In this case, multiple organ failure may by chance follow paroxetine prescriptions in some patients, but be less likely to precede paroxetine prescriptions, since many patients who suffer multiple organ failure do not survive, and those who do would be less likely to be prescribed paroxetine.
The authors found that the chance for antidementia prescriptions was lower with the diagnosis of vascular dementia and higher with the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease [ 15].
"If a doctor perceives there's a 1 in 5,000 chance that a prescription will lead to a D.E.A. inquiry — just an inquiry, not even an arrest — he's not going to take the chance.
A similar decreased chance of NSAID prescription was also evident in those aged over 60 (for example, aged 75 and above, RRR 0.05; 95% CI 0.02, 0.13).
This may explain why female patients in our study exhibited a slightly higher chance of receiving analgesic prescriptions in the last year of life.
But he never had a chance to fill the prescription.
"If you've got a customer and they take 20 prescriptions this year, chances are they'll take 21 next year," said Mr. Heinbockel at Goldman Sachs.
Last week the Senate and House passed similar measures giving the 40 million Americans on Medicare the chance to receive a prescription drug benefit either under the traditional, government-run Medicare program or under new programs offered by private health plans.
Democrats, of course, had their chance to resolve the prescription drug problem in the past — their party held the Senate for a brief period in 2001-02 — and few issues have been more divisive on Capitol Hill.
Patients in London had the least chance to get a prescription of any level of analgesics.
Also, women visit physicians more often, increasing their chance of receiving a prescription [ 36, 55, 57].
