31.   Pressuring doctors to prescribe cheaper medications.

32.   Psychologists cannot prescribe medications, and while some have good working relationships with physicians who prescribe for their patients, others merely shy away from suggesting them at all.

33.   Prescribing psychotropic medications for school-age children is a booming business these days.

34.   Recognizing these patterns can help us diagnose disease more efficiently and prescribe medications more effectively.

35.   Schrade noted that schools do not prescribe medication such as Ritalin.

36.   Sometimes alternative medications can be prescribed, particularly for those who are already at high risk for developing osteoporosis.

37.   Stress tests on subsequent visits suggested a heart problem, so Laufer on Friday prescribed the medication and scheduled an electrocardiogram for Monday.

38.   The doctor can then evaluate the options and may prescribe medication to eliminate the bacteria.

39.   The patients, all of whom were terminally ill and have since died, wanted their doctors to prescribe medications that would let them hasten their deaths.

40.   The problem, Pasternak and the authors from Australia said, is getting doctors to prescribe the medication and getting patients to stay on it.