1.   There are many prescription pain medications, and a doctor can prescribe any of them.

2.   Almost all drug companies are benefiting from the trend toward more use of prescription medications, though.

3.   An empty bottle of prescription heart medication sat nearby.

4.   And as insurance companies pick up the tab for increasingly expensive name-brand prescription medications, charges for all policyholders inevitably creep higher.

5.   And prescription medications, including Ritalin, a drug used primarily to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, are showing up more, especially among teenage females.

6.   As a nurse, Lipson said, she has seen many patients wind up in the hospital because they could not afford prescription medications.

7.   Aspirin or certain prescription medications can cause you to bruise.

8.   At the same time, some of its nonprescription drugs have been squeezed by former prescription medications that are now sold over-the-counter.

9.   -- Antibiotics and other prescription medications.

10.   -- The increased use of prescription medication by a growing population.