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    Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Abuse-resistant OxyContin will be only version available: FDA

    Three years after it approved a version of the opioid analgesic OxyContin designed to discourage the painkiller's abuse, the Food and Drug Administration has effectively barred the original form of the drug from ever reaching the legal U.S. market. The agency says it will approve no new applications from generic drug manufacturers to produce cheaper versions of OxyContin in its original form.
    Three years after it approved a version of the opioid analgesic OxyContin designed to discourage the painkiller's abuse, the Food and Drug Administration has effectively barred the original form of the drug from ever reaching the legal U.S. market. The...

    Tags: OxyContin (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Drugs and Medicines, Heroin

    2. Apr 12, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  2. A shortsighted 'cure' for prescription meds' abuse

    An Orange County pain specialist already in the spotlight over deaths from prescription medications has racked up another patient overdose death.
    An Orange County pain specialist already in the spotlight over deaths from prescription medications has racked up another patient overdose death. The coroner has ruled that Wayne Oviatt died in January of a mix of prescription drugs, including morphine,...

    Tags: Acupuncture, Physical Therapy, Pharmaceuticals, Arthritis, General Practitioners

    3. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Anxiety? Existential crisis? David Lynch film? Take a Tylenol

    Are you suffering from an existential crisis? Take two Tylenol and call me in the morning.
    Are you suffering from an existential crisis? Take two Tylenol and call me in the morning. New research suggests that acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, may be able to alleviate the pain of an existential crisis in the same way it alleviates...

    Tags: Sprained Ankle, Tylenol (drug), Acetaminophen (drug), Drugs and Medicines, University of Kentucky

    4. Apr 9, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. Don't punish people who really need painkillers

    It's not enough that medical insurance companies want to dictate how much and what kind of treatment our illnesses deserve. Now legislators and law enforcement agencies are butting in, trying to curtail the use of high-powered painkillers because too...

    Tags: Substance Abuse, Drugs and Medicines, General Practitioners, Vicodin (drug), Food and Drug Administration

    5. Apr 10, 2013 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  5. A natural script to help relieve chronic pain

    <strong>Dear Pharmacist: I live in chronic pain. No one is sure why. I take hydrocodone and ibuprofen daily, but I'm still in pain. Can you recommend any vitamins to help me? &mdash; M.C., Dallas, Texas</strong>
    Dear Pharmacist: I live in chronic pain. No one is sure why. I take hydrocodone and ibuprofen daily, but I'm still in pain. Can you recommend any vitamins to help me? — M.C., Dallas, Texas Dear M.C.: I'm sorry you are going through this. Luckily,...

    Tags: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Heart Failure, Psoriasis, Diseases and Illnesses, Lyme Disease

    6. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Winchester Sun

  6. Clark County law enforcement seeing rise in heroin

    Until a year ago, it had been years since Winchester Police officers made a controlled buy for heroin.
    Until a year ago, it had been years since Winchester Police officers made a controlled buy for heroin. It just wasn’t in demand. Pills — narcotic painkillers of many types — were plentiful. In other parts of the state, meth had a strong...

    Tags: Methamphetamine Addiction, Cocaine, OxyContin (drug), Methamphetamine (drug), Georgetown

    7. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Complementing end-of-life care

    Of the countless painful decisions surrounding a loved one's end-of-life care, among the trickiest is how to provide physical comfort in a way that also provides a dignified ending.
    Of the countless painful decisions surrounding a loved one's end-of-life care, among the trickiest is how to provide physical comfort in a way that also provides a dignified ending. "For end of life, the opioids are very important for pain management,...

    Tags: American Hospital Association, Pharmaceuticals, Constipation, HIV, National Institutes of Health

    8. Mar 8, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  8. Why Winter Really Is a Pain in the Head

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    Nearly every day for the past few weeks, I’ve gotten a headache. It’s not the throbbing, intense kind of headache that would put a gal in bed. No, it’s just a dull ache across the top of my head. It’s the kind of tension headache...
    9. Mar 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Letters: Don't forget chronic pain sufferers

    <a href="http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-rx-bill-20130321%2C0%2C2917794.story">Re "Bill aimed at pain drug's abuse," March 21</a>
    Re "Bill aimed at pain drug's abuse," March 21 Left out of this article was any concern the members of Congress seeking to place tighter restrictions on the painkiller hydrocodone might have for people who actually suffer from chronic pain. The only...

    Tags: Hydrocodone (drug)

    10. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Pain doctor's office raided in prescription drug abuse probe

    Federal authorities Friday raided the office of a doctor suspected of prescribing narcotic painkillers and other widely abused medications to patients who had no legitimate need for them.
    Federal authorities Friday raided the office of a doctor suspected of prescribing narcotic painkillers and other widely abused medications to patients who had no legitimate need for them. Undercover agents posed as patients at John Dimowo's offices in...

    Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Anesthesiology, Vicodin (drug), Prescription Drugs, Chemical Industry

    11. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Jessamine Journal

  11. Dangers of prescription-drug-abuse preached to West Jessamine students

    Sarah Shay was a vibrant young girl with a bright future, according to her mother, Dr. Karen Shay, a Morehead dentist.
    mmoore@jessaminejournal.com
    Sarah Shay was a vibrant young girl with a bright future, according to her mother, Dr. Karen Shay, a Morehead dentist. “She was a great girl,” Dr. Shay told students, faculty and local officials during an assembly in the West Jessamine...

    Tags: Substance Abuse, OxyContin (drug), Methamphetamine (drug), Alprazolam (drug), Heroin

    12. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Edgewood man arrested in Ocean City drug bust

    A 37-year-old Edgewood man was arrested on gun and drug distribution charges in <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/beaches/">Ocean City</a> on Tuesday following a two-year investigation by local law enforcement agencies, which have been battling a spike in heroin and prescription drug abuse across the Eastern Shore.
    A 37-year-old Edgewood man was arrested on gun and drug distribution charges in Ocean City on Tuesday following a two-year investigation by local law enforcement agencies, which have been battling a spike in heroin and prescription drug abuse across the...

    Tags: Substance Abuse, Ocean City, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Edgewood

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