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

42.   They have prescribed medication to help clear up his persistent cough, have fitted him with soft contact lenses, and have ruled out serious illnesses.

43.   They will not diagnose illness, prescribe medication, keep a medical record of the conversation or even reveal their identities.

44.   Typically, when anti-inflammatory medications are prescribed, players are required to undergo periodic blood tests.

45.   Typically, however, medication is prescribed.

46.   With physician-assisted suicide, a physician prescribes medications that a patient takes to end his or her life.

47.   Yet, he prescribes medication to them over the phone and on the Internet and says he can tell if someone is lying about their level of pain.

48.   Doctors in Maryland are required to examine patients before prescribing medication.

49.   Doctors now are prescribing the medication to the girl, who remained in critical condition last night.

50.   Dr. Leslie Crofford, a University of Michigan rheumatologist, said the analysis will force doctors to consider such issues when prescribing arthritis medication.