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opiate overload feeds veterans' addictions
“As a parent, you'd want to know how this happened to your child,” said his father, Greg Waggoner. … Prescriptions for four opiates – hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine – have surged by 270 percent in the past 12 years, according to data …
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VA accused of overprescribing veterans; Local VA denies interview request
Instead, they issued a statement saying in part: All VA clinicians discuss with patients the potential benefits of a medication with its possible side-effects, and they are provided the latitude to deliver treatment that is in the best interest of the …
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Over 6500 Old Quarter households to be relocated
By the end of last year, more than 12,000 people received treatment for drug addiction with methadone, which is used as a pain reliever and is part of drug addiction detoxification and maintenance programme. It has been targeted that by 2015 about 80 …
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Vets, widows say VA passes out pain meds too readily
… side effects or potential lethality. Data obtained by the Center of Investigative Reporting through the Freedom of Information Act published last month shows prescriptions for opiates like hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine have …
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Personalized Medicine May Be Good For Patients But Bad For Drug Companies …
A similar finding came in a 2012 report from Stanford University researchers that genetics plays a significant role in determining which patients will experience the most severe side effects of opiate pain medications such as morphine, methadone and …
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Born on drugs
Mainly, withdrawal is the painful and problematic side effect of exposure that puts babies at higher risk for the slow growth, suffering, irritability and expense associated with NAS, she said. Post-Millennial Epidemic. Dr. Leo Eschbach, an …
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Activists: State's Doctors Should Be Tested for Drugs
“I don't see why in the world it wouldn't be appropriate for them to be drug tested,” said James Kennedy of San Clemente, who has testified that his son Joseph, who was addicted to prescription medication, died from an overdose after a “dirty doctor …
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Fentanyl Patch Lawsuits Website Launched Heygood, Orr & Pearson Law Firm
The FDA safety alert also warned about the risk of death from accidental overdoses caused by the side effects of fentanyl. Doctors who prescribe fentanyl products to … In addition to individuals who were injured by fentanyl, our law firm also …
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