Abuse of painkillers hurts real patients
Abuse of painkillers hurts real patients
… of San Diego. The outcry has only grown since the prescription drug went on the market this month. Activist groups and certain lawmakers said Zohydro ER, a version of the opioid hydrocodone, will increase deaths linked to abuse of opioids.
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Advocates call on FDA to reverse approval for potent painkiller made by San Diego company
Story Updated: Mar 22, 2014 at 4:13 PM PDT SAN DIEGO — Anti-addiction advocates … addiction specialists and others that the drug will exacerbate the national epidemic of prescription drug abuse. Hours after Hamburg’s appearance on Capitol …
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Homeowners should store prescription drugs in a safe place before an Open House
Todd Richardson, commander of the Fallbrook Sheriff’s substation. Drug abuse experts, real estate professionals, and law officials came together recently at the County of San Diego administration building to publicly ask homeowners to do their part in …
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LePage administration keeps pushing for EBT card reform
… and says that raises serious questions about fraud and abuse of the cash benefit. She says many cards have been used in Florida near Disney World, as well as In Las Vegas, California and Hawaii. She says DHHS investigators … sent letters to some …
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EXCLUSIVE-Costs to public of $ {esc.dollar}84000 hep C drug'outrageous' -Kaiser
LOS ANGELES, April 2 (Reuters) – Kaiser Permanente, the biggest U.S. health maintenance organization, said it is using Gilead Sciences' new hepatitis C drug, Sovaldi, even though its $ 84,000 treatment price is "outrageous." The medication is …
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Underage drinking, drug abuse focus of April 8 Truckee panel
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Did you know in the last California Healthy Kids Survey completed by Truckee-Tahoe students in seventh, ninth and 11th grades, that: • 52 percent of 11th-graders reported they consumed at least one drink within the last 30 days?
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