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2 Ann Arbor pharmacies pay $500K to settle charges of prescription drug scheme
Prosecutors said the two companies, The Prescription Shop and The Prescription Shop II, filled more than 17,000 prescriptions of the painkiller hydrocodone through a Florida-based internet scheme that let customers order drugs online without a prescription. Instead, they said, customers completed an online questionnaire and paid for the drugs with a credit card.
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FDA may let patients buy drugs without prescriptions
In a move that could help the government trim its burgeoning health care costs, the Food and Drug Administration may soon permit Americans to obtain some drugs used to treat conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes without obtaining a prescription. The FDA says over-the-counter distribution would let patients ...
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FDA May Let Patients Buy More Drugs Without Prescriptions
Hugh Pickens writes "The Washington Times reports that the Food and Drug Administration may soon permit Americans to obtain some drugs used to treat conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes without obtaining a prescription. They may allow patients to diagnose their ailments by answering questions online or at a pharmacy kiosk in order to buy current prescription-only drugs for ...
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One in eight teens misuses prescription painkillers
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in eight older teens has used powerful painkillers when they weren't prescribed -- and many of them start misusing the medications earlier than was previously assumed, according to new research. The findings are based on two nationally-representative surveys that asked teenagers about their recent or lifetime use of prescription painkillers, which include drugs ...
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Tips for getting the best price on your prescription drugs
Our 4 On Your Side team went shopping and found prices can vary by hundreds of dollars for the same prescription medication depending on where you shop.
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Insurers back FDA plan for new drug category
Health insurers gave a tentative thumbs-up Monday to the Food and Drug Administration's proposal to make drugs treating chronic conditions available without a prescription by classifying them in an all-new category. The plan, which involves people self-diagnosing their ailments with at most the help of a pharmacist, has pitted players ...
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Steroid case unfair, man says
The owner of a nutritional supplements store in Little Rock reluctantly pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of dispensing prescription drugs without a prescription, agreeing that he sold a product containing anabolic steroids in 2009 in violation of Federal Drug Administration regulations.
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FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Against Approval of Oral Anticoagulant XARELTO® to Reduce the Risk of Secondary ...
RARITAN, N.J., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee ...
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Fired Dallas police sergeant defends herself in face of new felony prescription drug charges
Stormy Magiera, 37, who was fired in February after internal investigators concluded she fabricated a robbery, inappropriately used weapons and illegally obtained prescription drugs, issued a written statement today.
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Health care savings advice
You managed to glide through your twenties and thirties without any major health issues. Yet, as the calendar pages turn, you're finding that a host of minor -- and perhaps a few major -- medical problems ...
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