Fatal Accidental Drug Overdoses Hit New High in Ohio
Fatal accidental drug overdoses hit new high in Ohio
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The increase in accidental opioid drug overdoses in Ohio in 2011 was half of what it was the previous year, the Ohio Departments of Health and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services said today in releasing new death statistics. While the percentage …
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Purdue Pharma L.P. Announces Resolution of OxyContin (oxycodone HCl …
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Assess each patient's risk for opioid abuse or addiction prior to prescribing OxyContin. The risk for opioid abuse is increased in patients with a personal or family history of substance abuse (including drug or alcohol abuse or addiction) or mental …
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Painkiller epidemic
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McGuigan says one of the surprising things about this growing trend is that it goes beyond socio-economic factors that once were a common element in drug abuse and crime. “At one time … But he relapses frequently, and when he calls for a detox bed at …
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Prevention easier than treatment
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The bad news is that 17 percent of those teens said they'd used alcohol in the past month, 12 percent alcohol and almost 11 percent marijuana. Perhaps more troubling is that 6.5 percent had used … Some findings that influence the programs of The …
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