--- title: Blog Wise DX | Prescription Drugs description: Prescription Drugs | News and Updates from Wise Diagnostic Systems - we serve nursing homes, long term care facilities and specialists. --- [![Wise Logo](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Wise%20Logo.webp?width=181&height=78&name=Wise%20Logo.webp "Wise Logo")](https://www.wisedx.com/) - [Why Choose Wise DX](https://www.wisedx.com/) - [Who We Serve](https://www.wisedx.com/) - [Insurance & Billing](https://www.wisedx.com/) - [About Us](https://www.wisedx.com/) - [Blog](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog) - [Contact](https://www.wisedx.com/) ![](https://blog.wisedx.com/hubfs/hero.jpg) [![drug lab](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/canva-MADB-CXA-y0.jpg?width=900&name=canva-MADB-CXA-y0.jpg)](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/heath-experts-say-antimicrobial-resistance-could-be-worse-than-covid) ### [Heath Experts Say Antimicrobial Resistance Could be Worse than COVID](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/heath-experts-say-antimicrobial-resistance-could-be-worse-than-covid) Posted by [Wise Diagnostic Content Team](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/author/wise-diagnostic-systems) on 12 Jul, 2023 - - - - [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/heath-experts-say-antimicrobial-resistance-could-be-worse-than-covid%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/heath-experts-say-antimicrobial-resistance-could-be-worse-than-covid&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/canva-MADB-CXA-y0.jpg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/heath-experts-say-antimicrobial-resistance-could-be-worse-than-covid%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/heath-experts-say-antimicrobial-resistance-could-be-worse-than-covid&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/canva-MADB-CXA-y0.jpg) There is no denying the physical and emotional havoc that the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought in three short years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for 6,202,800 hospitaliza... [Read More](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/heath-experts-say-antimicrobial-resistance-could-be-worse-than-covid) **Topics** [COVID-19](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/covid-19), [Prescription Drugs](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/prescription-drugs) ### [U.S. Drug Shortages Near an All-Time High, Scarcity of Cancer Drugs](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/u.s.-drug-shortages-near-an-all-time-high-scarcity-of-cancer-drugs) Posted by [Wise Diagnostic Content Team](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/author/wise-diagnostic-systems) on 2 Jun, 2023 - - - - [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/u.s.-drug-shortages-near-an-all-time-high-scarcity-of-cancer-drugs%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/u.s.-drug-shortages-near-an-all-time-high-scarcity-of-cancer-drugs&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/s2-4.jpg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/u.s.-drug-shortages-near-an-all-time-high-scarcity-of-cancer-drugs%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/u.s.-drug-shortages-near-an-all-time-high-scarcity-of-cancer-drugs&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/s2-4.jpg) [![Drug Shortage](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/s2-4.jpg?width=500&name=s2-4.jpg)](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/u.s.-drug-shortages-near-an-all-time-high-scarcity-of-cancer-drugs) Drug shortages in the U.S. healthcare systems are approaching an all-time high with an alarming scarcity of drugs to treat cancer patients. [Read More](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/u.s.-drug-shortages-near-an-all-time-high-scarcity-of-cancer-drugs) **Topics** [Treatment](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/treatment), [Healthcare](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Prescription Drugs](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/prescription-drugs) ### [Pharmacy Forecast: Patients Want Personalized Care, Pharmacogenomics](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/2023-pharmacy-forecast-patients-want-personalized-care-pharmacogenomics) Posted by [Wise Diagnostic Content Team](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/author/wise-diagnostic-systems) on 8 Feb, 2023 - - - - [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/2023-pharmacy-forecast-patients-want-personalized-care-pharmacogenomics%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/2023-pharmacy-forecast-patients-want-personalized-care-pharmacogenomics&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Smiling%20pharmacist%20and%20customer%20discussing%20a%20product%20in%20the%20pharmacy.jpeg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/2023-pharmacy-forecast-patients-want-personalized-care-pharmacogenomics%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/2023-pharmacy-forecast-patients-want-personalized-care-pharmacogenomics&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Smiling%20pharmacist%20and%20customer%20discussing%20a%20product%20in%20the%20pharmacy.jpeg) [![Smiling pharmacist and customer discussing a product in the pharmacy](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Smiling%20pharmacist%20and%20customer%20discussing%20a%20product%20in%20the%20pharmacy.jpeg?width=500&name=Smiling%20pharmacist%20and%20customer%20discussing%20a%20product%20in%20the%20pharmacy.jpeg)](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/2023-pharmacy-forecast-patients-want-personalized-care-pharmacogenomics) The “Pharmacy Next: Health Consumer Medication Trends” survey commissioned by Wolters Kluwer shows that patients in 2023 want personalized m... [Read More](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/2023-pharmacy-forecast-patients-want-personalized-care-pharmacogenomics) **Topics** [Healthcare](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Prescription Drugs](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/prescription-drugs), [Pharmacogenomics](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/pharmacogenomics), [PGx](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/pgx) ### [Healthcare Costs Set to Increase in 2023](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/healthcare-costs-set-to-increase-in-2023) Posted by [Wise Diagnostic Content Team](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/author/wise-diagnostic-systems) on 10 Jan, 2023 - - - - [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/healthcare-costs-set-to-increase-in-2023%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/healthcare-costs-set-to-increase-in-2023&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Examination%20of%20financial%20condition%20Stethoscope%20on%20pile%20of%20U.S.