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Some changes to how we're able to get prescriptions online are likely coming soon. In late February, the US Drug Enforcement Administration proposed changes to pandemic rules that will affect certain controlled medications that are more…

In late February, the US Drug Enforcement Administration proposed changes to pandemic rules that will affect certain controlled medications that are more strictly regulated by the government once the public health emergency for COVID-19…

The Nova Scotia College of Physicians and Surgeons has suspended the licence of a doctor living in the U.S. who is believed to have written thousands of prescriptions for Ozempic, a diabetes drug that some patients are seeking to help with…

There’s no stopping Microsoftand its use of OpenAI technology. After announcing the integration of ChatGPT and other OpenAI tech in Office, Edge, Bing, the Satya Nadella-led firm will make it easier for doctors to take notes. According to…

Now even your PILLS will cost more! NHS prescriptions will rise by 30p to £9.65 from April - despite the 'tax on health' being frozen last year due to cost-of-living crisisBy Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline…

NHS slashes opioid prescriptions by 500,000 after a Mail campaign to cut use the use of addictive drugsOpioid prescriptions fell from 5.68million to 5.23million between 2019 and 2022It comes after a Mail campaign started in…

What should you take to help you sleep? Data shows sleeping pill prescriptions reach all-time high – and pharmacists' shelves heave with natural remedies... Do any of them really work?By Barney Calman, Health Editor For The…

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More than 800,000 people may have missed out on blood pressure pills and statins because of the Covid pandemic.Almost half a million fewer people received new prescriptions for blood pressure tablets between April 2020 and July 2021, new…

Children's prescriptions for antipsychotic medicines have doubled in the last 20 years, a study found.The drugs, which have a tranquillising effect, are typically used in adults to treat major mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia.NHS…