Category: Drugs
Measles: should vaccinations be compulsory?
Precedents exist for making people have certain vaccines. Perhaps it’s time to extend this.
Preventing harm from edible cannabis products
Washington Poison Center’s role in preventing and reducing harm from cannabis use.
Flu remains widespread in King County
Area hospitals are reporting a big uptick in the number of flu cases so far in March.
Fentanyl-Linked Deaths: The U.S. Opioid Epidemic’s Third Wave
First came prescription pain medications, then heroin, and now fentanyl.
Does It Make Sense To Delay Children’s Vaccines?
A gradual approach to vaccinations is better than no vaccinations at all. But delaying vaccines is risky.
How to Regulate the Hemp Food Craze?
Regulators say adding the hemp product cannabidiol (CBD) to food are essentially adding prescription drugs to food.
1 in 4 older adults prescribed a benzodiazepine goes on to risky long-term use, study
On average, the patients were 78 years old when they received their first prescription, which guidelines say should rarely if be given to adults over age 65.
Patients Experiment With Prescription Drugs To Fight Aging
Metformin is prescribed for diabetes, and rapamycin prevents organ rejection after a transplant, but doctors can prescribe drugs off-label for “aging.”
Americans Cross Border Into Mexico To Buy Insulin At A Fraction Of U.S. Cost
For one patient, a three-month supply of insulin is $3,700 in the U.S. versus $600 in Mexico. But is it legal?
