Oxycontin Maker To Offer Abuse-Resistant Painkiller; San Diego-Based Rival … – KPBS
Oxycontin Maker To Offer Abuse-Resistant Painkiller; San Diego-Based Rival … – KPBS
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Oxycontin Maker To Offer Abuse-Resistant Painkiller; San Diego-Based Rival …
KPBS Physicians would presumably be more likely to prescribe a harder-to-abuse form of hydrocodone to try to protect their patients from addiction and abuse. And the Food and Drug Administration could potentially pull Zogenix's drug off the market if its … |
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Millennium Labs Helps Launch Coalition to Tackle Prescription Drug Misuse … – PR Newswire (press release)
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Millennium Labs Helps Launch Coalition to Tackle Prescription Drug Misuse …
PR Newswire (press release) Prescription drug abuse continues to take a toll in San Diego County as the San Diego County Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force reported last November. According to the task force, deaths from prescription drug overdoses have increased sharply over the … |
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Purdue abuse-resistant pill may push Zogenix drug off market – San Diego Source (subscription)
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Purdue abuse-resistant pill may push Zogenix drug off market
San Diego Source (subscription) Purdue's pill is hard to crush and snort or inject, while San Diego-based Zogenix's Zohydro ER doesn't have abuse-deterrent features. Zohydro's potential for abuse led two U.S. senators this month to ask the Food and Drug Administration to pull the … |
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FDA chief defends approval of hydrocodone drug
Zohydro is the first FDA-approved version of pure hydrocodone, the most abused prescription substance in the U.S. Previously the drug was only available in combination pills like Vicodin, which mix hydrocodone with other pain relievers like …
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Senate OKs bill to expand child care, boost safety
The bill would require providers to meet a range of health and safety standards, including first aid, CPR and prevention of child abuse and sudden infant death syndrome. The bill also would require annual inspections of licensed programs and require …
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Holder: Heroin an urgent 'public health crisis'
The attorney general's public support for an antidote that could be used to rescue overdosing drug users mirrors the position of the White House drug policy office, which has also urged all first responders to have the medication on hand. At least 17 …
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