#prescriptions

#prescriptions

There is an urgent need to investigate the increasing number of children and teenagers self-diagnosing with neurological conditions, mental illnesses and personality disorders, a trend being driven by social media and difficulty accessing healthcare, psychiatrists and paediatricians say.A paper published in January in the journal Comprehensive Psychiatry describes how prolonged social media use, especially on video-sharing platforms including TikTok, is exposing young people to a growing number of content creators making videos about their self-described tics, Tourette syndrome and other self-diagnosed disorders.

Here's a stunning figure from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration: Six of every 10 counterfeit pills sold in this country now contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl, a 50% increase from four out of 10 in 2021.That means when the 2022 death rate statistics from this very strong and very often faked and polluted opioid come in, they are likely to be far higher than the 5,722 who died in California in 2021, the last full year for which figures are available.

SEATTLE Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing health care business.The retail giant said Tuesday that it will launch RxPass, a subscription service for customers who have Prime memberships.Amazon said people will pay $5 a month to fill as many prescriptions as they need from a list of about 50 generic medications, which are generally cheaper versions of brand-name drugs.

Princess Alexandra Hospital new aseptic unit CGI (Image: Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust) A hospital is set to open a 2.5 million facility next spring for patients with cancer, which will largely eliminate the need to bring in external support.The new aseptic unit at The Princess Alexandra Hospital will be used to make chemotherapy medication for patients with cancer.

Jasmine Brown is still in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, but she has already published a book about medicine: Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century.It's the culmination of research she started while a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.

The Pfizer logo is displayed on the exterior of a former Pfizer factory, on May 4, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.Mark Lennihan/AP Pfizer is facing a shortage of penicillin due to increased demand and more diagnoses of syphilis, the company said in a letter to its customers this week.The company said there is an "impending stock out situation" for select Bicillin L-A and Bicillin C-R prefilled syringes, Pfizer's brand name of injectable penicillin.

Novo Nordisk, maker of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, said it would limit supply of starter doses as demand outpaces the company's manufacturing capacity.The supply interruptions aren't expected to affect higher doses of the medicine for people who already take the drug, the company said in a statement posted Thursday on its Wegovy website.

Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler addresses the media at Parliament House on March 30 in Canberra, Australia.Martin Ollman/Getty Images Australia's government will crack down on recreational vape sales and enforce a requirement that products such as e-cigarettes be sold only in pharmacies with a prescription.

Any type of hormonal contraceptive may increase the risk of breast cancer, research from the University of Oxford has suggested.Although experts have stressed this should not discourage people from taking the pill, the findings have prompted questions.So how concerned should people be?It has been known for decades that use of combined oral contraceptives is associated with a small increase in breast cancer risk.

A Florida healthcare group has settled a class-action lawsuit after thieves stole more than 447,000 patients' names, Social Security numbers, and sensitive medical information, from its servers.Under the settlement [ PDF], Orlando Family Physicians, which operates 10 clinics in central Florida, will reimburse affected patients who submit a claim by July 1, and provide them with two years of free credit monitoring.