Prescription Drug Abuse Now Biggest Global Menace

Prescription drug abuse now biggest global menace

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

Deadly prescription drug addiction has become a serious menace globally. Findings announced on Sunday show that prescription overdose rate has reached epidemic levels in New York city as fatality rate for white males is 3 times higher than for blacks.
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Freedom Treatment Center Sees an Increase In Heroin Abuse in Michigan

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

Freedom Treatment Center is a Michigan drug and alcohol addiction facility that harbors acute awareness of drug trends throughout the state. One recent trend the center has noted is the increase in heroin abuse, with a recent law enforcement bust …
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Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals Inc. Receives FDA Response To Citizen's

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

Only physicians certified under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) 2000 can prescribe SUBOXONE. As part of the U.S. FDA requirements to ensure the benefits of treatment with SUBOXONE Film outweigh potential risks particularly risks of accidental …
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Did 'Rehab' Show Kill McCready?

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

In the late eighties, he was a celebrated icon of L.A. music scene, until his heroin addiction derailed his career. A decade later, after 24 treatment attempts, he finally got sober, reinventing himself as a high-profile minder to a bevy of bold-faced …
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