Prescription Drugs

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Prescription Drugs: Keep Out of Reach of Teens

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 08.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Addiction, Barbara Ficarra, Mental Health, healthin30, Teens, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

"Pharming" is when teens swap prescription and/or over-the-counter medications and take them all at once, often with alcohol, to get high. This has become a popular and dangerous trend among teens.

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Loose Reins On Nurses In Drug Abuse Program

ProPublica | Posted 08.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Drug Recovery Programs, Nurses, Melony Currier, Prescription Drugs, Hospitals, Drugs, Recovery Programs, Rehab, Drug Rehab, Home News

Over 4 1/2 years, Melony Currier had been discovered high in her car at a Hollywood hospital, stolen anesthetics at a San Gabriel Valley hospital, bee...

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Dollars & Health: Cashing In On Generics

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Walletpop, Andrea-Chalupa, Andy-Miller, Generic Medication, Generic vs Namebrands, Generic Drugs, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WalletPop.Com, Generic Versus Namebrands, Andy Miller, Buying Generic Prescription Drugs, Andrea Chalupa, Living News

Andy Miller, formerly a health care reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has joined Walletpop as a watch dog for all things health care and...

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What Cindy McCain and Michael Jackson Have in Common

Stanton Peele | Posted 08.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Child Molestation, Michael Jackson, Hasselhoff Drunk Video, Stanton Peele, David Hasselhoff, Prescription Addiction, Parental-Rights, Cindy McCain, Prescription Drugs, Child Protective Services, Prescription Painkillers, Entertainment News

In family courts around the United States, children are taken from parents addicted to drugs. I observed this first hand in New Jersey, where I defended such parents.

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A Ban on Painkillers Helps No One

Joshua Lyon | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Percocet, Prescription Painkillers, Dea, Prescription Drugs, Banning, Painkillers, Prescription Pills, Vicodin, Pills, Prescription Medication, Fda, Health, Living News

We can't combat painkillers like any other drug epidemic by trying to eliminate the source. The medications must remain available to people who are living with debilitating diseases.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

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The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Obama: White House Prescription Plan Less Expensive Than Michael Jackson's

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.04.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Michael Jackson, White House, Andy Borowitz, Barck Obama, Neverland, Prescription Drugs, Bernard Madoff, Prescription Painkillers, Bernie Madoff, Who-Moved-My-Soap, Michael Jackson Neverland, Comedy News

"We've done an inventory of the left-over painkillers at Neverland Ranch," Mr. Obama said. "There's enough junk there to tranquilize the entire nation until the year 2050."

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Michael Jackson and the Frailty of Life

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Prescription Drug Addiction, Prescription Drugs, Michael Jackson Death, Barack Obama, Entertainment News

Now that Michael Jackson has passed away, a few of my buddies and I can only talk about how death is the one appointment we all will keep.

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Panel Wants Ban on Percocet and Vicodin

nytimes.com | Gardiner Harris | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Food and Drug Administration, Acetaminophen, Prescription Painkillers, Ban, Percocet, Prescription Drugs, Women's Health, Painkillers, Liver, Vicodin, Men's Health, Narcotics, Liver Health, Wellness, Health, Living News

A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the...

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Jackson's Death Means We're All Older Now and Need to Sober Up

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, John F. Kennedy, Michael Jackson, The Moonwalk, I'll Be There, Charlies Angel's, Prescription Drugs, 1980's, Farrah Fawcett, Heroine, Charlies Angels, 1970's, Janis Joplin, ABC, "Thriller, Ed McMahon, Ratings, Fred Astaire, The Burning Bed, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Camero, The Partridge Family, Baby Boomers, Wacko Jacko, Thriller, Tabloids, American Bandstand, Martin Luther King Jr., Fat Albert, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Rock With You, Robert F. Kennedy, Celebrity Worship, Soul Train, Cnn, Sideshow, Jimi Hendrix, Cocaine, Living News

The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.

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The Burden of Health Care Costs and What You Can Do About It

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Prescription Drugs, Fda, Health Care, Sarah Palin, Bankrupty, Politics News

Unfortunately, in our commercialized health care system, there is little incentive to implement preventative measures at the precautionary level at the FDA.

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Thank You, Bill Maher, For Asking Where in the World is Barack Obama and What is He Going To Do About Healthcare?

Anne Dunev | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.

