 10, 2016
Neuroscience
The increase in heroin addiction and overdoses is an issue that is detailed every day in news reports, magazines and med
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 06, 2016
Cardiology
Warfarin is a blood-thinning drug that requires continuous blood tests to ensure its efficacy and safety, and there are
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 15, 2016
Neuroscience
In January of 2016, a law enacted in the UK changed the landscape of the market for “smart drugs” known as &
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington
...
AUG 29, 2016
Cardiology
For unknown reasons, some people are sensitive to certain medications to treat heart conditions like cardiomyopathy. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When we need medicine, we hop down to the local drugstore or pharmacy and have our prescriptions filled. But what happen
...
JUL 14, 2016
Videos
In the United States, prescription drugs, for any illness, can be advertised on television directly to patients. While t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 01, 2016
Videos
While the news about immunotherapy drugs and the almost miraculous results Jimmy Carter had using Keytruda is mostly pos
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 23, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
The question of whether or not to legalize marijuana is controversial, with experts weighing in on both sides of the iss
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 31, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It sounds counterintuitive, and possibly illogical: a drug implant to combat the addiction of drugs? But, the U.S. Food
...
MAY 26, 2016
Cancer
Researchers say a commonly prescribed drug for pain and inflammation may actually help slow cancer’s growth. The d
...