Multiple studies have shown that a small percentage of prescribers are responsible for prescribing the majority of opioids.
The doctor was adhering to the standard of care in prescribing the drug.
I certainly don't think that one should start prescribing the tone between individual men and women.
But what if doctors could be guaranteed immunity for prescribing the drug?
Other proposals in Congress go even further, limiting charges or prescribing the structure of fees.
If all goes well, physicians could be prescribing the new drug within the decade.
Some obesity specialists are already prescribing the two drugs separately, which could undercut sales of Qnexa.
Indeed, a number of practices were prescribing the innovative drugs before Nice formally recommended them.
In effect, this is prescribing the continuation of a fisheries industry based on overfishing and resulting unprofitability".
"Doctors who are prescribing the drug to enhance performance or to reverse aging are actually breaking the law," Waxman said.
The package insert for methylphenidate, for example, carries a warning against prescribing the drug to children under 6.
