Sentences with phrase «access to drug treatment»

He and other experts also pointed out that Medicaid not only prescribes medication but provides important access to drug treatment programs designed to help address the growing epidemic.

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However, in very rare circumstances, Ionis Pharmaceuticals is able to make an experimental drug that we are developing available for patients outside of a traditional clinical trial under an expanded access protocol, sometimes referred to as a treatment protocol.

«We've not had access to the drug for a few months,» said Dr. Armstrong, who also works at Grady Memorial Hospital, a huge public treatment center in Atlanta that serves many low - income patients.

Crippling, outdated information that «forbade» HIV + mothers to breastfeed has changed and HIV + mothers are now actively encouraged to breastfeed while they and their babies have access to antiretroviral (ARV) drug treatment.

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Thousands of deaths could be averted through a combined prevention and treatment strategy — interventions such as improved mother and child nutrition, optimal breastfeeding practices; Oral Rehydration Therapy [ORT]; new low - osmolarity formulations of ORS; incorporating rotavirus vaccines; zinc supplementation during diarrhoea episodes; immunizing all children against measles; appropriate drug therapy; increased access to safe clean water and sanitation facilities and improved personal and domestic hygiene, including keeping food and water clean and washing hands before touching food.

She and her OA&FS counselor work closely with Marissa's other services providers, empowering her to access drug treatment, counseling and support around domestic violence.

«That's why Labour has pledged to rewrite the NHS Constitution to give people the right to talking therapies for mental illness in the same way they already have the right to access drugs and treatments for physical illness.»

It is impossible to imagine the devastation of the emotions that a patient must go through when they are told that they can not have access to a drug or treatment that could prolong their life because of their postcode.

Erie County has set up a 24/7 Addictions Treatment Hotline that provides those struggling with any drug addiction and their loved ones access to services and support.

Thursday Introduction — Lord Trees Questions — Developing separate drug treatment programmes for addiction and withdrawal from legally prescribed drugs, distinct from programmes for illegal drug addiction; copyright exemption for schools; reducing unemployment in Wales Debate — Implications relating to the parliamentary boundary commission's current proposals Debate — Problems faced by families in the rented housing sector Short debate — Coastal access in England

«While we are not aware of individuals ultimately being denied drugs, it is clearly unacceptable that they do not have timely access to medicines that form a vital part of their treatment.

According to the report's author, Professor Kate Shannon, factors such as being forced to service clients in cars or public places, inability to access drug treatment and a prior assault by police all correlated with violence against female sex workers.

The drug, which has rapidly spread across the country in recent years, was the subject of a large package of programs and policies outlined on Tuesday, including easing access to treatment, expanding wraparound recovery services and limiting opioid prescriptions for acute pain to seven days, with some exceptions.

Of the promised CCG improvements in commissioning and savings in management costs there has been little or no sign, and instead acute controversies over a «postcode lottery» in access to costly drugs or fertility treatments.

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The bills rolled out on Wednesday as part of a bipartisan heroin task force include legislation that would allocate more funding to hire specialists at veterans treatment courts, end a ban on Medicaid reimbursement for drug treatment for incarcerated addicts, crack down on «doctor shopping» for pain medications and expand access to medication - assisted treatment for pregnant and postpartum women, among others.

The proposal to spend $ 1 million from county savings to increase treatment access for drug addicts originated with Patrick Burke, D - Buffalo.

According to the latest statistics from UNAIDS, the UN body that coordinates global action on HIV, 20.9 million people now have access to antiretroviral drug treatments.

Topics include the rights of persons with disabilities; the rights and responsibilities of drug users and ethical considerations for dignified addiction treatment; improving maternal and child health through advancements in women's rights; the effects of violence; access to affordable and appropriate health care and treatment; health disparities between different population groups; health during war and conflict; the health of internally displaced persons and refugees; and recognition of social and structural forces that impact the health of individuals and groups.

David Matia, a drug court judge in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where deaths also have risen significantly, said incentives are needed to get hospitals to build more detox facilities, to encourage physicians to expand access to medication assisted treatments and to encourage medical students to pursue addiction and behavioral health specialties as their area of practice.

The first - line designation means that some patients will have access to the drug without first having to receive other treatments such as chemotherapy.

Writing in a linked Comment, Gino Vumbaca from Harm Reduction Australia, said: «Evidence on the effectiveness of compulsory and voluntary drug dependence treatment in the Asian region has been scarce and this study is a much needed addition to the evidence base that is required to inform policy making... The present study provides solid evidence in support of urgent need to expand availability of and access to evidence based voluntary drug dependence treatment approaches to all whom are affected by drug dependence.

