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  2. Prescription drug overuse - Wikipedia

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    Individuals might consume more of the drug to achieve the same level of pleasure. A simple analogy is a child consumes a piece of chocolate and enjoys it very much, and progressively, he consumes more chocolate over time. Drug addicts may become unable to resist the urge to take the drugs, similar to how a child cannot resist taking chocolate. [14]

  3. 'It doesn't make sense': Why millions of children have lost ...

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    More than 550,000 people lost their safety net insurance coverage, nearly 150,000 of them children, according to Bimestefer’s office. A third of Coloradans who lost Medicaid got their coverage ...

  4. Children's Health Insurance Program - Wikipedia

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    Logo of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – formerly known as the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) – is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children. [1]

  5. Overmedication - Wikipedia

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    Children prescribed opioids may become susceptible to the harms of addiction. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Reducing or withdrawing prescribed opioids, such as for people with chronic non-cancerous pain, using either dose-reduction or stopping opioid prescriptions, may be effective, but standards are absent for managing withdrawal symptoms and deprescribing ...

  6. Children with Special Healthcare Needs in the United States

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    Despite these challenges, children with SHCN fare better than non-affected children in preventative health care and preventative dental care. [3] They have a higher rate of having health insurance than normal children. [2] They more frequently complete the recommended annual primary care visit, and bi-annual dentist visit. [2]

  7. Salbutamol/budesonide - Wikipedia

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    Salbutamol/budesonide, sold under the brand name Airsupra, is a fixed-dose combination medication for the treatment of bronchoconstriction and asthma. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a combination of salbutamol sulfate (albuterol sulfate), a short-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist , and budesonide , an inhaled corticosteroid .

  8. Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons

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    It includes substances of such danger to health as to warrant prohibition of sale, supply and use. To clarify, the listed substances are not necessarily prohibited completely. Rather, it depends on the concentration of the substance and its associated risk for harm.

  9. Salbutamol - Wikipedia

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    Salbutamol, also known as albuterol and sold under the brand name Ventolin among others, [1] is a medication that opens up the medium and large airways in the lungs. [8] It is a short-acting β 2 adrenergic receptor agonist that causes relaxation of airway smooth muscle . [ 8 ]