If you live in the United States of America then you know that sometimes it feels like health insurance is a scam. You pay lots of money every month for them to deny things you need or only cover a small portion of it. But it’s not just insurance users that have to jump through …
Tag Archives: Prescriptions
‘Make sure your meds are good’: CVS, Walgreens customers are worried about their prescriptions amid potential strikes
Ahead of a planned walkout by U.S. Walgreens and CVS pharmacy workers, people are using TikTok to warn others that the time to make sure their medicine cabinet is fully stocked is right now. “Make sure your meds are good, because it sounds like Walgreens is about to go on strike,” warns Philadelphia comedian TikTok …
Amazon to Test Drones to Deliver Prescriptions to Your Door
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Soon, you may be able to step out on your front porch and wait for your prescription medication to drop from the sky. On Wednesday, Amazon Pharmacy announced that it is starting to test speedy prescription drug delivery …
Continue reading “Amazon to Test Drones to Deliver Prescriptions to Your Door”
Pandemic Saw Rise in Opioid Prescriptions Given After Childbirth
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New mothers who gave birth early in the pandemic filled far more opioid prescriptions than American women did previously, raising concerns about the potential for narcotic misuse. About 38% of more than 460,000 women who gave birth from July 2018 through December 2020 …
Continue reading “Pandemic Saw Rise in Opioid Prescriptions Given After Childbirth”
U.S. Opioid Prescriptions Are Declining
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The United States has an opioid epidemic, but there’s one bright spot in the fight against it: Prescriptions for these addictive drugs have declined for patients with private insurance. Amid guidelines over the past decade from governments, health systems and insurers aimed …
Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse
By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Here’s a simple weapon to employ against the opioid epidemic: New research finds that placing time limits on prescriptions for highly addictive narcotic painkillers may reduce the risk of misuse. In 2019, 1% of opioid prescriptions from U.S. dentists and surgeons were …
Continue reading “Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse”
When Pot Is Legal, Prescriptions for Pain, Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Drop
By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When people have legal access to marijuana, they’re less likely to take certain prescription drugs, new research suggests. U.S. states where recreational marijuana is legal have seen large drops in the use of prescription drugs for pain, depression, anxiety, sleep, psychosis and …
Continue reading “When Pot Is Legal, Prescriptions for Pain, Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Drop”