The Effects of Prescription Drug Addiction Abuse


 

The Effects of Prescription Drug Addiction Abuse – www.PrescriptionDrugAbuseHelp.com Taken from an emotional letter from a daughter to her mother in 2007, this video portrays how her mother’s prescription pill addiction affected their relationship as she became an adult. Through proper treatment and help she can end the abuse and get her life back.

 

Stepping up fight against prescription drug abuse

Filed under: prescription drug abuse help

It's official. The nation's prescription drug abuse epidemic has reached the West Coast – and it's hitting local communities like a tidal wave. Too often in San Diego County, the wrong prescription drug in the wrong hands is having devastating …
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Are Athletes Primed for Prescription Drug Addiction?

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More than half (52 percent) of NFL retired players said they used prescription pain medication, 71 percent of whom admitted abusing the drugs during their sports career. Athletes are drawn to prescription stimulants because they believe the drugs give …
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Prescription drug monitoring systems alert abuse

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Electronic prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) may significantly improve drug-abuse detection and could alert clinicians to "doctor shopping," say researchers. An electronic PMP allows pharmacists and practitioners to gather drug information about …
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From Twitter:

RT @GovernorMarkell: Wkly Msg re: DE’s Prescription Monitoring Program, which will help prevent devastating impact of rx drug abuse. #netDE http://t.co/a7P7e3cW – by dfnp79 (Jacqueline Muckian)

 

From Twitter:

Wkly Msg re: DE’s Prescription Monitoring Program, which will help prevent devastating impact of rx drug abuse. #netDE http://t.co/a7P7e3cW – by GovernorMarkell (Gov. Jack Markell)

 

From Twitter:

Vicodin Addiction: Prescription AbuseDrug Addiction Help Now … http://t.co/UIYrEbxy – by serenitynews (Adam Edvalson)