The National Institute of Drug Abuse has found that increasing access to medication assisted treatment decreases opioid use, deaths related to overdoses, crime and the transmission of diseases, Boyle said, though the approach is not being used enough.

U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell last year proposed a response, calling for a program to change doctors» opioid prescribing practices, to expand the use of naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdoses, and increase patient access to medication assisted treatments for opioid use disorders.

The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people with the disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.

African Americans are less supportive than either whites or Hispanics of allowing access to experimental drug treatments before such treatments have been shown to be safe and effective.

Furthermore, there are no differences between the major political party affiliation groups on views about the use of animals in research, the safety of eating genetically modified (GM) foods and whether to allow access to experimental drug treatments before those treatments have been shown to be safe and effective.

«Hepatitis C: Life - threatening barriers in access to breakthrough drugs in US: First systematic study of Medicaid policies for hepatitis C treatment.»

«Understanding HCV disease progression rates among people who inject drugs (PWID) is important to setting policy to expand access to detection, diagnosis and treatment, and in forecasting the burden of disease,» said Holly Hagan, PhD, the principal investigator for the HCV Synthesis Project, who also is a professor at New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN) and co-director at CDUHR.

Although its launch in Britain last week could give them access to uncontaminated and potentially limitless supplies, the 95 haemophilia treatment centres may not be able to afford the new drug, which costs 52p per unit, compared with 20 to 45p for factor 8 extracted from human blood.

«More than half of the world's HIV population is concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa where there is very limited access to HIV drugs and treatment.

The statistics within Europe also show a large gap in access to treatment with transmission rates as much as 4 - 10 times higher in some parts of Eastern Europe (0.46 % transmission in the UK, compared to 2 - 4 % in Russia and 4 - 5 % in the Ukraine), where prevalence of HIV in pregnant women is higher and access to antiretroviral drugs more limited.

Sidibé says the results should help put to rest debates about the worthiness of spending money on ARVs as prevention when only one - third of the 15 million HIV - infected people in the world who need treatment for their own immediate health have access to drugs.

The team is currently pursuing further studies of the impact of Part D cost - sharing policies in different disease areas, and hopes ultimately to get a better understanding not only of changes in drug access but also of the long range clinical outcomes and costs associated with any delays or interruptions in treatment.

«Medicare Part D was created to increase access to prescription drug treatment among beneficiaries, but our data suggest that current policies are interfering with that goal when it comes to specialty drugs,» said Doshi, adding that making Part D out - of - pocket costs more consistent, and limiting them to more reasonable sums would help mitigate this negative impact.

The focus on preventing overdose is combined with a citywide commitment to better access to quality, on - demand drug treatment services and long - term recovery support.

«High out - of pocket costs limit access to lifesaving specialty drugs: Current cost - sharing policies create a barrier to treatment of chronic, life - threatening illnesses.»

Through strategic partnerships with industry and nonprofit organizations, we gain access to a portfolio of priority drugs for testing within our expert focus groups, including checkpoint inhibitors, therapeutic vaccines, innate immune stimulants, targeted therapies, and many other promising treatments and technologies with high therapeutic potential.

However, the efficacy of this kind of cocktail treatment suffers when the drugs require access to different parts of the cell, a bit like fighting a battle by depositing all your archers on the same spot as your infantrymen.

Conducting seminal intervention trials against malaria that have fed directly into national and international policy which has contributed to the prevention of millions of deaths; these include trials of impregnated bed nets, the prevention of malaria in pregnant women, interventions to improve community based treatment and interventions to increase access to safe effective drugs.

Physicians and scientists work closely together to continually improve the ways in which we diagnose and treat head and neck, brain and spine tumors, and offer our patients access to innovative techniques, new drugs, and clinical trials of the most - advanced treatment approaches.

«Currently, there is no drug available in the U.S. for the treatment of HSDD, and clinicians and patients are very interested in having access to an approved medication,» Dr. Bob Barbieri, chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Women's Hospital told TIME.

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The rationale for granting school choice special treatment is simple: without access to quality schools, students have a higher chance of dropping out, dealing with family dysfunction, committing crimes or going to prison, failing to find employment, abusing drugs and alcohol, experiencing poor health, and having to cope with a variety of other social ills.

This service gives all veterinary practices 24 hour access to drugs used in the emergency treatment of poisoning that they are most likely to need, but least likely to stock.

We create opportunity for pet owners to access cutting edge treatment options for their pets, for our network veterinarians to offer investigational treatments to their clients, and for animal health companies to learn whether their drugs and products are safe and effective.

It also benefits already sick animals by giving them access to incredibly expensive treatment — sometimes over $ 100,000 — that their owners likely wouldn't have been able to afford, all at the expense of the pharmaceutical company testing the drug.