ctions ▁( an ▁over med ic ation ▁that ▁can ▁promote ▁ant ib i otic ▁resistance ) ▁O pi ate ▁pres cri ptions ▁carry ▁the ▁risk ▁of ▁add iction . ▁ ▁In ▁some ▁cases , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁p ills ▁pres cribed ▁might ▁exceed ▁what ▁is ▁actually ▁needed ▁for ▁pain ▁relief ▁from ▁a ▁given ▁condition , ▁or ▁a ▁different ▁pain ▁management ▁technique ▁or ▁medic ation ▁would ▁be ▁effective ▁but ▁less ▁ris ky . ▁Many ▁blood ▁trans f us ions ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁are ▁given ▁without ▁checking ▁to ▁see ▁if ▁they ▁are ▁needed ▁after ▁a ▁previous ▁trans f usion , ▁or ▁are ▁given ▁in ▁cases ▁where ▁monitoring , ▁recover ing ▁the ▁patient ' s ▁own ▁blood , ▁or ▁iron ▁ther apy ▁would ▁be ▁effective ▁and ▁reduce ▁the ▁risk ▁of ▁comp lications ▁An ▁estimated ▁one ▁in ▁eight ▁coron ary ▁st ents ▁( used ▁in ▁$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁procedures ) ▁with ▁non ac ute ▁indic ations ▁( U . S .) ▁St ents ▁performed ▁by ▁the ▁formal ▁chair ▁of ▁card i ology , ▁Mark ▁M ide i , ▁at ▁St . ▁Joseph ▁Medical ▁Center ▁of ▁Tow son , ▁Maryland ▁Heart ▁by pass ▁sur ger ies ▁at ▁Red ding ▁Medical ▁Center ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁F BI ▁ra id ▁Screen ing ▁patients ▁with ▁advanced ▁cancer ▁for ▁other ▁can cers ▁Ann ual ▁cer v ical ▁cancer ▁screen ing ▁in ▁women ▁with ▁medical ▁histor ies ▁of ▁normal ▁pap ▁sm ear ▁and ▁H P V ▁test ▁results ▁ ▁Red u ction ▁efforts ▁Util ization