More than 1 in 4 children in the U.S. child welfare system are prescribed psychotropic medications, study finds

More than 1 in 4 children in the U.S. child welfare system are prescribed psychotropic medications, study finds

A recent study highlights a known medical anomaly within the U.S. child welfare system. What the study says According to a research letter published in August, children in the U.S. child welfare system, which includes youth receiving adoption assistance, foster care or guardianship , are more likely than other children on Medicaid to receive psychotropic …

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Are you not taking prescribed medications to save money? Ways to Reduce Costs

Are you not taking prescribed medications to save money?  Ways to Reduce Costs

Ways to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs Eighty percent of adults think the cost of prescription drugs is unreasonable, according to a KFF poll. This is why people don’t take their medications as prescribed. MILWAUKEE – Life with rheumatoid arthritis can be debilitating. Nancy Koch, of Wauwatosa, lives with the disease every day. “It affects the …

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Washington County Jail inmates settle lawsuit with doctor who prescribed ivermectin for COVID-19

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Five former inmates at an Arkansas county jail have settled their lawsuit against a doctor who they say gave them the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to fight COVID-19 without their consent . A federal judge last week dismissed the 2022 lawsuit against Dr. Robert Karas, who was a Washington County jail …

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