The most commonly inappropriately prescribed medication was ticlopidine, which had been prescribed for 107 patients (6.3%).
Don was also addicted to Ritalin, which had been prescribed for his nerves.
HGH has long been prescribed for children whose growth is affected by kidney disease or other conditions.
In France, the new report noted, the drug has also been prescribed for the treatment of bipolar disorder.
They are failing to express themselves in the delicate, euphemistic, "ladylike" manner that has been prescribed for them throughout history.
M.S. is gay and H.I.V.-positive, and he has consistently been denied medical treatment that has been prescribed for him.
Yet capital punishment has been prescribed for many crimes not involving loss of life, including adultery and blasphemy.
She began abusing pills that she had been prescribed for migraines, and later moved on to heroin.
For instance, Dr. Kaye said, Paxil, the newest of the drugs, may have been prescribed for suicidal cases more often than the others.
Sun said the medication had been prescribed for heart palpitations and that he did not know it had been placed on the banned list.
But in recent years, combined oral contraceptives -- typically containing the hormones estrogen and progestin -- have increasingly been prescribed for adolescent and teenage girls for noncontraceptive purposes.
