Tag: Prescription

Birth Control Pills May Be Available Without A Prescription In The US

Recently, during a time of contentious debates about and attacks on women’s and AFAB rights, we surprisingly experienced a win for reproductive health: a panel of FDA advisors recommended that a type of birth control pill be sold over the counter (OTC). This has been a long time c...

Managing Minds at Work: The Occupational Medicine Prescription

Responses are always late and insufficient. Costs increase, performance lags, and researchers and leaders commiserate on workplace challenges, the new generation, and how to support stressed, distracted, bored, agitated, negative, and increasingly angry workers. The battle is on between TikTok an...

The Conviction of a Las Vegas Man in an Opioid Prescription Scheme

Litwin’s involvement in the scheme revolved around a medical practice known as New Amsterdam Medical Group, which purported to be a pain specialty center. However, this pain center was used as a front for an elaborate operation to sell fake prescriptions. These prescriptions included powerful ...

The United States has 5% of the world’s population and uses 80% of the world’s prescription opioids.

The United States has 5% of the world’s population and uses 80% of the world’s prescription opioids. What’s up with that? And how do other countries treat pain? The opioid epidemic has wreaked havoc in the United States, but have you ever wondered if the same is true in other co...