by M. Alex Johnson The Food and Drug Administration has approved limited use of the powerful and frequently abused painkiller OxyContin for children as young as 11 years old, the agency announced Thursday. Dr. Sharon Hertz, director of new anesthesia, analgesia and addiction products for the FDA, said studies by Purdue Pharma of Stamford, Connecticut, […]
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By Samantha Olson Parents beware: A new designer drug is being sold on the streets in Florida, Texas, and Ohio, and police worry it’s only beginning to spread across the country. It’s called flakka and it’s made from the similar group of chemicals that the notoriously dangerous hallucinogenic bath salts are composed of. Last month,
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Pill mill crackdown having unintended consequences for pain patients who can’t get pain pills READ THE STORY
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By Brent McCluskey The Commonwealth of Kentucky has joined two California counties and the city of Chicago in suing the makers of the highly addictive painkiller. The state of Kentucky has filed a hefty lawsuit against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and is holding the massive company responsible for the state’s overwhelming drug problem. Purdue Pharma
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The report finds almost 60 percent of Americans who take opioid painkillers combine them with other prescriptions medications. That is a potentially deadly combinations. Dr. Holly Phillips joins “CBS This Morning” to explain the risks. WATCH THE VIDEO
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JAMA Psychiatry A Randomized, Double-blind Evaluation of Buprenorphine Taper Duration in Primary Prescription Opioid Abusers Stacey C. Sigmon, PhD; Kelly E. Dunn, PhD; Kathryn Saulsgiver, PhD; Mollie E. Patrick, MA; Gary J. Badger, MS; Sarah H. Heil, PhD; John R. Brooklyn, MD; Stephen T. Higgins, PhD Importance Although abuse of prescription opioids (POs) is a
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NEW CNN ORIGINAL SERIES PREMIERES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 AT 10 P.M. ET/PT In THIS IS LIFE, award-winning journalist and author Lisa Ling takes us on a gritty, breathtaking journey to far corners of America. Here, Ling introduces us to sub-cultures and communities that are unusual, extraordinary and sometimes dangerous; often getting people to share things that
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By Cathy Herard on March 26, 2014 Dr Oz: Prescription Medication Addiction Dr. Oz says there is a big change in the medical community that has him scared. Zohydro is a powerful new opioid pain medication that could send drug abuse in America to epidemic levels.It is five times stronger than any other pain medication
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By Cathy Herard on March 26, 2014 Dr Oz: Phillip Seymour Hoffman Heroin Addiction Heroin has been gripping the headlines since the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, but the new faces of addiction might surprise you. Dr. Oz asked Elisabeth Leamy to conduct an investigation into how heroin use starts and why there is
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