In addition, in one study the presence of AR was associated with higher costs and greater prescribing frequency of asthma-related medications [ 31].
Although the federal government has spent millions of dollars to support greater prescribing of buprenorphine, particularly by primary-care physicians, the number of prescribers who have taken the required eight-hour DEA course, and the number of patients they are serving, has been much lower than expected.
Although the federal government has spent millions to support greater prescribing of buprenorphine, particularly by primary care physicians, the number of prescribers who have taken the required eight-hour DEA course, and the number of patients they are serving has been much lower than expected.
Aaron Kesselheim and colleagues examine potential strategies to promote greater prescribing of generic drugs and follow-on biologics.
Advocates for greater prescribing of the medication argue that most buprenorphine diversion is the result of the drug's limited access through legitimate means.
We observed that strip prescribing for the diet and OHAs groups was similar, and as expected, insulin was associated with greater prescribing.
More aggressive marketing and perceptions of potentially better adherence with IV compared to oral bisphosphonates could lead to greater prescribing of IV therapies.
Nine (of 30) cancer networks had statistical evidence to reject the null, with a range of 0.4 (0.3 to 0.6) to 1.9 (1.3 to 2.8) indicating nearly five times (4.7) greater prescribing in the highest, compared with the lowest prescribing cancer network [ 46].
However, greater prescribing of broad-spectrum compared to narrow-spectrum antimicrobials and seasonal variation of quinolone antimicrobials reported in study practices may be of particular concern, as both are identified as significant risk factors for Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) and the development of antimicrobial resistance [ 21, 22].
