Prescription Drug Abuse

Biggger Than Bath Salts

Subhash Kateel | Posted 06.02.2012

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Mention Miami this week and the first thing people will talk about is the "zombie" attack. Once the Twitterverse finishes with the jokes, look into the lives of both men and it stops being funny and starts being sad.

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Doctor On Trial For OD Deaths Of Three Patients

AP | Posted 06.01.2012

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LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors will begin presenting evidence next week in the case against a Southern California doctor accused of second-degree mur...

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States Cracking Down On Prescription Drug 'Doctor Shopping'

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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* Painkiller overdoses killed 15,000 people in America in 2008 * Prescription-drug abuse kills more than cocaine and heroin ...

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Rx Drugs a Growing Problem Among Teenagers

Alexandra Pisano | Posted 05.16.2012

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The most dangerous drugs may be much closer to home than you think. In fact, they may already be in your home. You may be worried about your teenager's relationship with drugs, but this is probably a good time to start talking to your younger children, too.

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Is Parents Stealing Drugs From Their Kids A 'Neighborhood' Problem?

The Huffington Post | Jessica Samakow | Posted 05.14.2012

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First, it was valium that the Rolling Stones famously dubbed "Mother's Little Helper." Then, the New York Times reported that sleep aids like Ambien a...

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People Are Dying of Drug Overdoses, Despite Lifesaving Medications

Erin L. Winstanley, Ph.D. | Posted 05.11.2012

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We have waged a war against drugs instead of formulating a science-based response to a public health epidemic for which a life-saving medication is available.

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Spring Cleaning the Medicine Cabinets, and Other Ways to Combat Rx Abuse

John J. Castellani | Posted 05.07.2012

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Now, more than ever, it's crucial for all of us to inventory whether we have unused and expired medicine in our homes and take immediate, safe steps to dispose of them -- before they end up in the wrong hands.

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Woman Spends A Night In Jail After Pharmacy Trip From Hell

Loren Berlin | Posted 05.07.2012

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When you go get a prescription filled, you typically brace for a few bad outcomes: There's the possibility your insurance won't cover your drug or you...

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Getting a Good Night's Sleep Without The Pills

Dr. Robert Waldman | Posted 05.23.2012

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Mary, a lovely lady in her early 60s, had come to see me, describing her problem as "being sleepy all the time." As an internist practicing addiction medicine for the past 24 years, I have become sensitive to the significance of sleep disturbances and what they might represent.

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Prescription Drug Addiction: A Medical Condition, Not a Moral Failure

Paul Heroux | Posted 04.30.2012

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Prescription drug addiction affects men and women, young and old, employed and unemployed, and those suffering from mental illness and those who don't. In short, no group is immune.

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Most Prescription Painkiller Abusers Get Drugs From Friends Or Family: Study

Reuters | Posted 04.26.2012

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* Pharmaceuticals pose grave abuse problem * Overdose deaths top those from cocaine and heroin * Drugs obtained from fam...

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The Scary Truth About Prescription Drugs

| Posted 04.24.2012

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Every week, HuffPost Teen rounds up the best local news stories about high school students from across the country through our friends at Patch.com. C...

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Many More Teens Dying From Prescription Drug Abuse, Government Study Shows

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.16.2012

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An uptick in teenagers overdosing on prescription drugs drove the almost doubling of fatal poisonings among American children, the Centers for Disease...

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Governors Target Prescription Drug Abuse

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.29.2012

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The nation's governors have begun studying prescription drug abuse and plan to develop best practices that can be used by state governments. The N...

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Time to Prescribe the Right Cure

The Miami Hurricane | Posted 05.22.2012

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Although prescription drugs are harmful, they do have a purpose for people who have a reason to take them. This does not include taking Adderall to study for a test. Too much of anything is bad, even if it comes with a prescription.

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Setting the Record Straight: Responding to the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic

R. Gil Kerlikowske | Posted 05.22.2012

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The Obama administration has adopted a mainstream approach to the drug problem, employing a balance of public health and safety approaches to reduce drug use and its consequences. All of these policies are grounded in science and research -- not politics or ideology.

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Ex-Lehman Exec. Arrested Again

Posted 03.13.2012

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Well that was fast. Bradley H. Jack, a former Lehman Brothers executive, was charged with forging a prescription for the second time in less than ...

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Why More Seniors Are Getting Addicted To Drugs

The Huffington Post | Ann Brenoff | Posted 03.12.2012

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So you thought it was just your teenagers that you had to keep away from drugs? According to addiction experts, you might need to deliver the Nancy Re...

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'Dr. Feelgood' Is Responsible For 3 Overdose Deaths, Say Authorities

AP | LINDA DEUTSCH and GREG RISLING | Posted 05.02.2012

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LOS ANGELES — The prosecutor who took the rare step of charging a doctor with murder in the prescription drug overdose deaths of three patients ...

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Prescription Painkillers: When They Stop Helping And Start Hurting

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W. | Posted 05.01.2012

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Sadly, these signs of becoming addicted to a prescription painkiller often go unnoticed. That is why it is important to monitor changes that take place after a painkiller is prescribed.

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Xanax Facts and Whitney Houston

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 02.22.2012

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Reports that Xanax and other benzos are not usually lethal when taken alone are vastly misleading. Xanax is rarely taken alone. Why? Because as much or more than any other prescribed drug, Xanax causes medication spellbinding.

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Prescription Drug Abuse Crackdown Hits CVS

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 02.15.2012

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A crackdown by the Drug Enforcement Administration against two big health care companies this month signals that the Obama administration is putting m...

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Prescription Painkillers: Protect Yourself and Your Family

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W. | Posted 04.01.2012

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If you or someone in your family needs a prescription painkiller to manage pain -- as many people do -- you and your doctor can take steps to avoid accidental overdoses.

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The Prescription Opiate Arms Race

Gregory Bunt, M.D. | Posted 03.10.2012

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Plans for the manufacture and sale of hydrocodone pills five to 10 times more potent than is now available is a warning sign of an escalation of what we might call the "prescription opiate arms race" among pharmaceutical companies.

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America Is Over Diagnosed and Over Medicated

Allen Frances | Posted 03.10.2012

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Americans are taking too much medicine, often casually and unnecessarily prescribed by the wrong people for the wrong reasons, and causing lots of needless harm.

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