How many patients actually want to take Provenge, and how many doctors want to prescribe it?
The campaign is also urging patients to ask questions about the tests their physicians prescribe.
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At Memorial Sloan-Kettering, errors are being prevented by forcing doctors to prescribe drugs via computer.
The range of drugs and medicines nurses can prescribe is also set to be extended.
In an effort to prevent reuse of needles, the physician can prescribe needles pre-filled with insulin.
Once the FDA approves a drug, doctors are free to prescribe it however they see fit.
My colleague Bob speculates that these payments cause doctors to prescribe costly branded drugs over generics.
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The medical profession could then be encouraged to preferentially prescribe these products when appropriate.
Currently, state laws govern the requirements of who can practice medicine and prescribe medications.
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Not that Mr Haraguchi was likely to prescribe harsh medicine for the banks, either.
Drug firms now use an array of promotional techniques to encourage doctors to prescribe their products.
Others get their patients to take unnecessary tests, or prescribe expensive drugs to boost their income.
Doctors will have discretion over what medicines they allow nurses and pharmacists to prescribe.
In the pharmaceutical industry, a key stakeholder group is the physicians who prescribe products to patients.
Your doctor may prescribe an oral antibiotic if you have an accompanying bacterial infection.
Armed with an understanding of a person's genes, doctors could prescribe the right pill first time.
Veterinarians will prescribe stronger drugs for pain control, but not for performance enhancement only medical management.
We try more pills and then other pills before heading to the doctor (who may prescribe pills).
Such papers have been used in the past to encourage doctors to prescribe medicines in unapproved ways.
All nurses who want to, and is trained to will in future be trained to prescribe medicines.
This is why REMS like this have teeth: they restrict who can prescribe the drugs and how.
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When doctors want to lower cholesterol with a drug, they prescribe Pfizer's Lipitor about half the time.
Off-label use usually gets talked about when companies find way to encourage doctors to prescribe medicines inappropriately.
Many doctors prescribe drugs known as beta blockers and calcium channel blockers for people with heart problems.
HMOs point to the dangers of patients treating themselves and of doctors coming under pressure to over-prescribe.
The West keeps trying to prescribe western one-size-fits-all solutions because Africa is regarded as one big country.
One survey found that 90% of doctors will prescribe a drug that a patient specifically asks for.
Doctors can also handle medical billing, prescribe drugs, or record a clinical note using speech-to-text on the app.
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Oncologists know about the drug and its benefits, as well as its cost, and continue to prescribe it.
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So most doctors are going to be reluctant to prescribe it without a disease or condition to treat.
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