21. Although the FDA approved fenfluramine and phentermine for use as a single drug, many doctors prescribed them in an unapproved fen-phen combination. 22. Although the new state laws allow doctors to prescribe marijuana in Arizona and recommend it in California, federal law makes it illegal for patients to get it. 23. American College of Rheumatology guidelines suggest that doctors prescribe Remicade or Enbrel only after patients have not responded to methotrexate, or have shown they cannot tolerate it. 24. And bring back to your own doctor the name of any medications that foreign doctors prescribed while you were overseas. 25. Arizona approved a measure allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to relieve the pain and suffering of patients who are seriously ill. 26. As a result, she said, many doctors have prescribed it even for people who are not allergic to penicillin. 27. As written, the proposition allows doctors to prescribe marijuana to critically ill patients if two licensed physicians agree on the use and offer supporting research. 28. Because doctors can legally prescribe any approved drug for any purpose, it does not require a separate approval by the health agency for use in abortions. 29. Because they suspected she had a viral infection, doctors did not prescribe antibiotics until Saturday when all four cultures of her blood grew microbes that resembled Bacillus anthracis. 30. Because no antibiotic was approved for ulcers, few doctors prescribed them. |
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