Category: Drugs
Some medicines and driving don’t mix
Prescribed and over-the-counter drugs for a wide variety of conditions, including drugs for pain, anxiety, insomnia, and allergies, can impair your driving.
Cannabis & vaping: What’s in that vape?
The aerosol of a cannabis vape pen is more than just “water vapor:” it can contain residual solvents, pesticides, and other toxic by-products.
Two New Cases of Measles in King County
These two cases brings the total to nine measles cases in King County residents since the beginning of May.
Watch: High Cost Of Insulin Sends Americans To Canada To Stock Up
The price of insulins has nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016, leaving some patients with no choice but to travel to Canada, where insulin can be 90% cheaper.
Six-step plan reduced opioid use in rural clinic patients
A six-step plan that took a system approach cut use of high-dose opioids by more than 14 percent.
How To Get A Cheaper Prescription Before Leaving The Doctor’s Office
The pricing tool, embedded in physicians’ electronic health record, shows how much patients will pay out-of-pocket and allows the doctor to find a cheaper alternative.
Measles and cancer patients. What to do?
Measles is worrisome to cancer patients because those receiving chemotherapy or recovering from a transplant may have weakened immunity.
Trump Has Blessed States’ Exploration Of Importing Drugs. Will It Catch On?
Seeking a solution to the soaring costs of drugs, Colorado, Florida and Vermont plan to import medications from Canada, President Trump has offered his support,
Meth In The Morning, Heroin At Night
Life inside the seesaw struggle of dual addiction.
Teens of ‘Anti-Vaxxers’ Can Get Their Own Vaccines, Some States Say
To some degree, all states recognize that older children should have some autonomy in making health care decisions.
Surgeons’ Opioid-Prescribing Habits Are Hard To Kick
As opioid addiction and overdoses escalated into an epidemic, many surgeons continued to hand out far more pills than needed for postoperative pain relief
What you need to know about CBD products – FDA
Some CBD Products are Being Marketed with Unproven Medical Claims
Federal Grants ‘A Lifesaver’ In Opioid Fight, But States Still Struggle To Curb Meth
The number of drug overdose deaths involving the meth tripled from 2011 to 2016 and hospitalizations involving amphetamines are spiking.
Oklahoma’s ‘Precedent-Setting’ Suit Puts Opioid Drugmakers On Trial
All eyes will be on Oklahoma this week when the first case in a flood of litigation against opioid drug manufacturers begins Tuesday.
What’s wrong with those anti-vaxxers? They’re just like the rest of us
What is wrong with those parents? Are they anti-science? Are they simply ignorant or selfish? Are they crazy? Or are they just like us?