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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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APR 24, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
When triple-negative breast cancer patients took several prescriptions worth of antibiotics in the three years after the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2023Microbiology
Bacteria can easily exchange genetic information in a process called horizontal gene transfer. But now researchers have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
About 23 million people in the United States take a drug called levothyroxine for hypothyroidism, and new research has s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has waned, SARS-CoV-2 is still with us, and we still need diagnostic tests. Scientists have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2023Cannabis Sciences
As more states legalize cannabis, more people are choosing to use cannabis over alcohol. A recent survey by CivicScience ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 29, 2023Plants & Animals
Opioid overuse has become a nationwide epidemic the United States. Encompassing a wide variety of narcotics like codeine ...Written By: Ryan VingumJAN 19, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Rosacea is a dermatologic condition affecting the centrofacial region (cheeks, chin, nose, and forehead), resulting ...Written By: Greta AnneJAN 10, 2023Neuroscience
Staying up all night to prepare for an exam may not be much help to students, because memory can be impaired by many thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2023Health & Medicine
Naloxone is a powerful FDA-approved opioid antagonist that works to reverse life-threatening opioid overdoses. Sinc ...Written By: Greta AnneDEC 27, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Two FDA-approved drugs mitigate and may even eliminate brain fog in people with long COVID. The corresponding case repor ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 17, 2022Health & Medicine
Drug overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States. About 92,000 people died from drug and prescription opi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2022Cannabis Sciences
What happens when you ingest too much THC? Whether you smoke, vape, or consume edibles, here's what to expectWritten By: Helaine KrysikNOV 09, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
While the Neandertals have gone extinct, their DNA still lingers in the genome of modern humans, where it can help or ha ...Written By: Amielle MorenoNOV 04, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new tre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2022Neuroscience
Within five years of being diagnosed with dementia, people are commonly prescribed three drugs or more to treat multiple ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 13, 2022Cannabis Sciences
The University of Sydney research team studied the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on driving, and they found that the high ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 23, 2022Cannabis Sciences
In states with legal medical cannabis, people are curious about using cannabinoid treatment as an alternative to pharmac ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 18, 2022Health & Medicine
Scientists say that lying on the right side is the quickest way to dissolve a pill. The research was published in Physic ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 13, 2022Health & Medicine
A 2022 Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) report showed only 2,385 mesothelioma cases in the United State ...Sponsored By: The Mesothelioma GroupSEP 04, 2022Neuroscience
You've probably heard of fentanyl, an extremely powerful, synthetic opioid that is used as a sedative, and sometimes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2022Plants & Animals
Diabetes is becoming an increasingly common condition. Over 30 million people have diabetes in the U.S, while only 20% o ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 07, 2022Health & Medicine
A team of international researchers examined the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the gut microbiota of ...Written By: Kerry CharronJUL 23, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A new review study found that there is no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity are responsible for ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 10, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
The discovery of antibiotics in the early 1900’s was one of the most important discoveries in medical history. The ...Written By: J. Bryce Ortiz
APR 24, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
When triple-negative breast cancer patients took several prescriptions worth of antibiotics in the three years after the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2023
Microbiology
Bacteria can easily exchange genetic information in a process called horizontal gene transfer. But now researchers have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
About 23 million people in the United States take a drug called levothyroxine for hypothyroidism, and new research has s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has waned, SARS-CoV-2 is still with us, and we still need diagnostic tests. Scientists have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
As more states legalize cannabis, more people are choosing to use cannabis over alcohol. A recent survey by CivicScience
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 29, 2023
Plants & Animals
Opioid overuse has become a nationwide epidemic the United States. Encompassing a wide variety of narcotics like codeine
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JAN 19, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Rosacea is a dermatologic condition affecting the centrofacial region (cheeks, chin, nose, and forehead), resulting
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JAN 10, 2023
Neuroscience
Staying up all night to prepare for an exam may not be much help to students, because memory can be impaired by many thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2023
Health & Medicine
Naloxone is a powerful FDA-approved opioid antagonist that works to reverse life-threatening opioid overdoses. Sinc
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
DEC 27, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Two FDA-approved drugs mitigate and may even eliminate brain fog in people with long COVID. The corresponding case repor
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 17, 2022
Health & Medicine
Drug overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States. About 92,000 people died from drug and prescription opi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
What happens when you ingest too much THC? Whether you smoke, vape, or consume edibles, here's what to expect
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
NOV 09, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
While the Neandertals have gone extinct, their DNA still lingers in the genome of modern humans, where it can help or ha
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
It may be possible to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms with an inexpensive amino acid that could open up new tre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2022
Neuroscience
Within five years of being diagnosed with dementia, people are commonly prescribed three drugs or more to treat multiple
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 13, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
The University of Sydney research team studied the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on driving, and they found that the high
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 23, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
In states with legal medical cannabis, people are curious about using cannabinoid treatment as an alternative to pharmac
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 18, 2022
Health & Medicine
Scientists say that lying on the right side is the quickest way to dissolve a pill. The research was published in Physic
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 13, 2022
Health & Medicine
A 2022 Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) report showed only 2,385 mesothelioma cases in the United State
...
Sponsored By:
The Mesothelioma Group
SEP 04, 2022
Neuroscience
You've probably heard of fentanyl, an extremely powerful, synthetic opioid that is used as a sedative, and sometimes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2022
Plants & Animals
Diabetes is becoming an increasingly common condition. Over 30 million people have diabetes in the U.S, while only 20% o
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
A team of international researchers examined the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the gut microbiota of
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUL 23, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A new review study found that there is no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity are responsible for
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 10, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The discovery of antibiotics in the early 1900’s was one of the most important discoveries in medical history. The
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz