She added that the drug also is prescribed to some human patients who suffer from severe arthritis and although as a medicine it can incur serious side effects, those are rare.
Lipitor, of course, is prescribed to prevent heart attacks, and Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ) placed the billboards on the highway from the New Orleans airport to the city's convention center more than three months ago to greet doctors attending a cardiology meeting.
Dr Baigent said surveys in the UK have shown that aspirin is prescribed to less than a quarter of people with diseases such as peripheral arterial disease - a condition which causes fatty deposits to build up in the arteries of the leg, and which commonly leads to heart attacks or strokes.
It is also prescribed to some patients who are suffering from a severe form of arthritis.
Luvox is generally prescribed to patients whose obsessions or compulsions cause them distress, consume time, or interfere with their daily activities.
They were also high in those taking aspirin which, counterintuitively, is often prescribed to reduce clot formation and thus prevent heart attacks.
To simplify matters greatly, soft dollaring is a legally prescribed exception to this rule.
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ECB's treaty-prescribed duty is not to keep the economy at full steam but to maintain price stability, which it defines as a rate of inflation of no more than 2%.
They acknowledge that for most patients there is "insufficient evidence" to change how aspirin is prescribed.
More so than with any other condition, taking HIV medicine as prescribed is crucial for therapy to continue to be effective.
Juvisync is a convenience combination and should only be prescribed when it is appropriate for a patient to be placed on both of these drugs.
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Pedersen's study, called the Incremental Decrease in End Points Through Aggressive Lipid Lowering Trial, or IDEAL, is the latest of several studies comparing the 80 milligram dose of Lipitor, which is only rarely prescribed in actual practice, to other drugs.
Obviously the main thing is to get to the truth, to find out exactly why Emma was prescribed such a high dosage of chloral hydrate.
It is reasonable to assume that patients will be prescribed these inexpensive versions of drugs rather than Enbrel, thereby delivering savings to health care plans.
In other words, genetic analysis could help to ensure that the right treatment is prescribed.
"However, the Scottish government is clear that prescribed drug treatment is not, and cannot be, the only treatment option available on the pathway to recovery, " she added.
Chemotherapy can induce premature menopause, and a commonly prescribed medication for breast cancer patients called tamoxifen also is known to cause hot flashes.
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Mr Justice Weir told Cavan that as he had pleaded guilty to murder, "there is only one sentence prescribed by law for that and that is the sentence of life imprisonment".
For over four years Mr Campbell, who is not known for flexibility, has prescribed such medicine as the only way to revive British Columbia's slumping economy.
Along with the police investigation, which is being aided by the state attorney general's office and the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Los Angeles County coroner's office has also drawn up a list of Jackson's doctors and is trying to talk to them to determine what drugs they may have prescribed him.
One effective way to save money is to make sure you really need all the drugs you have been prescribed.
The actual risk to any person is very small and the risk of stopping a prescribed treatment could be greater.
She was prescribed an oral insulin medication -- a medicine that is no longer given to adolescents due to harmful side effects.
One is to the bank's statutory independence in pursuit of its treaty-prescribed goal of price stability.
It is no longer commonly prescribed and there hasn't been a case of this linked to the drug since at least 1985.
So our focus obviously continues to be on ensuring that that money gets out as quickly as it is prescribed.
The drug is used as a last resort for people with severe disfiguring acne and has to be prescribed by dermatologists.
But as I've thought about it this year, I'm wondering if my stance is a bit arbitrary: I don't adhere to most of the rules and guidelines prescribed by Jewish dogma.
It would be best prescribed by GPs in the first instance and, if patients do not respond, that is the appropriate time to refer to a specialist for further investigation and treatment.
They tend to be most severe when, as is often the case with medicines for treating psychosis, they are prescribed without the full involvement of the person taking them or above recommended dosage levels.
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