Sentences with phrase «unnecessary use of drugs»

CPMs are trained to provide health - promoting and preventative care that is evidence based and avoids unnecessary use of drugs and interventions.

Excessive and unnecessary use of the drugs, which are similar to what doctors prescribe for people's ear infections, strep throats and other illnesses, can lead to super-resistant strains of bacteria that can cause serious human diseases that have no cure.

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But although I knew that the interventions on my first birth had been unnecessary, there was a horrible nagging doubt in my mind that I might not be able to progress my labour without the use of drugs.

And when individuals are incorrectly diagnosed with TB, the underlying cause of their illness goes untreated, and the unnecessary use of TB medicines contributes to drug resistance.

There are countless examples of «expert physicians» who have given extremely bad recommendations over the years — from insistence in the 1950s - 60s that cigarette smoking is not harmful, to cardiologists in the 1970s recommending potent (and toxic) anti-arrhythmic drugs for the treatment of benign PVCs — until randomized controlled trials documented increased mortality in the treatment group, to numerous unnecessary surgeries that used to be commonplace (such as tonsillectomies, elective C - sections, spinal fusion for back pain, etc., etc..

Statins, which are a class of drugs used to lower your cholesterol, are among the most commonly prescribed medications in the world, and I believe, one of the most unnecessary drugs there is.

Toxic metal exposure can result in a wide array of common mental health disorders that can mimic many psychiatric «diseases» and thus lead to psychoactive prescription drug use or other unnecessary treatments.

The use of drugs adds unnecessary risk and expense.

This category includes the unnecessary use of steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), deworming drugs, flea and tick treatments (many contain pesticides) and antibiotics (leading to an imbalance of healthy gut flora, also known as dysbiosis).

To help keep rates affordable for all Farmers customers, we must occasionally cancel a policy if a policyholder becomes a high risk - for example, by filing multiple claims within a brief time period, causing an accident while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or taking unnecessary risks (careless use of flammable liquids, reckless driving, etc.).

Most importantly, it will help reduce the unnecessary use of medication, which sometimes causes adverse drug reactions in older adults, and it may also help people when they lack awareness of their disorder or are reluctant to be treated.