Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic: How Physicians, Pharmacists and Medical Staff Can Help

Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic: How Physicians, Pharmacists and Medical Staff Can Help – Arizona professionals speak on issues of prescription drug misuse and abuse, identifying ways the medical community is impacted and can help address the prob…

New Hampshire's addiction to prescription drugs higher than national average

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Prescription pain reliever abuse among ages 18-25 in New Hampshire is still well above the national average and the average in other Northeast states, according to the report, “Prescription Pain Medication Misuse.” About 12.3 percent of people ages 18 …
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Prescription drug database is tool against addiction

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Law enforcers, addiction counselors and parents of drug overdose victims know that few who fall victim to heroin's deathly grip start out as hard core users. The gateway to heroin addiction is through opiates like Oxycontin and Percocet, painkillers …
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Prescription drug abuse a leading killer of women

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“People who abuse prescription drugs oftentimes become very defensive, defending their use by saying a doctor prescribed it to them,” said Riley, who works with patients at McLaren Medical Center in Flint. “They tend to isolate themselves and don't …
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