%20twenty-dollar%20bills%20isolated%20on%20white%20background.jpeg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/healthcare-costs-set-to-increase-in-2023%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/healthcare-costs-set-to-increase-in-2023&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Examination%20of%20financial%20condition%20Stethoscope%20on%20pile%20of%20U.S.%20twenty-dollar%20bills%20isolated%20on%20white%20background.jpeg) [![Stethoscope on pile of U.S. twenty-dollar bills isolated on white background](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Examination%20of%20financial%20condition%20Stethoscope%20on%20pile%20of%20U.S.%20twenty-dollar%20bills%20isolated%20on%20white%20background.jpeg?width=500&name=Examination%20of%20financial%20condition%20Stethoscope%20on%20pile%20of%20U.S.%20twenty-dollar%20bills%20isolated%20on%20white%20background.jpeg)](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/healthcare-costs-set-to-increase-in-2023) Employers will be searching for initiatives to control benefit costs as healthcare costs are set to increase an estimated 7 percent in 2023. [Read More](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/healthcare-costs-set-to-increase-in-2023) **Topics** [COVID-19](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/covid-19), [Healthcare](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Prescription Drugs](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/prescription-drugs) ### [Importance of Taking Antibiotics within Recommended Doctor Practices](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/importance-of-taking-antibiotics-within-recommended-doctor-practices) Posted by [Wise Diagnostic Content Team](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/author/wise-diagnostic-systems) on 15 Dec, 2022 - - - - [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/importance-of-taking-antibiotics-within-recommended-doctor-practices%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/importance-of-taking-antibiotics-within-recommended-doctor-practices&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Antibiotics.jpg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/importance-of-taking-antibiotics-within-recommended-doctor-practices%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/importance-of-taking-antibiotics-within-recommended-doctor-practices&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Antibiotics.jpg) [![Antibiotics spilled on a table](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Antibiotics.jpg?width=500&name=Antibiotics.jpg)](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/importance-of-taking-antibiotics-within-recommended-doctor-practices) Antibiotics have often been called a modern miracle for good reason as some argue that in a world without effective antibiotics, global life... [Read More](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/importance-of-taking-antibiotics-within-recommended-doctor-practices) **Topics** [Healthcare](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Prescription Drugs](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/prescription-drugs) ### [Traditional Culture Tests vs. PCR Tests](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/traditional-culture-tests-vs.-pcr-tests) Posted by [Wise Diagnostic Content Team](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/author/wise-diagnostic-systems) on 25 Oct, 2022 - - - - [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/traditional-culture-tests-vs.-pcr-tests%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/traditional-culture-tests-vs.-pcr-tests&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/GettyImages-1237813129-768x432.jpg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/traditional-culture-tests-vs.-pcr-tests%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/traditional-culture-tests-vs.-pcr-tests&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/GettyImages-1237813129-768x432.jpg) [![PCR Testing](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GettyImages-1237813129-768x432.jpg?width=500&name=GettyImages-1237813129-768x432.jpg)](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/traditional-culture-tests-vs.-pcr-tests) Traditional culture tests have been around since the birth of microbiology in the 19th century, but innovations in molecular methods such as... [Read More](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/traditional-culture-tests-vs.-pcr-tests) **Topics** [PCR Testing](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/pcr-testing), [Treatment](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/treatment), [Healthcare](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Prescription Drugs](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/prescription-drugs) ### [The 5 Most Commonly Prescribed Drugs in America](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/the-5-most-commonly-prescribed-drugs-in-america) Posted by [Wise Diagnostic Content Team](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/author/wise-diagnostic-systems) on 19 Oct, 2022 - - - - [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/the-5-most-commonly-prescribed-drugs-in-america%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/the-5-most-commonly-prescribed-drugs-in-america&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Pretty%20blonde%20customer%20looking%20at%20medicine%20in%20the%20pharmacy.jpeg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/the-5-most-commonly-prescribed-drugs-in-america%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/the-5-most-commonly-prescribed-drugs-in-america&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Pretty%20blonde%20customer%20looking%20at%20medicine%20in%20the%20pharmacy.jpeg) [![Lady working in a