Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic: How Physicians, Pharmacists and Medical Staff Can Help

Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic: How Physicians, Pharmacists and Medical Staff Can Help – Arizona professionals speak on issues of prescription drug misuse and abuse, identifying ways the medical community is impacted and can help address the prob…

Prescription drug abuse dangerous, even fatal

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But a recent report from a national nonprofit group shows prescription drugs, particularly painkillers, cause more fatal overdoses than heroin and cocaine combined. And their use is pervasive all over the country, including Connecticut. The continued …
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Organizations Team Up To Combat Prescription Drug Abuse

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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Doctors say prescription drug abuse is on the rise across the country. Every year, the most prescriptions are written during cold and flu season. To try to combat misuse, organizations across the country came together Saturday …
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Painkillers growing drug of choice

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However, where in the past patients were overwhelmingly treated for addiction to heroin, the battle now was often fought against prescription drugs such as oxycodone, which is now the No 1 prescribed medication for chronic severe pain in New Zealand.
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