Todd, who hates the effects of his prescribed drugs, wins a court order releasing him from the hospital.

Silcock, who explains in this week's issue why she supports community supervision orders, said Ben consistently failed to take prescribed drugs.

If you're taking prescribed drugs it may be worth getting a letter of explanation from your doctor, however innocuous the substance seems.

Will the program's doctors work with your personal doctor if you have a medical condition such as high blood pressure or are taking prescribed drugs?

Vioxx became one of the most prescribed drugs in history.

The Searle program is the latest effort by the pharmaceutical industry and others to make the public aware of how to use prescribed drugs correctly.

Patients must receive detailed instructions for taking prescribed drugs responsibly.

Instead of "self-medicating," he added, he now takes prescribed drugs.

A Federal survey found that senior citizens, on average, take 14 prescribed drugs a year.

Levaquin was the most prescribed fluoroquinolone drug in the world for 2007.