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America wasted an incredible $129 million on a drug that doesn't work against COVID.

Researchers found a 72.7% drop in antibiotic prescriptions when they compared April 2019 through December 2019 (prepandemic) with the same period in 2020.

Study finds dramatic decreases in antibiotic dispensing for children during the pandemic As children made fewer visits to health facilities and engaged in social distancing and other COVID-19 mitigation measures, a smaller number of them also received prescription drugs, a new study suggests. Overall, medications prescribed for children dropped by more than a quarter during the first eight months of the pandemic compared to the previous year, with the steepest declines in infection-related medicines like antibiotics and cough-and-cold drugs. Antibiotic dispensing to children and teens plunged...

Study finds higher risk of overdose in patients treated with opioids to reduce dental pain When they go to the dentist to get a tooth pulled or another procedure, patients might not think that the prescription they receive to ease their pain could put them or their family at risk of an opioid overdose. But a new study from the University of Michigan shows that overdose rates were two and a half times higher among patients who filled a prescription for an opioid medication after a dental procedure, compared with those who didn't fill such a prescription. Overdose rates were also higher among t...

 E-Mail When they go to the dentist to get a tooth pulled or another procedure, patients might not think that the prescription they receive to ease their pain could put them or their family at risk of an opioid overdose. But a new study from the University of Michigan shows that overdose rates were two and a half times higher among patients who filled a prescription for an opioid medication after a dental procedure, compared with those who didn't fill such a prescription. Overdose rates were also higher among the family members of such patients - possibly from misuse of the leftover pills.