Just yesterday, we talked about how many older adults take an extensive list of prescription drugs that are either inappropriately prescribed or harmful to their health. So, today, allow me to [...]
Tag: Pharmaceutical drugs
Do you really NEED all those drugs?
I always fondly look back on my clinical training in London. I believe my readers, patients, and staff all benefit from what I learned there. Due to the National Health Service (NHS) budgetary [...]
Why drugs won’t win the war against obesity
Get a load of this headline: “Prescribe More Obesity Meds, Say Docs, as New Agents on Horizon.” Sure, let’s prescribe a pill for a lifestyle disease! To be fair, I realize that not everyone who [...]
The truth behind the FDA’s latest power grab
Apparently, our old friends at the Food and Drug Administration are hard at work on a new policy that would affect compounding pharmacies. (These are essentially “custom” pharmacies [...]
The all-American drug problem no one is talking about
I think we can all agree that America has a drug problem. Except the one I’m talking about is ruining the lives of perfectly regular folks — people who you wouldn’t necessarily suspect of [...]