In two thousand eight, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study of unplanned deaths from prescription drugs.

VOA: special.2011.07.19

Acetaminophen,also called paracetamol, is found in Tylenol, Excedrin and other products that do not require a doctor's order or prescription.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

The report said about sixty-six percent of those who died there from prescription drugs apparently had no prescription.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

Acetaminophen,also called paracetamol, is found in Tylenol, Excedrin and other products that do not require a doctor's prescription.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a study of unplanned deaths from prescription drugs.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

Congress and President George W.Bush added prescription drugs to the Medicare insurance program for older Americans.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

Chantix and Zyban are two prescription medicines that have also been shown to help smokers quit.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

Prescription drugs represent only about one-tenth of all health care spending in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

The committee was especially concerned about prescription drugs that combine acetaminophen with stronger painkillers.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

The group proposed reducing the largest non-prescription dose of acetaminophen from one thousand milligrams.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

The group was especially concerned about prescription drugs that combine acetaminophen with stronger painkillers.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

The experts recommended reducing the largest non-prescription dose of acetaminophen from one thousand milligrams.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

The order is called a prescription.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

It represents the word "prescription."

VOA: special.2009.03.22

"I see a lot more children who are coming into the office either because their parents have noticed that they have headaches or red or watery eyes or discomfort, or because their prescription, their near-sightedness, appears to be increasing at a fast rate and they're worried."

VOA: special.2011.08.01

Some women find it difficult or embarrassing to request a prescription from their doctors or to get the medication in time.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

The spokesman did confirm that the singer was taking some prescription medications, but could not say whether they played a role in his death.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

"We now have about four or five prescription drugs we use to commonly treat Alzheimer's disease.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

Investigators have questioned the physician who was with him, Conrad Murray, and are looking into the role prescription drugs might have played in Jackson's death.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

"There is no extra charge whether for regular checkups, for treatments or for prescription medicines."

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

While speculation is growing over the possible role of prescription drugs in the singer's death, here in the Leimert Park neighborhood in South Los Angeles, people are celebrating Michael Jackson's music.

VOA: standard.2009.06.28

What we ought to be doing is pursuing the kind of broad-based prescription for recovery and stimulating this economy that has always worked: fiscal discipline in Washington and tax relief for working families, small businesses and family farms."

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

To slow the spread of the virus and relieve the strain on the country's health system, the government has set up a national pandemic flu service, where people who suspect they're infected can get a diagnosis and prescription for antiviral drugs over the phone or Internet.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31