Pescription Drugs
There are 11 On Demand Archives in this Category.
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- Drug Abuse in Teens
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Guest(s):Dr. William RogersTopic:Pressures Facing Teens and Young AdultsTopic Info:What are emergency physicians seeing in their ERs specific to overdoses? Is pop culture influencing it, with high-profile celebrities in the news with drug problems and drug related deaths. What type of drugs are being abused the most? What do they do to ...Original Air Date:8 / 8 / 2011
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Prescription Drug Abuse & Teens
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Guest(s):Amy GoldsteinTopic:Lock Up Your Meds!Topic Info:Amy Goldstein joins Danika to discuss the teen prescription drug abuse epidemic.Original Air Date:2 / 22 / 2011
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Safegaurd Your Meds, Protect Your Family
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Guest(s):Amy GoldsteinTopic:Lock Up Your Meds!Topic Info:Amy Goldstein joins Danika to discuss what you can do to help protect the kids in your family (and in your community) from falling victim to the prescription drug abuse epidemic.Original Air Date:2 / 22 / 2011
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Prescription Drug Abuse & Teens
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- Brand-Name Drugs vs. Low Cost Generics
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Guest(s):Lisa GillTopic:Are Generic Drugs Just As Effective As Brand-Names?Topic Info:Lisa Gill joins Dr. DeSilva to explain that drugmakers shell out billions of dollars each year to target consumers with their ads. In 2009, they spent $4.3 billion to reach consumers and $6.6 billion on promotions aimed at doctors, according to IMS Health ...Original Air Date:2 / 10 / 2011
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- American Pharmacists Month
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Guest(s):Joe H. Harmison, President, National Community Pharmacists AssociationTopic:American Pharmacists MonthTopic Info:October is American Pharmacists Month and the *National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)* is urging to patients to use the occasion to visit with their community pharmacist, and to talk with their community pharmacists about all aspects of their m ...Original Air Date:10 / 20 / 2010 - Medication Management: Advice From Your Local Pharmacist
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Guest(s):Joe H. Harmison, President, National Community Pharmacists AssociationTopic:American Pharmacists MonthTopic Info:October is American Pharmacists Month and the *National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)* is urging to patients to use the occasion to visit with their community pharmacist, and to talk with their community pharmacists about all aspects of their ...Original Air Date:10 / 20 / 2010
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- Presciption Medicines: Strict Compliance is THE Key to Good Health Featured
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Guest(s):Dr. Adam WelchTopic:Prescription MedicinesTopic Info:Noncompliance with prescribed medication routines costs the US health care system more than $177 billion annually and results in up to 125,000 deaths per year. Not adhering properly to a medication routine can drastically alter treatment effectiveness and ...Original Air Date:10 / 5 / 2010
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- Prescription Opiates in the U.S. Workforce
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Guest(s):Barry Sample, Ph.D.Topic:Prescription Drug Misuse in the WorkplaceTopic Info:More American workers and job applicants are testing positive for prescription opiates according to the Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™. Data shows that increased opiate use is in the workplace - as well as the emergency room. Because more workers ...Original Air Date:10 / 5 / 2010
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- Pain Medications: Relief For Some, Abused By Others Featured
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Guest(s):Penney CowanTopic:Prescription MedicineTopic Info:September is Pain Awareness Month. Pain is an important sensation, alerting you to possible injury. Chronic pain is different. Chronic pain persists for weeks, months, even years and 100 million people in America are currently living with it. The good ne ...Original Air Date:10 / 4 / 2010
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- Has Your Rx Drug Been FDA Approved? Featured
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Guest(s):Dr. Sal GiorgianniTopic:Public Health and Safety: Prescription DrugsTopic Info:In an age of media-hyped public health scares, there's one threat that's very real, very preventable, and completely ignored--prescription drugs that have never been tested and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Sal Giorgianni, a profe ...Original Air Date:8 / 17 / 2010
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- The Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse
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Guest(s):Jay Kaplan, MDTopic:Prescription Drug Monitoring in the ERTopic Info:Practicing ER Physician and ACEP’s outstanding speaker of the year in 2003, Dr. Jay Kaplan joins the show to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug abuse and how it goes further than just celebrities nowadays. Dr. Kaplan will explain the warni ...Original Air Date:7 / 2 / 2010
