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2 Ann Arbor pharmacies pay $500K to settle charges of prescription drug scheme
Prosecutors said the two companies, The Prescription Shop and The Prescription Shop II, filled more than 17,000 prescriptions of the painkiller hydrocodone through a Florida-based internet scheme that let customers order drugs online without a prescription. Instead, they said, customers completed an online questionnaire and paid for the drugs with a credit card.
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Poisoning Kills More Americans Than Car Crashes, Report Says
Poisoning, primarily by drugs, kills more people than car accidents, making it the biggest injury- related cause of death in the U.S., said a report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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FDA may let patients buy drugs without prescriptions
In a move that could help the government trim its burgeoning health care costs, the Food and Drug Administration may soon permit Americans to obtain some drugs used to treat conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes without obtaining a prescription. The FDA says over-the-counter distribution would let patients ...
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Over One Million People Worldwide Got Rid of Unhealthy Belly Fat with Phentermine / Adipex Alternative - PhenObestin ...
SupplementsToWeightLoss LLC (DBA: PharmaCo Labs) created new phentermine weight loss drug alternative - PhenObestin 37.5 that's designed to look and feel similar to prescription weight loss drugs like Adipex and Phentermine. PhenObestin 37.5 looks just like Adipex - White Tablet with Blue Specks. Unlike prescription Phentermine / Adipex, people can buy PhenObestin 37.5 over the counter without ...
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FDA May Let Patients Buy More Drugs Without Prescriptions
Hugh Pickens writes "The Washington Times reports that the Food and Drug Administration may soon permit Americans to obtain some drugs used to treat conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes without obtaining a prescription. They may allow patients to diagnose their ailments by answering questions online or at a pharmacy kiosk in order to buy current prescription-only drugs for ...
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Tips for getting the best price on your prescription drugs
Our 4 On Your Side team went shopping and found prices can vary by hundreds of dollars for the same prescription medication depending on where you shop.
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One in eight teens misuses prescription painkillers
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in eight older teens has used powerful painkillers when they weren't prescribed -- and many of them start misusing the medications earlier than was previously assumed, according to new research. The findings are based on two nationally-representative surveys that asked teenagers about their recent or lifetime use of prescription painkillers, which include drugs ...
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Insurers back FDA plan for new drug category
Health insurers gave a tentative thumbs-up Monday to the Food and Drug Administration's proposal to make drugs treating chronic conditions available without a prescription by classifying them in an all-new category. The plan, which involves people self-diagnosing their ailments with at most the help of a pharmacist, has pitted players ...
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Prescription Errors are Tough to Swallow
A New Jersey CVS Pharmacy mistakenly gave as many as fifty children Tamoxifen, a powerful cancer fighting medication, instead of the prescribed fluoride tablets. Although some children ingested the cancer pills, no injures have been reported. Unfortunately, these are not isolated cases with an isolated pharmacy; mistakes like this happen every day. Hundreds of prescriptions are filled daily in a ...
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Fired Dallas police sergeant defends herself in face of new felony prescription drug charges
Stormy Magiera, 37, who was fired in February after internal investigators concluded she fabricated a robbery, inappropriately used weapons and illegally obtained prescription drugs, issued a written statement today.
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