Sentences with phrase «prescribe drug treatments»

These dogs will require a low protein diet and likely be prescribed a drug treatment by their vet.

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Rather, it's the no - holds - barred sales practices that Alexion allegedly engaged in — which, in some cases, reportedly led to salespeople bullying doctors into prescribing the drug for patients even when the efficacy of the treatment was unclear.

While it's not approved specifically for anti-aging treatments, like other drugs, it can be prescribed for so - called off - label uses as long as there is no advertising or efficacy claims involved.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SDrug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Sdrug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

While drug treatments are potentially dangerous and not highly effective for symptoms ascribed to colic or GER, one partial exception may be the older type of acid - reducing drugs such as Zantac, still prescribed today.

The drug metformin is the most common treatment prescribed by health care providers for PCOS and is used to help women who experience difficulty both getting pregnant and maintaining a pregnancy.

MRSA Action UK does not however support or agree with Professor Mark Baker's comment in today's media that NICE is considering bringing antibiotics into the existing bonus scheme for GP's not to prescribe these drugs, this is both wrong and immoral as some patients will always require treatment for infections, it is the clinical need that needs to be ascertained and the correct diagnosis determined and appropriate treatment given that needs to be correct.

Senator David Carlucci, chair of the Mental Health Committee said: «Taking away the ability for a doctor to prescribe a drug for treatment is a prescription for failure.

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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.

Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) is cosponsoring a bill called the TREAT Act in Congress that would increase the number of patients that medical practitioners can prescribe medication for treatment of drug abuse from 30 to 100.

To be effective and reduce recurrence of cancer in the prostate, researchers found that prescribing PARP inhibitors, a drug commonly used in breast cancer, alongside anti-hormone therapy treatment may benefit men with prostate cancer.

Fentanyl, prescribed by doctors for cancer treatment, is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and up to 100 times more potent than morphine, according the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

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.

Some of the most commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of heart failure are beta - blockers and nitrates, which help to relax blood vessels and decrease the heart's workload.

Treatment failure may have occurred because participants either did not take their antiretroviral drugs as prescribed or had an HIV strain that resisted or acquired resistance to one or more of the drugs in their treatmentTreatment failure may have occurred because participants either did not take their antiretroviral drugs as prescribed or had an HIV strain that resisted or acquired resistance to one or more of the drugs in their treatmenttreatment regimen.

Treatment failure may have occurred because HIV - infected participants did not take their antiretroviral drugs as prescribed or had an HIV strain that was resistant to one or more of the drugs in their treatmentTreatment failure may have occurred because HIV - infected participants did not take their antiretroviral drugs as prescribed or had an HIV strain that was resistant to one or more of the drugs in their treatmenttreatment regimen.

A significant part of the issue, experts say, is the vast amount of variation in opioid prescribing habits for minor injuries such as ankle sprains — which don't require treatment with such risky drugs in the first place.

Clinicians could stop prescribing it and pregnant women could seek effective treatments instead of this drug, he said.

In a recent study, nearly half of all veterans who died from drug overdoses while prescribed opioids for pain were also receiving benzodiazepines, or benzos, which are common medications for the treatment of anxiety, insomnia and alcohol withdrawal.

If you believe the headlines, this is terrible news, and people stand to miss out on treatments for disorders ranging from pain and depression to osteoarthritis and cancer, because the National Health Service will no longer prescribe the drugs.

«Since 95 percent of cancer patients still get chemo, we realized we could make a major impact on cancer treatment by helping clinicians prescribe the right chemotherapy drug,» said Sourav Bandyopadhyay, PhD, a professor of bioengineering and therapeutic sciences in UCSF's Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine and senior author on the new study.

The good news is we can prevent this problem by stopping the source and treating the troubled,» said co-author and CDC director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. «It is critical that states use effective prescription drug tracking programs so we can improve prescribing practices and help get those who are abusing drugs into treatment.»

The drug — a mood stabilizer called valproate — is commonly prescribed to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, though its mechanism of action is poorly understood and only some patients respond to the treatment.

Widely available hormone treatments that are 100 percent chemically identical to the native hormones found in the body and that are approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) offer effective and safe options for people with hormone disorders, and those approved treatments should be prescribed whenever possible, Santoro said.

