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Prescription Painkillers

The Fatal Prescription Pad

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care, Prescription Drug Abuse, Antibiotic Resistance, Prevention, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Antibiotics, Doctors, Penicillin, Prescription Painkillers, Wellness, Living News
Deepak Chopra

It's well known that the most expensive medical technology in America is a doctor's ballpoint pen. But now we discover that the prescription pad can also be deadly.

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Boulder High School Students Overdose On Painkillers

Boulder Daily Camera | Vanessa Miller | Posted 12.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Painkillers, Drugs, Drug Abuse, Prescription Painkillers, Hospital, Drug Overdose, Justice High School, Boulder, Denver News

Five Justice High School students are recovering today after overdosing on prescription painkillers that one student brought to class Wednesday, accor...

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Limbaugh to Rename Rams Stadium 'The House of Painkillers'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Fox News, Vicodin, St. Louis Rams, Andy Borowitz, Nfl, Rush Limbaugh, Prescription Painkillers, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

The acquisition of the Rams would represent the culmination of a dream for Mr. Limbaugh, who had previously tried to acquire the Minnesota NFL team and rename it the Minnesota Vicodins.

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MJ's Story Highlights Ease of Getting Prescriptions

Brad Lamm | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Prescription Drugs, Michael-Jackson-Prescription-Drugs, Prescription Painkillers, Drug Overdose, Entertainment News
Brad Lamm

These prescriptions have enormous medical value for a variety of ailments, but without proper screening of patients they are as deadly as cyanide and as disruptive as a loaded gun on a playground.

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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
Stanton Peele

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
Joshua Lyon

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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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
Andy Borowitz

"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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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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Celebrity "Roadkill": A Black Box Warning for Physicians

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Medical Ethics, Michael Jackson, Dangerous Controlled Substance, Drug Addiction, Roadkill, Physicians, Celebrity Culture, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Doctor Shopping, Beverly Hills, Self-Esteem, Justice Department, Prescription Painkillers, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Just Say No, Fame, Opiates, Drug Enforcement Administration, Deepak Chopra, Drug Abuse, Heath Ledger, Narcotics, Pain Medications, Hippocratic Oath, Celebrities, Hollywood, Black Box Warning, Entertainment News
Gary Cohan

How can a vulnerable physician resist the temptation to "bend the rules" for these "tabloid elites?"

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Recent Heroin Surge: A Major Threat

Joshua Lyon | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Oxycontin, Vicodin, Heroin, War on Drugs, Drug Overdose, Overdose, Prescription Pills, Pills, Prescription Painkillers, Living News
Joshua Lyon

If you're hooked on an opiate, and you find that same high at a much cheaper price, it becomes much easier to justify using heroin.

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What Is Addiction?

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Senate Bill 1011, Smoking, Nida, Drugs, Joe Biden, Heroin, Coffee, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Prescription Painkillers, Nora Volkow, Coca-Cola, Slate.com, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Cigarettes, Crack Cocaine, Oxycontin, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Prescription Drugs, Cocaine, Niaaa, Addiction, Living News
Stanton Peele

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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Inside Ambien Abuse

Newsweek | Karen Springen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Big Pharma, Teens and Drugs, Pharmaceutical Companies, Overmedication, Pharmaceutical Industry, Overmedication and Mental Illness, Ambien Addiction, Prescription Drugs, Ambien Abuse, Pill Abuse, Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Painkillers, Pharmaceutical Abuse, Living News

When it comes to teens and drug abuse, prescription medications (or "pharmies") are now second only to marijuana in popularity. Overall, teen abuse of...

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Fentanyl Painkiller Patches Recalled

AP | NATASHA T. METZLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Painkiller Patch, Fentanyl, Prescription Painkillers, Painkiller Recalls, Drug Recalls, Business News

WASHINGTON — Patches containing the prescription painkiller fentanyl were recalled Tuesday, because of a flaw that could cause patients or careg...

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Kentucky Declares War, Sues Makers Of Oxycontin

AP | Samira Jafari | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Kentucky, Kentucky Attorney General, Prescription Painkillers, OxyContin Lawsuit, Oxycontin, Business News

Kentucky officials on Thursday sued the manufacturer of OxyContin, the prescription painkiller dubbed "hillbilly heroin," because of widespread abuse ...

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