Prescription

First in US: Abortion pill sans prescription a crime in Louisiana

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First in US: Abortion pill sans prescription a crime in Louisiana

Louisiana became the first state to make it a crime to possess the two main US abortion pills without a prescription, after a new law added mifepristone and misoprostol to the list of controlled substances like highly addictive narcotics.Governor Jeff Landry, a Republican who opposes abortion access, said in a social-media post Friday that he’d … Read more

Nearly 1 in 4 Canadians skipping pills, not renewing prescriptions due to cost: poll

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Nearly 1 in 4 Canadians skipping pills, not renewing prescriptions due to cost: poll

Nearly one in four Canadians are struggling to pay for prescription medications and are skipping pills or foregoing refills, a new poll has found. The poll, commissioned from Leger by Heart and Stroke and the Canadian Cancer Society between Jan. 24-29 found of the 2,048 adults surveyed, 22 per cent reported splitting pills, skipping doses … Read more