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Prescription Drugs

Known as: prescription drug 
Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.
National Institutes of Health

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Behind-the-Counter DrugsDrug PrescriptionsDrug manufacturing (field)Pharmacy (field)

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Pharmaceutical Preparations

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Review
2017
Review
2017
Cannabis as a substitute for prescription drugs – a cross-sectional study
Background The use of medical cannabis is increasing, most commonly for pain, anxiety and depression. Emerging data suggest that… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Emergency Department Visits and Overdose Deaths From Combined Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines.
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
CDC Grand Rounds: Prescription Drug Overdoes - A U.S. Epidemic
Review
2011
Review
2011
Nonmedical prescription drug use in a nationally representative sample of adolescents: evidence of greater use among rural adolescents.
OBJECTIVES To compare the prevalence of nonmedical prescription drug use among adolescents residing in urban, suburban, and rural… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Abuse of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications
The nonmedical use of prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medications implies that the user is using them for reasons other… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Creating Demand for Prescription Drugs: A Content Analysis of Television Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
PURPOSE American television viewers see as many as 16 hours of prescription drug advertisements (ads) each year, yet no research… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Simultaneous and concurrent polydrug use of alcohol and prescription drugs: prevalence, correlates, and consequences.
OBJECTIVE In this study, we sought to examine the prevalence, correlates, and consequences associated with simultaneous polydrug… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
An Exploratory Study of Socio-Cultural Factors Contributing to Prescription Drug Misuse among College Students
Although recent increases in collegiate prescription drug misuse have generated a great deal of concern, there are few analyses… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
The effects of prescription drug cost sharing: a review of the evidence.
OBJECTIVES To determine whether patients respond to increased cost sharing by substituting less expensive alternatives for… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms and self‐reported diagnosed ‘benign prostatic hyperplasia’, and their effect on quality of life in a community‐based survey of men in the UK
To assess the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in a community‐based population in the UK, to measure the impact… 
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