IMPORTANCE It is important to document patterns of prescription drug use to inform both clinical practice and research. OBJECTIVE To evaluate trends in prescription drug use among adults living in the United States. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Temporal trends in prescription drug use were evaluated using nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination...

Multidrug use is well documented among nonmedical users of prescription stimulants. We sought to provide insight into the drug use patterns of those reporting nonmedical use of prescription attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) stimulants in an attempt to discern whether such use is a first step in a pattern of drug-abusing behavior or, conversely, is a later development accompanied o...

OBJECTIVES To explore (1) the national trend in population-adjusted prescription rates for glaucoma and ocular hypertension (OHT) in England and (2) any geographical variation in glaucoma/OHT prescribing trends and its association with established risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) at the population level. DESIGN Observational ecological study. SETTING Primary care in Engla...

New prescription for the singularities of light-cone gauge theories is suggested. The new prescription provides Green’s function which is identical with and different from that of Mandelstam-Leibbrandt prescription at d = 4 and d = 2 respectively.

BACKGROUND We examined the patterns of nonvitamin dietary supplement (NVDS) use among adult prescription medication users in the United States. METHODS Using the 2002 National Health Interview Survey, we analyzed factors associated with NVDS use and prescription medication use in the prior 12 months with descriptive, chi(2), and logistic regression analysis. RESULTS In the United States, 21...

BACKGROUND In Sasang medicine, patients are treated with herbal prescriptions based on Cold-Heat patterns induced by conditions of physiological equilibrium among internal organs, which also induce differences in body circumferences. The objective of the current study was to elucidate the relationship between Cold- and Heat-prescription types and body circumferences. METHODS Data from suitabl...

INTRODUCTION Six out of every 10 elderly persons live in developing countries. OBJECTIVE To analyze and assess the drug prescription patterns and errors in elderly outpatients attending public health care centers in Mexico City, Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS A descriptive and retrospective study was conducted in 2007. Fourteen hundred prescriptions were analyzed. Prescriptions of ambulatory...

BACKGROUND Coxibs are claimed to be cost-effective drugs and reduced prescription of gastroprotective agents is assumed to be one of their major benefits. Real life prescription of these drugs may be substantially different than that considered in pharmacoeconomic analyses or claimed by drug companies, yet. Our objective was to evaluate whether coxibs were associated with reduced prescription o...

An immediate overt benefit of drug prescription by chiropractors would be access to those medication, currently only available on medical prescription, for controlling pain and inflammation. This would enable chiropractors to more completely manage some musculoskeletal conditions. Prescription rights, unless restricted to certain medications, would also give chiropractors access to antibiotics ...