And what does Hollender prescribe for the future of job creation in America?
John's Wort may not be well known in the United States, doctors in Germany prescribe for depression, and insurance pays for it.
That research gave new insight into the circuitry involved in the disease, and the way that the therapies we currently prescribe for it operate.
Ministers have already introduced new powers for specially trained nurses to prescribe treatments for minor injuries and ailments.
It recommends that pediatricians test for strep only when a child has typical strep symptoms, such as a sore throat, and prescribe antibiotics for an active infection.
Though laws prescribe punishment for theft of money, the theft of information remains fuzzily defined, at least in Asia.
However, much more research is needed, and it could be some years before doctors can prescribe them for patients.
Doctors prescribe it for the anemia that occurs with kidney failure and chemotherapy.
Once a drug is on the market, physicians are free to prescribe it for other conditions, though drug companies can't promote such off-label uses.
Another example: Doctors frequently prescribe antibiotics for colds (always caused by viruses) and viral ear infections, sometimes because they feel subtle pressure from patients to prescribe something.
Physicians can legally prescribe medications for uses not specifically approved by the FDA. But most obesity doctors do so cautiously given the history of diet pills removed from the market due to serious side effects including death.
Physicians prescribe drugs for different reasons, the defense theory goes, and it is impossible to prove that every single physician was susceptible to the marketing pitches and allegedly manipulated clinical data drug companies are accused of using to convince them to prescribe their products.
FORBES: Pfizer Loses As Appeals Court Allows Off-Label Marketing Case To Proceed
The First Circuit Court of Appeals, in a decision yesterday, ruled that a lower court erred when it refused to allow Aetna to sue Pfizer over what it called a racketeering conspiracy to induce physicians to prescribe Neurontin for off-label uses like treating bipolar disorder.
FORBES: Pfizer Loses As Appeals Court Allows Off-Label Marketing Case To Proceed
The rep was convicted in 2008 of a misdemeanor for encouraging doctors to prescribe the medication for unapproved uses, but successfully argued that his First Amendment rights were violated because his promotional remarks were not false or misleading (back story with indictment, lawsuit and ruling is here).
In December, Sepracor's Lunesta became the first sleeping pill approved without a restriction, limiting its use for a week or so, on its label. (Ambien has such a limitation, though many doctors prescribe it for longer.) Indiplon, being developed by Neurocrine and Pfizer, is likely to get similar labeling.
In December, Sepracor's Lunesta became the first sleeping pill approved without a restriction, limiting its use for a week or so, on its label. (Ambien has such a limitation, though many doctors prescribe it for longer.) Indiplon, being developed by Neurocrine and Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ), is likely to get similar labeling.
"The bottom line is clinicians must take all clinical parameters into account for the patient and prescribe the lowest dose for the shortest duration of time, " said Dr. Joseph Sanfilippo, vice chairman of reproductive sciences at Magee-Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh, in an e-mail to CNN.
When you are in India, it becomes a critical factor, not just for the drugs that you prescribe, but also for whether they can afford a test.
Not that Mr Haraguchi was likely to prescribe harsh medicine for the banks, either.
Ohio now allows them to prescribe physical therapy for patients, for example, and insert and remove chest tubes.
And now we are watching the Bush Administration prescribe "land for peace" as the tonic that will cure what ails the Middle East.
By 10am each day the Djemaa sets the scene, with canopied orange-juice carts and apothecaries who prescribe ostrich eggs for strength and walnut root for social anxiety.
All of the doctors set a similar hurdle: If more than 5% of patients suffered life-threatening bleeding, it would be difficult to prescribe Avastin widely for non-small cell lung cancer.
Once it's clear that broken heart syndrome is the cause of your symptoms, your doctor will likely prescribe heart medications for you to take while you're in the hospital, such as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta blockers or diuretics.
It is not illegal for a doctor to prescribe a drug off-label, that is, for a non-FDA-approved use, but a drug marketer cannot lawfully encourage a doctor to do so.
And some docs prescribe Zytiga off-label for patients who cannot tolerate chemo.
It is not for me to prescribe the precise technical solutions.
Doctors who exceed their cap are simply denied reimbursement, something that forces them to prescribe less effective invasive procedures for problems that would have been better treated with drugs.
In 1996 he converted the centers into clinics for doctors to prescribe fen-phen diet drugs, only to run into the little problem that these drugs can cause fatal heart problems.
In New Jersey, a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication for terminally ill patients wishing to take their own lives cleared an Assembly committee Thursday.
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