Sentences with phrase «stopped prescribing the drugs»

Around the turn of the century, though, researchers noticed that women on HRT had an increased risk of heart disease, uterine and breast cancers, and strokes, and doctors generally stopped prescribing the drugs.

Although DES was supposed to help pregnancy by preventing miscarriage and premature birth - it was developed during the 1930s - even after information surfaced indicating that the drug didn't really prevent either, it wasn't until 1971 that the FDA put out an advisory telling doctors to stop prescribing this drug.

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A doctor prescribed me Prozac and that worked quite well but I didn't like the idea of being on a drug that affected my brain, so I stopped.

Nursing mothers who are told they must stop breastfeeding because of a certain drug should ask the physician to make sure of this by checking with reliable sources and / or prescribing an alternative safe medication.

In truly emergent situations, your physician can prescribe certain drugs (bromocriptine, cabergoline, etc.) to more rapidly stop milk production.

I stuck to my prescribed dose of methadone, stopped using street drugs, ate a healthy diet, stopped smoking, lived a healthy lifestyle and fortunately, my son was absolutely fine — no signs of withdrawal.

Sometimes other drugs, like antipsychotics, may be prescribed to alleviate aggressive behavior or stop the child from hurting himself.

The drug Parlodel (bromocriptine) was widely prescribed in the past to stop lactation following a pregnancy loss.

Among medications that lower cholesterol, ezetimibe is not in the widely prescribed class of drugs called statins, which stop the body from manufacturing its own cholesterol.

Dr. Criner cautioned, however, that the finding that the statin drug has no benefit for prevention of COPD exacerbations does not mean that COPD patients should stop taking statins prescribed for cholesterol lowering or other cardiovascular indications.

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

... One way to cut down on drug resistance transfer is to stop prescribing antibiotics almost...

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 authors and editorialist express grave concerns that there will be many needless premature deaths as well as preventable heart attacks and strokes if patients who would clearly benefit from statins are not prescribed the drug, refuse to take the drug, or stop using the drug because of ill - advised adverse publicity about benefits and risks, which may include misplaced concerns about the possible but unproven small risk of diabetes.

Block or remove the estrogen with different types of drugs, such as the commonly prescribed tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors, and the tumor stops growing.

«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.

Clinicians should first prescribe a 4 - week course of quinine to determine if it works and encourage patients to try stopping the drug periodically to minimize use.

Mansi stresses that the study doesn't definitively show that statins cause diabetes, nor does it mean people should stop using the drugs, which are widely prescribed to help people lower their cardiac risk factors.

The biggest disappointment may be the price: A 2007 study by Swedish researchers found that more than half the men for whom Viagra was prescribed had stopped using the drug two years later, often because it was too expensive.

But that doesn't stop doctors from prescribing a drug from each of the two classes of Alzheimer's medicines.

And be assured they aren't telling doctors to stop prescribing these important drugs.

Plus, there are MORE THAN 70 diabetes drugs being prescribed in the U.S. alone — NONE that address the root causes or stops the progression of the disease.

A common arthritis drug which is already prescribed on the NHS appears to stop the loss or pigmentation caused by vitiligo How to prevent vitiligo is a new article that reveals some of the best home remedies for vitiligo to bar it from spreading.

Antibiotics may be prescribed to combat infections and if other medications are causing the issue, then those drugs should be stopped and others substituted.

Be absolutely sure to give your dog the entire prescribed course of antibiotics, as stopping the treatment too soon can create drug - resistant infections that are almost impossible to treat.

Community detoxification is for people who are taking prescribed or illicitly sourced benzodiazepines or z drugs and want to stop.