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Results 1 - 3 of 3 for Prescription drugs
  1. Cushing disease 
    ... also increase cortisol production, causing Cushing syndrome. Certain prescription drugs can result in an increase in cortisol production ... Not accounting for increases in cortisol due to prescription drugs, pituitary adenomas cause the vast majority of Cushing ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/cushing-disease - Genetics
  2. Opioid addiction 
    ... United States were caused by an overdose of prescription opioids, and another 13,000 deaths resulted from heroin overdose. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/opioid-addiction - Genetics
  3. CYP2C9 gene 
    ... warfarin and may require lower doses of the drug than are usually ... degrees that prescription doses are typically reduced by one-third and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/cyp2c9 - Genetics