Feb 4, 2011 00:54
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English term

pill mill

GBK English to Serbian Medical Medical: Health Care
Definition from Drug Addiction Treatment:
“Pill mill’ is a term used primarily by local and state investigators to describe a doctor, clinic, or pharmacy that is prescribing or dispensing powerful narcotics inappropriately or for non-medical reasons.
Example sentences:
His parents claim he obtained the pills after a visit to a "pill mill" -- storefronts that often provide powerful narcotics without thorough patient exams and usually on a cash-only basis. (ABC News )
City commissioners voted to approve a moratorium on "pill mills." (Wesh.com)
A Houston physician's license has been temporarily suspended for illegally operating a "pill mill" where thousands of prescriptions for addictive drugs were written — often to those suspected of being recruited by drug crews, investigators said. (Chron)
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Proposed translations

3 days 3 hrs

sredstvo (često drastično) koje se masovno propisuje bez zdravstvene dokumentacije

Definition from WHO:
U stručnim krugovima u SAD pilula se naziva “pill mill” tj. kao sredstvo koje se masovno propisuje, a da za to nema nikakve dokumentacije. Reč je o medicinski neopravdano masovno propisivanom sredstvu/leku koje neretko ima štetne efekte.
Example sentences:
U stručnim krugovima u SAD pilula se naziva “pill mill” tj. kao sredstvo koje se masovno propisuje, a da za to nema nikakve dokumentacije. (Scribd.com)
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3 days 4 hrs

privatne ordinacije, zdravstvene ustanove koje masovno propisuju ili prodaju kontrolisane lekove

Definition from own experience or research:
Reč je o lekarima najčešće vlasnicima privatnih ordinacija, ordinacijama, klinikama, poliklinikama i dr. zdravstvenim ustanovama i prodavnicama lekova koji masovno propisuju (najčešće za novčanu nadoknadu) ili prodaju kontrolisane i nekontrolisane (čak i neregistrovane) lekove/sredstva čiji efekat može biti i jako štetan (npr., narkotička sredstva, antidepresive, sredstva za potenciju, neregistrovane hormone itd..)
Example sentences:
Privatne klinike propisuju neregistrovani hormon Utrogestna koji je nemoguće refundirati. Utrogestan vam prodaju na poverenje, ispod tezge, uz dokaz da ste trudnica, jer se boje inspekcije. (Farmaceutska komora RS)
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