OBJECTIVE Evaluate nonmedical use (NMU) of ADHD prescription stimulants (Ritalin(®), Adderall(®), Adderall(®) XR, Concerta(®), and Vyvanse(®)) in a U.S. adult general population sample. METHOD In all, 10,000 adults (aged 18-49) from an online, opt-in panel, proximity matched to U.S. Census demographics, were surveyed to assess NMU prevalence, routes of administration (ROA), reasons for NMU, a...

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to promote strategies that ensure efficacy, safety, suitability, and cost effectiveness of medicine prescription. Health systems should design effective mechanisms to monitor prescription and rational use of medicines at all healthcare settings. This study aimed to determine and analyze prescription patterns of general practitioners and specia...

Heterogeneity correction algorithms can have a large impact on the dose distributions of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for lung tumors. Treatment plans of 20 patients who underwent SBRT for lung tumors with the prescribed dose of 48 Gy in four fractions at the isocenter were reviewed retrospectively and recalculated with different heterogeneity correction algorithms: the pencil bea...

OBJECTIVES To examine trends in the lifetime and past-year prevalence of medical use, diversion, and nonmedical use of four prescription medication classes (i.e., sedative/anxiety, opioid, sleeping, and stimulant) among college students between 2003 and 2013; and to identify demographic and background characteristics associated with trends in past-year nonmedical use of prescription medications...

Policymakers have devoted much attention recently to expanding outpatient prescription drug coverage for elderly persons. New findings from the 2000-01 Community Tracking Study household survey show that many nonelderly adults also have problems affording prescription drugs. The problem is particularly serious among persons who are uninsured or enrolled in Medicaid, of whom about one out of fou...

BACKGROUND: Prescription drug misuse among young adults is increasingly viewed as a public health concern, yet most research has focused on student populations and excluded high-risk groups. Furthermore, research on populations who report recent prescription drug misuse is limited. This study examined patterns of prescription drug misuse among high-risk young adults in Los Angeles (LA) and New ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the effectiveness of different strategies involving delayed antibiotic prescription for acute respiratory tract infections. DESIGN Open, pragmatic, parallel group, factorial, randomised controlled trial. SETTING Primary care in the United Kingdom. PATIENTS 889 patients aged 3 years and over with acute respiratory tract infection, recruited between 3 March 2010 and 28...

Background: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the most common medicine for the treatment and prophylaxis of acid peptic conditions. The inappropriate use of the PPIs mainly intravenous form of Pantoprazole may lead to excessive cost and unexpected adverse effect. The purpose of our study was to evaluation the use of intravenous Pantoprazole in international heart center in north of Iran. Meth...

CONTEXT Self-prescription is common among practicing physicians, but little is known about the practice among resident physicians. OBJECTIVE To determine prescription drug use and self-prescription among US resident physicians. DESIGN AND SETTING Anonymous mail survey of all resident physicians in 4 US categorical internal medicine training programs in February 1997. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES...