Consumer Reports has published a valuable article identifying common prescription drugs that can be dangerous for older patients. Healthcare consumers over age 65 are more than twice as likely to suffer from adverse drug reactions; the publication lists the following drugs as posing a high enough risk that they should be avoided if possible: Antianxiety [...]
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A list of dangerous drugs — and safer alternatives — for seniors
October 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Ambien · Anti Depression Medication · Anxiety · Ativan · Depression Medication · Drug safety · Flomax · Paxil · Prozac · Valium · Xanax · Zoloft · Zyrtec
It’s time to put an end to our “prescription drug culture”
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments
I stumbled across this while reading Gawker: “Teen socialite” Peaches Geldof says the staff at the fashion magazine Nylon prefer prescription drugs over illegal drugs – What’s the drug of choice at Nylon? “Klonopin.” Peaches was definitely the talky one. Why? “It’s just a very large prescription drug culture.”… This confirms our highly anecdotal evidence [...]
Tags: Healthcare100 · OxyContin · Pharma bloggers · Pharmaceutical companies · Pharmaceutical marketing · Prescription drug abuse · Prescription drugs · Purdue Pharmaceutical · Xanax
Antidepressants are the most searched-for prescription drug brands online
June 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Consumers search for antidepressants online more than any other class of drug, according to data from comScore. In a recent study of 500,000 search queries, five of the 15 most frequently searched prescription brands were for depression. This is in keeping with our own search results at eDrugSearch.com. Here are those five medications, in order [...]
Tags: Cymbalta · Effexor · Paxil · Prescription drugs · Prescriptions · Xanax
Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007: A closer look
May 26th, 2007 · No Comments
The Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007, a bill jointly introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), is currently being considered by Congress. We strongly favor this proposed legislation and, though we are a bit cynical about its prospects, we thought we would detail its provisions and why the law [...]
Tags: Canadian drugs · eDrugSearch.com · Healthcare solutions · Online pharmacies · Online pharmacy safety · OxyContin · Valium · Vicodin · Xanax
FDA still trying to scare people away from online pharmacies
February 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments
From iTWire: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to consumers about placing orders for prescription drugs over the Internet, saying that recent cases have shown that what was delivered is not what was ordered and is putting people in hospital. In a release, the FDA said it has become aware [...]
Tags: Ambien · Ativan · eDrugSearch.com · FDA · Haloperidol · Lexapro · Xanax