### science | medicine:

Prescription drug
* All prescription drugs have generic names, and all states encourage generic substitutions.
* Many prescription drugs affect the body's ability to regulate and detect hot temperatures.
* Many prescription drugs are available to treat giardiasis
  - extremely expensive
  - can trigger depression and disrupt sleep and mental functions
  - create nutrient deficiencies
  - have adverse effects on a motorcyclist's riding skills
  - interfere with the body's ability to endure heat
* Most prescription drugs lack information about proper use in children.
* Some prescription drugs are acid-forming and contribute to bone loss.
* Some prescription drugs can actually cause dysphagia, as well
  - also affect teeth colour
* Some prescription drugs can cause depression
  - itchiness
  - harm an unborn baby
  - have harmful effects when their use is abruptly stopped
* are a major form of treatment.
* are also a big culprit, especially blood pressure drugs
  - available to help prevent and control acne
  - widespread
  - among the big costs of health care
* are an essential element to health and well-being for many individuals
  - expensive component of health care
  - integral part of modern medicine
  - investment in health
  - as a matter of law unavoidably unsafe products
  - drugs that can only be obtained with written premission from a doctor
  - expensive and continue to become more costly every year
  - expensive, even with insurance and government assistance
  - for an individual
  - often the preferred and sometimes only method of treatment for many diseases
* are one of America's leading causes of disease and death
  - the leading causes of death
  - powerful controlled substances, yet cause no fear compared to illegal drugs
* are the fastest growing personal expense in health care
  - segment of medical expense
* are the fastest-growing advertising category in the developed world
  - component of national health expenditures
  - medical cost
  - fastest-rising cost in the health care budget
* are the most commonly used therapy for heart disease in America
  - inflationary component of our health care costs
  - to be used in accordance with a physician's directions
* can also dull memory
  - be and are being used incorrectly
  - cause temporary hair loss for a small number of individuals
  - help to prevent osteoporosis
  - increase bone loss
  - play a role in treating some insomniacs, doctors say
  - take a toll on sleep, too
  - vastly improve the length and quality of life for seniors
* cause motor weakness and sedation
  - temporary hair shedding in a small percentage of people
* continue to be an issue.
* disrupt normal cell function.
* exist that can treat the cravings seen in alcoholics
  - with higher potentials for user addiction than marijuana has
* exist, but they are much more expensive than pot.
* have great clinical benefits, but they also have risks.
* help people take care of themselves.
  - politically popular
* kill more people each year than automobile and airplane accidents combined.
* play a large part in overall health care costs
  - vital role in modern medicine
  - an ever-increasing role in modern medicine
* remain a key driver of health care costs.
* require that an animal be seen at a military veterinary clinic within the year.
* take up about one-sixth of all health spending by the elderly.
* used wisely can save lives.
* work rapidly and effectively.