<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : prescription : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2009, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : prescription : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Swiss back heroin prescription]]></title><description><![CDATA[Swiss voters backed a scheme allowing heroin addicts to obtain the drug under prescription, angering conservatives who believe crime will rise as result.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/83195/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/83195/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Pharmacies nationwide restricting the sale of contraceptives]]></title><description><![CDATA[An increasing number of pharmacies, in an effort to impose their personal beliefs, are asserting what they call a &quot;right of conscience&quot; to not stock birth control in any form. This includes all birth control pills, condoms, sponges, and &quot;emergency contraceptives&quot; AKA the morning after pill.<br/><br/>&quot;This allows a pharmacist who does not wish to be involved in stopping a human life in any way to practice in a way that feels comfortable&quot; <br/><br/><br/>***In an interesting and though provoking twist, these pharmacies are still stock prescription medications for erectile dysfunction, Viagra etc.***]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/65668/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/65668/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Supermarket chain offers free antibiotics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most popular drugs are free if you have a prescription. The program &quot;will reinforce our commitment to the total health and wellness of our customers and their families,&quot; Publix spokesman Dwaine Stevens said in a statement.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30482/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30482/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Albertsons store gives away pill bottles with candy inside]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents are outraged after prescription bottles full of candy were given away to children at a California Albertsons.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48371/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48371/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Boots opens UK's first drive-through pharmacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Store in Essex allows customers to order a prescription from one window and collect it from another within minutes.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/73014/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/73014/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Wal-Mart's $4 Generic Prescription Program Falls Short]]></title><description><![CDATA[Low Income? Uninsured? Looking for a way to save on your prescription medication costs? Since September 2006 Wal-Mart has been trying to capture patients just like you with their $4 Generic Prescription Program. With such a low price, it's no wonder that Wal-Mart has been able to increase their reach in that specific market, but the program isn't as beneficial as it would seem.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/59531/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/59531/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Man went to jail for drug trafficking-his own prescription]]></title><description><![CDATA[Released this week, Florida man gets new trial. Another trial? Ridiculous.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29233/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29233/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Prescription Drugs for Children Lead to Drug Abuse?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in this country in people of all ages with a sharp rise in prescription abuse among adolescent children. More than ever before and much more than people in other countries around the world, we have been conditioned to think that the best way to address ailments of any kind is to reach for prescription or non-prescription medication.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/92949/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/92949/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Disturbing Side Effects of Long Term Prescription Drug Usage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over four billion prescriptions are written in America every year, and that number is growing by about a billion every four years. As America ages, long term drug usage to manage a variety of health conditions is becoming more common. The increasing use of prescription drugs is thought to be one factor that is driving an increase in prescription drug abuse.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/91294/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/91294/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Walgreen Sued by Couple Claiming Wrong Prescription Killed Baby ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, was sued by a Missouri couple who claimed they lost their baby after a prescription for pre-natal vitamins was filled with a chemotherapy drug carrying a similar brand name.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/38779/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/38779/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Women accuses ex-judge of sex for Rx swap]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former judge was charged causing a person to practice prostitution and 16 counts of illegal possession of prescription drugs.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/4626/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/4626/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Viagra: Not Just for Daddy Anymore]]></title><description><![CDATA[Viagra, Pfizer's male impotence drug, is being used to save the lives of some infants with lung defects. Studies are being considered for 1 to 16 year olds. Are we protecting our children through research, or should we be protecting them from research?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/879/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/879/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Health insurance now must cover birth control in Oregon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The law, one of several important health-related bills passed by the last Legislature, also requires hospitals to offer emergency contraceptives to women who seek care in a hospital after a sexual assault.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45722/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45722/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. to end ban on Canadian prescription drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Controversial ban made it difficult for U.S. citizens to buy prescription drugs from cheaper Canadian sources.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/2106/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/2106/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Viagra! And Other Drugs for the Newly Unemployed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pfizer Corporation is starting a program to offer free drugs for up to a year for people who have lost their jobs and health insurance since the beginning of the year. Get it up!]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/114408/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/114408/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Prescribing gap may leave blacks in more pain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45744/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45744/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors' Bad Hand Writing Causes More Than 7,000 Deaths A Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[A report in July 2006 from the National Academies of Science's Institute of Medicine shows that some 7,000 deaths and 1.5 million injuries in the US were directly caused by bad handwriting on prescriptions every year.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/98803/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/98803/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Mom Fed Daughter Applesauce Spiked With Prozac]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Greenwood mother told police that she gave her 12-year-old daughter applesauce spiked with Prozac for about six months even though she knew the girl shouldn't take the drug without a prescription.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35688/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35688/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA Considering Adding A Behind-the-counter Drug Category]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is a move that would lower the price of drugs and allow people who currently go without obtain needed medication.<br/>People would be able to purchase certain types of routine medicines such as birth-control, migraine treatment, and others by speaking to the pharmacists instead of a doctor. <br/>NPR audio link at this <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16630779" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">page</a>.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42569/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42569/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[How frequently do doctors misdiagnose patients? Who prescribes antibiotics inappropriately?]]></title><description><![CDATA[17 interesting facts about doctors and patients.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/79524/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/79524/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>