pharmacy](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pretty%20blonde%20customer%20looking%20at%20medicine%20in%20the%20pharmacy.jpeg?width=500&name=Pretty%20blonde%20customer%20looking%20at%20medicine%20in%20the%20pharmacy.jpeg)](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/the-5-most-commonly-prescribed-drugs-in-america) Five of the most prescribed drugs in America all treat different medical conditions but they have one thing in common – they are used by mil... [Read More](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/the-5-most-commonly-prescribed-drugs-in-america) **Topics** [Treatment](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/treatment), [Healthcare](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Prescription Drugs](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/prescription-drugs) ### [Medicare: By the Numbers](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/medicare-by-the-numbers) Posted by [Wise Diagnostic Content Team](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/author/wise-diagnostic-systems) on 10 Oct, 2022 - - - - [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/medicare-by-the-numbers%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/medicare-by-the-numbers&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Portrait%20of%20happy%20female%20patient%20showing%20thumbs%20up%20sign%20while%20standing%20with%20doctor%20in%20clinic.jpeg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/medicare-by-the-numbers%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/medicare-by-the-numbers&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Portrait%20of%20happy%20female%20patient%20showing%20thumbs%20up%20sign%20while%20standing%20with%20doctor%20in%20clinic.jpeg) [![Happy senior citizen woman in a doctors office.](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Portrait%20of%20happy%20female%20patient%20showing%20thumbs%20up%20sign%20while%20standing%20with%20doctor%20in%20clinic.jpeg?width=500&name=Portrait%20of%20happy%20female%20patient%20showing%20thumbs%20up%20sign%20while%20standing%20with%20doctor%20in%20clinic.jpeg)](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/medicare-by-the-numbers) Medicare, the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older as well as certain younger people with disabilities, was the s... [Read More](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/medicare-by-the-numbers) **Topics** [Healthcare](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Prescription Drugs](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/prescription-drugs) ### [Pharmacogenomics and Psychiatry: The Future of Prescribing](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/pharmacogenomics-and-psychiatry-the-future-of-prescribing) Posted by [Wise Diagnostic Content Team](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/author/wise-diagnostic-systems) on 13 Sep, 2022 - - - - [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/pharmacogenomics-and-psychiatry-the-future-of-prescribing%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/pharmacogenomics-and-psychiatry-the-future-of-prescribing&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Girl%20telling%20about%20her%20problems%20on%20therapy.jpeg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/pharmacogenomics-and-psychiatry-the-future-of-prescribing%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/pharmacogenomics-and-psychiatry-the-future-of-prescribing&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Girl%20telling%20about%20her%20problems%20on%20therapy.jpeg) [![Woman Talking to Therapist](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Girl%20telling%20about%20her%20problems%20on%20therapy.jpeg?width=500&name=Girl%20telling%20about%20her%20problems%20on%20therapy.jpeg)](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/pharmacogenomics-and-psychiatry-the-future-of-prescribing) A recent article in The Pharmaceutical Journal argues that pharmacogenetic data can be utilized to prevent adverse drug reactions and improv... [Read More](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/pharmacogenomics-and-psychiatry-the-future-of-prescribing) **Topics** [Prescription Drugs](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/prescription-drugs), [Pharmacogenomics](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/pharmacogenomics), [PGx](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/tag/pgx) ### [Overmedication of America: Prescription Drug Use on the Rise](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/overmedication-of-america-prescription-drug-use-on-the-rise) Posted by [Wise Diagnostic Content Team](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/author/wise-diagnostic-systems) on 6 Sep, 2022 - - - - [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/overmedication-of-america-prescription-drug-use-on-the-rise%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/overmedication-of-america-prescription-drug-use-on-the-rise&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Antibiotics%20-%20Printed%20Diagnosis%20with%20Blurred%20Text.%20On%20Background%20of%20Medicaments%20Composition%20-%20Red%20Pills%2c%20Injections%20and%20Syringe..jpeg](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/overmedication-of-america-prescription-drug-use-on-the-rise%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/overmedication-of-america-prescription-drug-use-on-the-rise&media=https://21189307.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/21189307/Antibiotics%20-%20Printed%20Diagnosis%20with%20Blurred%20Text.%20On%20Background%20of%20Medicaments%20Composition%20-%20Red%20Pills%2c%20Injections%20and%20Syringe..jpeg) [![Antibiotics - Printed Diagnosis with Blurred Text. Red Pills, Injections and Syringe.](https://blog.wisedx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Antibiotics%20-%20Printed%20Diagnosis%20with%20Blurred%20Text.%20On%20Background%20of%20Medicaments%20Composition%20-%20Red%20Pills%2c%20Injections%20and%20Syringe..jpeg?width=500&name=Antibiotics%20-%20Printed%20Diagnosis%20with%20Blurred%20Text.%20On%20Background%20of%20Medicaments%20Composition%20-%20Red%20Pills%2c%20Injections%20and%20Syringe..jpeg)](https://blog.wisedx.com/blog/overmedication-of-america-prescription-drug-use-on-the-rise) Americans' use of prescription drugs has skyrocketed in the last decade as about 2 in 3 U.S. adults increasingly take advantage of the 20,00... 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