Advocates call on FDA to reverse approval for potent painkiller made by San Diego company

Advocates call on FDA to reverse approval for potent painkiller made by San Diego company
Each extended-release pill contains up to ten times more of the narcotic than … “There are no other options for severe chronic pain patients who need hydrocodone but can’t take acetaminophen. The FDA has issued many public health warnings …
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Oxycontin Maker To Offer Abuse-Resistant Painkiller; San Diego-Based Rival Drug Maker’s Stock Falls 22 Percent
WASHINGTON — The maker of OxyContin says it has completed testing of an abuse-resistant version of the painkiller hydrocodone, a surprise development that could derail sales of the recently launched Zohydro, a similar medication that has been …
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SD Deputies First to Carry OD Prevention Drug Narcan
In those places … a life-saving dose of Narcan, why wouldn’t we be a part of that?” said Bovet. Gretchen Burns Bergman, a drug reform advocate, has two sons who have struggled with drug addiction. She has heard people write off drug addicts and …
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Will This Invention Spell the End of Drug Testing on Animals?
Edythe London, a professor and senior scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, has dedicated her career to studying the effects of chronic drug abuse. Her lab's use of primates has made her a target of radical animal activist groups, one …
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New Diet Coke Ad Highlights Entrepreneurs' Reliance on Caffeine
Beverage giant Coca-Cola is pushing a controversial new ad campaign that some say insinuates what many entrepreneurs already know: They're "on" (Diet) Coke–as in, taking it like a drug. One ad … "It's a huge problem," says James David Adams Jr., a …
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Food stamp lobster claim true, but extent unclear
Greg Morris, a Republican from Vidalia, was battling for a bill he authored that would require food stamp recipients to be drug-tested. Morris was asked why no one else spoke in favor of his legislation, House Bill 772, as opposed to representatives of …
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