Massage Therapists, Chiropractors Wrote Drug Prescriptions They Shouldn't …

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Another $ 26.2 million was paid out for prescriptions written by social workers, chiropractors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and counselors–another group of professionals who also didn't have the authority to prescribe these drugs–in …
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Medicare Pays Million per Year for Unauthorized Prescription Drugs

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About 30,000 of the prescriptions were for painkillers and other drugs that are commonly abused by patients. These mistakes could “endanger patients” and “may also contribute to the prescription drug abuse problem in our nation,” the report said.
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Colleges , Universities Crack Down On ' Study Drugs '

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“It states they will notify us if they are prescribed medication by anyone else, if they are on any other addicting kinds of medication that wouldn't mix. They promise that they will not abuse any drugs. They promise not to share or sell their …
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