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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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MAY 15, 2019Cannabis Sciences
According to the Centers for Disease Control, a third of adults report that they get less than the recommended amount of ...Written By: Amy LoriauxMAY 14, 2019Health & Medicine
Voters in Denver narrowly approved a ballott to decriminalize yet another recreational drug: psilocybin mushrooms, commo ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergMAY 07, 2019Neuroscience
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A recent study published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine by Dr. Arum Kim, MD, and colleagues, from the New York Un ...Written By: Amy LoriauxMAR 28, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Since the FDA approved of the first drug derived from cannabis last year, pharmaceutical companies big and small are tak ...Written By: Amy LoriauxMAR 19, 2019Health & Medicine
A pilot study suggests it might. Researchers at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, found that a low-carbohydrate die ...Written By: Aleishia Harris-ArnoldMAR 11, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Many individuals going through depression gain little benefit from treatments whether drugs or talk therapy. Depression ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 07, 2019Cannabis Sciences
In a rare concession from the National Football League, officials are preparing to make changes to its substance abuse p ...Written By: Amy LoriauxFEB 17, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study by Rutgers University found that overdosing on loperamide—a non-prescription, over-the-counter diar ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 01, 2019Cardiology
Opioid abuse has become an epidemic in the United States. It is estimated that 72,000 deaths were the result of opioid a ...Written By: Abbie ArceJAN 12, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published by Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, one of the main class of prescription sleeping pills was f ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 10, 2019Cannabis Sciences
In a recent publication in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs described the results of a survey of 392 patients who ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 01, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Alcoholism is a devastating disease that is responsible for the deaths of roughly 88,000 people a year, n ...Written By: Amy LoriauxDEC 27, 2018Cannabis Sciences
WHEC News in Rochester, New York, is reporting that more adults are turning to medical marijuana to treat their child ...Written By: Amy LoriauxDEC 27, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Testing positive for marijuana, or rather its metabolite, COOH-THC, can cause a prospective applicant her chances at get ...Written By: Amy LoriauxDEC 20, 2018Health & Medicine
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer found in women, globally, for incidence (6.6%) and mortality (7.5%). It ...Written By: Dena ArutaDEC 18, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in Psychiatric Services in Advance, misuse of prescription drugs accounts for more than 1 ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 09, 2018Health & Medicine
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined by the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th Edition ...Written By: Dena ArutaDEC 06, 2018Videos
This informative video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the problem of antibiotic resistance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2018Cardiology
You may recall hearing at some point that there are “good fats“ and “bad fats.“ What does that r ...Written By: Abbie ArceNOV 08, 2018Health & Medicine
You may have heard that air travel increases the risk of developing a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). But did you know that ...Written By: Abbie ArceNOV 08, 2018Health & Medicine
The benefits of aspirin use in patients with known cardiovascular disease (CVD) are well-established. A 2015 meta-analys ...Written By: Abbie Arce
MAY 15, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
According to the Centers for Disease Control, a third of adults report that they get less than the recommended amount of
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAY 14, 2019
Health & Medicine
Voters in Denver narrowly approved a ballott to decriminalize yet another recreational drug: psilocybin mushrooms, commo
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
MAY 07, 2019
Neuroscience
In an ideal world, patients in need of pain relief would take pain medication without the inherent fear of possible opio
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
APR 30, 2019
Neuroscience
Researchers develop neuron receptors with the ability to interact with an FDA-approved anti-smoking drug. This technolog
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
APR 30, 2019
Microbiology
While hospitals are intended to be places of healing, people can acquire nasty infections with drug-resistant bacteria d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
A recent study published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine by Dr. Arum Kim, MD, and colleagues, from the New York Un
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 28, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Since the FDA approved of the first drug derived from cannabis last year, pharmaceutical companies big and small are tak
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 19, 2019
Health & Medicine
A pilot study suggests it might. Researchers at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, found that a low-carbohydrate die
...
Written By:
Aleishia Harris-Arnold
MAR 11, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Many individuals going through depression gain little benefit from treatments whether drugs or talk therapy. Depression
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 07, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
In a rare concession from the National Football League, officials are preparing to make changes to its substance abuse p
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
FEB 17, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study by Rutgers University found that overdosing on loperamide—a non-prescription, over-the-counter diar
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 01, 2019
Cardiology
Opioid abuse has become an epidemic in the United States. It is estimated that 72,000 deaths were the result of opioid a
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 12, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published by Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, one of the main class of prescription sleeping pills was f
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 10, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
In a recent publication in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs described the results of a survey of 392 patients who
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 01, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Alcoholism is a devastating disease that is responsible for the deaths of roughly 88,000 people a year, n
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
DEC 27, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
WHEC News in Rochester, New York, is reporting that more adults are turning to medical marijuana to treat their child
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
DEC 27, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Testing positive for marijuana, or rather its metabolite, COOH-THC, can cause a prospective applicant her chances at get
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
DEC 20, 2018
Health & Medicine
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer found in women, globally, for incidence (6.6%) and mortality (7.5%). It
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
DEC 18, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a study published in Psychiatric Services in Advance, misuse of prescription drugs accounts for more than 1
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 09, 2018
Health & Medicine
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined by the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th Edition
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
DEC 06, 2018
Videos
This informative video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the problem of antibiotic resistance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2018
Cardiology
You may recall hearing at some point that there are “good fats“ and “bad fats.“ What does that r
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
NOV 08, 2018
Health & Medicine
You may have heard that air travel increases the risk of developing a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). But did you know that
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
NOV 08, 2018
Health & Medicine
The benefits of aspirin use in patients with known cardiovascular disease (CVD) are well-established. A 2015 meta-analys
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce