1.   Yeast remedies are available over the counter, and a physician can prescribe antibiotics for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and others.

2.   Any physician can prescribe psychiatric drugs, not just psychiatrists.

3.   Ask specific questions about side effects whenever a physician prescribes a new drug, and report any problems immediately.

4.   Both California and New Jersey, for example, do not allow physicians to prescribe medications without a physical examination first, Nickell said.

5.   A physician prescribes the appropriate antibiotic without seeing the patient.

6.   After that, there are some medications that your physician can prescribe to help out.

7.   All the medications were properly prescribed by physicians at the clinics, he said.

8.   By some estimates, three out of four HMOs place limits on medications that their physicians can prescribe without special authorization.

9.   Contraception is only one of several reasons physicians prescribe the pill, says Dr. Luis Morales of Miami Valley Hospital.

10.   Courtney practiced a compounding speciality in which he reconstituted FDA-approved liquid medications, often to treat cancer, to dosages prescribed by physicians.