Psychostimulant drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall, prescribed to treat attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Aricept, used as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, have been shown to improve concentration and recall in healthy people, too.

«An alternative treatment that has fewer side effects would be safer and would likely have a lower rate of people stopping taking their prescribed drug.

Bienvenu says that he would not hesitate to prescribe treatment — either drugs or cognitive - behavior therapy — for an ICU patient with a history of depression while the person is still in the hospital.

Around half of all prescribed drugs act on these receptors, with GPCRs helping in the treatment of widespread diseases such as hypertension, asthma and Parkinson's disease.

The therapy is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for relapsed or treatment - resistant Hodgkin lymphoma, and it is commonly prescribed to patients whose disease has progressed after autologous stem cell transplant, a procedure that replenishes the bone marrow with the patient's own healthy stem cells after therapy.

Only approximately one - third of patients respond to lithium treatment, and its effect is only found through a trial - and - error process that takes months — and sometimes years — of prescribing the drug and monitoring for response.

«Having the power to read regulatory potential from DNA sequences can contribute to using precision medicine — prescribing certain drugs or treatments that would work specifically on that patient's cancer.»

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends FDCs to facilitate the optimal drug treatment of TB by improving adherence, possibly reducing prescribing errors, and improving drug supply efficiency.

Second, the researchers found that polypharmacy near the end of life is fueled not only by drugs prescribed for the purpose of symptom management (e.g. analgesics), but also by the frequent continuation of long - term preventive treatments and disease - targeted drugs.

The drug interventions that are prescribed based on the theory that they suppress labido, however there have currently been no clinical trials testing the effectiveness of drugs in the treatment of paedophilia.

But the truth is that some doctors are pushing the limits of what's medically acceptable, prescribing drugs that may put their patients» safety at risk or offering treatments that aren't proven to work.

Interestingly, a topical, derm - prescribed retinoid can work well for rosacea patients, as the drug — which can sometimes dry out the skin in the beginning of treatment — can also have an anti-inflammatory effect.

A 2009 study found that 65 % of physician members of the ASBP who responded to a survey prescribe drug combinations that are not FDA - approved for the treatment of obesity.

In fact, researchers recently discovered that it is a better treatment for giardia than the prescription drug commonly prescribed to treat the illness.

After finding significantly lower levels of H. pylori in the garlic group — but no lowering in the control group — researchers advised that garlic be prescribed along with routine drugs for the treatment of H. pylori.

That's why doctors often prescribe treatments «off - label» and from a variety of drug classes.

-- Diet as a treatment for my problems has been much more effective than any of the 20 different drugs I have been prescribed... for mental and physical problems.

Treatments such as Tamoxifen - a drug whose ineffectiveness and risks were clearly documented by Dr. Lee - are still commonly prescribed to patients.

FDA approved this drug in 1999 and it is mostly prescribed by doctors for long duration obesity management treatments with a low, calorie restricted diet.

With so many people suffering from complex, chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, congenital heart disease and autoimmune disorders, too many physicians remain oriented toward using prescribed treatments such as drugs or surgery to treat the problem or symptoms.

Next I was offered an experimental injectable drug, Lupron, which is used to decrease the body's production of both male and female hormones and is commonly prescribed for the treatment of prostate cancer.

Sadly, opioid drugs are typically prescribed as a first line of treatment for back pain, 1 not exercise, and these drugs have now surpassed both heroin and cocaine as the leading cause of fatal drug overdoses in the US.

You are not alone, around a third of psoriasis patients surveyed who have mild psoriasis said that they relied on topical (skin) treatments alone, because they had discovered that these kind of treatments had the fewest side effects, or that their psoriasis wasn't severe enough to take a drug regularly, or that their doctor wasn't interested in prescribing any further treatment.

For example, the anti-estrogen drug tamoxifen, prescribed for breast cancer treatment, has been used by men to oppose the estrogenic effects of anabolic steroids.

Better yet, a naturopath will never prescribe you pills or drugs as naturopaths have been trained to use natural treatments such as herbal treatments and reflexology in order to aid their clients.