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Amphetamine, commonly prescribed as Adderall, is a stimulant that treats attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Alprazolam, prescribed as Xanax, is a benzodiazepine that treats anxiety and ...
In 2020, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, all medical personnel were required to prescribe the opioid antagonist naloxone to individuals ingesting higher doses of opioids or those combining opioids with benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, an anti-anxiety medication. This regulation, already in ...
Benzodiazepines are usually prescribed only short-term for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, as there is little justification for their prescribing long-term. [52] Some doctors however, disagree and believe long-term psychiatric use beyond 4 weeks is sometimes justified, although there is little data to support this viewpoint. [9]
No Free Lunch was a US-based advocacy organization holding that marketing methods employed by drug companies influence the way doctors and other healthcare providers prescribe medications. [1] The group did outreach to convince physicians to refuse to accept gifts, money, or hospitality from pharmaceutical companies because it claims that these ...
It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an obstacle last year. Researchers analyzed prescriptions filled by U.S ...
Sep. 28—A Sanford physician is scheduled to go before the N.C. Medical Board in October on allegations he failed to properly treat at least six patients. Dr. Suriner Dhawan, an internist at ...
But just 31 percent of the 7,745 doctors in those areas are certified to treat the legal limit of 100 patients. Even in Vermont, where the governor in 2014 signed several bills adding $6.8 million in additional funding for medication-assisted treatment programs, only 28 percent or just 60 doctors are certified at the 100-patient level.
Due to conflicting findings in studies regarding benzodiazepines and increased risks of death including from cancer, further research in long-term use of benzodiazepines and mortality risk has been recommended; most of the available research has been conducted in prescribed users, even less is known about illicit misusers.