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(Medical-NewsWire.com, May 26, 2013 ) Englewood, CO -- An investigation by ProPublica has found that the Medicare program, while it does a great job of making sure elderly and disabled members get the medication they need, it does not monitor who prescribes the drugs and what each person is on.
ProPublica found that doctors and other prescribing health professionals are putting potentially dangerous drug combinations into the hands of those who may not understand the risks. These drugs can be disorienting, addictive and even cause adverse side effects to other medications being taken.
Some doctors are even using drugs in unapproved ways. In one study, an Oklahoma psychiatrist was prescribing a medication approved to treat Alzheimer’s in patients as young as 12 years old to treat autism.
Because of the Freedom of Information Act, which allows the officials of the Medicare to view patient records, medical history and prescription drugs, they believe it is up to the private health insurance plans that administer the program.
Alexander Capron, a law professor and medical ethicist at University of Southern California says that if someone on a government insurance program has been prescribed a drug and then either suffered bad reactions or death, that person or their next of kin needs to hire an attorney.
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