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Never Mix, Never Worry: F.D.A. Limiting Painkillers
The New York Times recently reported that the F.D.A. is restricting prescription painkillers in the hope that people will stop getting overdoses of acetaminophen. The problem arises when people take...
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Death from Drug Overdose Now Outnumbers Traffic Fatalities
Every so often you read about the number of traffic fatalities in an area. The newspaper may report that they’ve been increasing or decreasing, as the case may be. If traffic deaths aren’t disturbing...
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Women are Dying from Prescription Pill Abuse in Greater Numbers
The beginning of July was noteworthy this year not only for the celebrations on the 4th, or the massive forest fires in the west, which also seem to be an annual occurrence, or even for the heat wave...
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Addicted Doctors and Nurses
Huge numbers of medical professionals facing issues with drugs and alcohol I once interviewed a nurse anesthesiologist in recovery who told me she had often been high in the operating room. She asked...
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Seniors and Prescription Pills
Age is no limiter when it comes to prescription drug abuse The last time I posted about seniors and substance abuse was January 2011, when I referred to an AARP article on seniors and addiction....
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Statistics on drug use are grim as prescription rules are tightening D.E.A. Changes There could be no mistaking the dire message: “White America’s Drug Problem is Getting Worse,” topped the article...
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Suing Pharmaceutical Companies and a New Drug on the Streets
The legal fight against Big Pharma continues, and there’s a new drug to be concerned about An Illinois city joins prescription drug lawsuit This June I posted about two California counties hoping to...
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