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Recession Pushing Cost of Drugs Out of Reach

nytimes.com | KEVIN SACK | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Drugs, Pharmaceutical Industry, Prescription Drugs, Healt Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Pharmacies, Health Care, Health Care Costs, Business News

OCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- A year or so ago, when customers buttonholed the pharmacists at Almand's Drug Store here the questions were invariably about dosin...

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Germany OKs Heroin Prescriptions

AP | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Germany, Foreign Affairs, Prescription Drugs, Drugs, Heroin, German Heroin, Advocacy, World News

BERLIN — German lawmakers have voted to allow the prescription of synthetic heroin to long-term addicts who fail to respond to other treatments....

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Old Drug, New Drug . . . Red Drug, Blue Drug?

James S. Gordon | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

This letter of mine appeared in The New York Times yesterday (in somewhat shortened form), under the title, "Alternatives to New Drugs." I thought yo...

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More Macaroni, Bon Voyage Viagra: Why Prescription Medicines Should Not Be Advertised

Brian Ross | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Television, Newspapers, Radio, Prescription Drugs, Drugs, Media, Healthcare Reform, Medicine, Health Care, Healthcare, Living News

Patients who can buy a generic often do not, either because they are sold on an ad, afraid that there is something inferior about the generic, or the doctor pushes the brand name drug.

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Health Care Reform: Some Basic Principles

George Lakoff | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Plan Healthcare, Health, Prescription Drugs, Drugs, Universal Health Care, The American Plan, Frank Luntz, Health Care, Healthcare, Frank Luntz Healthcare, Politics News

Frank Luntz recommends "humanizing" Republican rhetoric to avoid humanizing health care in America. The American Plan is America at its best.

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How to Live On $0 A Day: Know Your Healthcare Options

Lesley Stern | Posted 05.31.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Google, Humor, Health, Swine Flu, Prescription Drugs, Sore Throat, Doctors, Health Insurance, Vodka, Healthcare, Allergies, Satire, Comedy News

With all the advances in healthcare, science and technology, these days you really don't need a doctor.

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Generic Swap Meet

Barbara Dehn | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Epilepsy-Drugs, Health Insurance, Generic Drugs, Generic Medication, Prescription Drugs, Insurance Companies, Prescription Meds, Prescriptions, Meds, Generic Prescriptions, Health Care, Patient-Care, Health-Insurance, Healthcare, Politics News

I understand the need to cut costs, but in my opinion, some insurance companies are practicing health care without a license. They have none of the liability and yet are part of the decision-making? What's up with that?

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Medicare Should Just Say No to Unproven Drugs

Jim Jaffe | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health, Medicare Prescription, Prescription Drugs, Drug, Cutting Federal Budget, Universal Health Care, Medicare, Health Insurance, Politics News

For a new administration committed to fixing the US health system by only paying for medicine we know works, Medicare's decision to pay for off-label drugs presents a challenging question.

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What Is Addiction?

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Addiction is a nasty business which enslaves people. But if you're going to target that practice, then you'd better come and take all the coffee and Diet Coke the office.

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One Year Later: Heath Ledger's Tragic Overdose Death Reminds Us More Must Be Done

Isaac Skelton and Meghan Ralston | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Overdose Deaths, Boston, Heath Ledger Dies, Fatalities, Mental Health, Personal Health, 911, Heath LEdger Overdose, Drugs, Los Angeles, New York, Bill Richardson, Death, Heath Ledger Pills, Drug Use, Health Crisis, Heath Ledger Suicide, Health, Chicago, Prescription Drugs, Heath Ledger Died, Heath LEdger Dead, Drug Abuse, Philadelphia, Heath Ledger, Anxiety, Heath Ledger Death, Drug Overdose, Living News

Drug overdose now ranks as a leading cause of preventable death, second only to motor-vehicle accidents. Accidental overdoses killed more Americans last year than did firearms.

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People Cut Back On Prescription Drugs In Financial Crisis

New York Times | Stephanie Saul | Posted 11.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Debt, Prescription Drugs, Financial Crisis, Personal Finance, Cutting Back, Money Saving, Business News

For the first time in at least a decade, the nation's consumers are trying to get by on fewer prescription drugs. As people around the country respo...

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Children's Defense Fund Founder: McCain Will Leave Millions Of Children Uninsured

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

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"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."

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No Redemption for Preemption

Doug Bremner | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drugs, War on Drugs, Vermont Prescriptions, Litigation, Health, Living News

While Americans sit mesmerized by Sarah Palin clapping into the microphone and rambling on about Greek Columns while her daughter wipes down her young...

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